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NT goose and duck hunting season begins

September 20 marks the start of the Northern Territory recreational goose and duck hunting season. This year there is an extra requirement for hunters who are not from the Northern Territory.
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Wed 20 Sep 2023

Native game bird hunting inquiry in Victoria and S.A

Submissions to the native bird hunting inquiry in Victoria and the native bird hunting inquiry in South Australia are now closed. Field & Game Australia made comprehensive submissions to both inquiries, and we thank our members, their families and friends who also took the time to write their own submissions in support of game bird hunting.
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Wed 31 May 2023

2023 Victorian duck season comes to a close

With the 2023 Victorian duck season having come to a close on Tuesday, May 30, Field & Game Australia would like to take a moment to thank our members who hunted responsibly and were rewarded with delicious and healthy food to share as they also made precious memories alongside family and friends in our great outdoors.
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Wed 31 May 2023

FGA supports orange-bellied parrot program but condemns overreach of minister

Field & Game Australia fully supports the captive breeding and release of orange-bellied parrots, and has previously had involvement with the release program. The parrots have been released successfully for the past five years at Connewarre Wetlands – yet this year the ministers deem a closure of the site to be neccessary. FGA could have supported a strategic closure of particular points close to release sights – but the closure of the entire SGR is heavy handed and a gross overreach.
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Thu 18 May 2023

2023 Victorian duck season announced

The 2023 Victorian duck season has been announced. The season will start at 8am on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 and will close 30 minutes after sunset on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The bag limit is four (4) birds per day.
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Fri 24 Feb 2023

FGA chairman Danny Ryan writes:

"Waterfowl in Australia are unique and super-reactive to climatic conditions. Recent floods have provided food and the birds have bred prolifically with multiple clutches," writes Field & Game Australia chairman Danny Ryan, in this opinion piece published in The Weekly Times on February 22.
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Fri 24 Feb 2023

Wetlands drained in northern Victoria

Field & Game Australia staff and volunteers have been engaged in discussions around the draining of several wetlands in recent months in northern Victoria.
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Sat 07 Jan 2023

Considerations for 2023 duck season

Today – December 20, 2022 – the documents "Using duck proxies and surface water to inform hunting arrangements for 2023" compiled by Marcel Klaassen, and the Game Management Authority’s "Considerations for the 2023 duck season" were made public.
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Tue 20 Dec 2022

Hunting and conservation work continues

With the Field & Game Australia National Carnival hogging the limelight in recent weeks, some members might not realise that FGA’s hunting and conservation work has continued quietly yet actively in the background.
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Wed 23 Nov 2022

South Australian wetland conditions

During our recent visit to South Australia, we took the opportunity to gather information from various stakeholders and visit some wetlands. Crossing the border between Victoria and South Australia showed a welcome change from recent years and significant water in the surrounding paddocks.
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Wed 16 Nov 2022

Heart Morass monument unveiled

The unveiling of a monument at Heart Morass which honours the original trustees of the Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation has attracted the attention of government representatives, local volunteers and a multitude of VIPs and dignitaries.
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Fri 04 Nov 2022