The Victorian Labor Party is at risk of losing a handful of seats if the government capitulates to calls for recreational duck hunting to be banned.
Unions have already threatened to enact industrial action if the ban is imposed,But new analysis by The Weekly Times has revealed that as many as six of Labor’s most marginal seats could fall at the next election if hunters and unionists revolt against the government.
Bass, for example, is held by Jordan Crugnale on a margin of 102 votes, and it has 1,467 licenced hunters.The six-day inquiry received over 10,000 submissions, with Labor MP and committee chair Ryan Batchelor saying the report’s outcome was driven by environmental evidence. Mr Andrews has previously said he is"not here to entertain hypotheticals" and acknowledged"there's a wide range of views" on duck hunting in Victoria. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling
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