Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Members statements
Duck hunting
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Commencement
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Condolences
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Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
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Petitions
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Castlemaine Primary School
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Documents
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Motions
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Joint select committee
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Members statements
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Peter Parry
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Camelot Castle
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Sir Andrew Grimwade CBE
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Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
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Rural and regional roads
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten
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Victorian Heart Hospital
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Heyfield Timber Festival
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Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
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Nepean electorate schools
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Ashwood electorate schools
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Russia–Ukraine war
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Bayswater electorate schools
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Denise Budge
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JW Manson Reserve, Wantirna
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Duck hunting
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Ash Wednesday commemoration
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Mildura electorate schools
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Rural and regional roads
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Pascoe Vale electorate
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Ringwood electorate schools
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Kororoit electorate distribution centre
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Starward Distillery
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Ripon electorate community groups
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Greenhills Primary School
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St Helena Secondary College and Glen Katherine Primary School
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Statements on parliamentary committee reports
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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The Independent Performance Audits of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission and the Victorian Inspectorate
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Bills
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Heritage Amendment Bill 2023
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Statement of compatibility
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Second reading
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Children and Health Legislation Amendment (Statement of Recognition, Aboriginal Self-determination and Other Matters) Bill 2023
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Statement of compatibility
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Second reading
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Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
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Questions without notice and ministers statements
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: Victorian Heart Hospital
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: mental health services
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Operation Clara
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Ministers statements: Big Housing Build
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: education funding
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: West Gate Tunnel
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Constituency questions
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Caulfield electorate
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Northcote electorate
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Morwell electorate
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Eltham electorate
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Berwick electorate
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Sunbury electorate
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Kew electorate
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Bass electorate
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Shepparton electorate
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Narre Warren South electorate
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Bills
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Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
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Grievance debate
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Government integrity
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Opposition performance
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Government integrity
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Opposition performance
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Housing affordability
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Opposition performance
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Government integrity
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State Electricity Commission
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Bills
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Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
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Second reading
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Address to Parliament
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Governor’s speech
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Address-in-reply
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Adjournment
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Canterbury Primary School
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Delacombe development
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Clegg Road–Wellington Road intersection, Wandin North
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Thornhill Park, Rockbank
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Mallacoota abalone industry
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Melbourne Water pipe reserve
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Dromana Secondary College
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Education policy
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Kilmore bypass
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Epping Road duplication
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Responses
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Duck hunting
Sam HIBBINS (Prahran) (09:58): An overwhelming majority of Victorians want to see duck shooting outlawed.
A member: Boo.
Sam HIBBINS: That’s right – boo to duck shooting; I concur with the member below me. More than two-thirds of Victorians agree that duck shooting should be banned. It is a practice that has no place in Victoria. It is cruel and results in the senseless slaughter of thousands of waterbirds every year. With climate change and drought conditions destroying habitat, waterbird numbers are already well below average and in long-term decline.
In Victoria the government continues to approve a new shooting season every year, ignoring the science, ignoring the community. The Premier has declared that this is a legitimate recreational activity. The wounding, the maiming and the killing of these birds has no place in our state. The Victorian Greens and I have been calling for an end to duck shooting for well over a decade. It is now time for the government to do the right thing. Duck shooting has already been banned in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, and I truly hope that finally this year Victoria will follow suit. It is a senseless and cruel practice. It belongs in the past. On behalf of Victorians and the members of the Prahran community who I know oppose this practice, I implore the government to make this happen.