Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—This is a short statement, I need only one minute and I thank the opposition for their agreement as to leave. The government opposes this motion because the management of recreational shooting is primarily a regulatory responsibility of the states and territories. Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia have chosen to introduce a ban on duck shooting. Other states and also the territories have not. With regard to Commonwealth responsibilities, shooting native waterbirds would only trigger the relevant federal legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, where it had a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance.