Regional Victorians

More than 3.2 billion international tourists travel the world each day. "Australia's natural beauty rich and rare, remains a major drawcard for overseas visitors." (The Australian July 2017). This "wide brown land" of ours has a huge number of endemic birds compared to other countries, the most biodiverse waters, the most reptiles, truly unique giant birds and marsupials found nowhere else on earth. "The combination of our unique wildlife and environments now attracts circa 7

Rural Victorians are applauding the government's decision to support a new wetlands tourism project at Lake Tyrrell. The tiny town is now predicted to see visitor numbers increase from 42,000 to 192,000 per year by 2025, bringing a massive revenue boost to the area. Given the state of Victorias rural economies, it's great to see the government hopefully getting on board with the growing and highly lucrative trend of nature tourism. The recent Auditor General’s Report followed

Every year, dozens of bird species use the East Asian Australasian Flyway (EAAF), travelling up to 13,000 klms between Russia to Australia and New Zealand and back. Each stop over is vital to the animals’ survival. Despite legislative protection and several international conservation agreements, many of these shorebirds have suffered massive population declines in the last 30 years. Shorebirds are dying in crisis numbers all along the flyway. Loss of habitat is resulting in

We believe many people will be asking themselves if our Ministers - who took an oath to serve ALL Victorians - are negligent, at the detriment of our desperately struggling ecosystems, rural economies and public health and safety. We have written to the Ministers to ask them why they have not yet banned duck shooting like other states, and have instead allowed another three month one sided massacre of our Native Waterbirds despite the following facts; Less than 0.004% Victori