Bendigo Advertiser letters to the editor: Duck hunting, Australia Day honours

January 29 2019 - 3:30am
If duck hunting is tourism then it needs to take a hike | Your Say
If duck hunting is tourism then it needs to take a hike | Your Say

Ducks: tourism v shooting

In response to Peter McKenzie’s letter to the editor “Duck hunting is tourism and can co-exist with others”, Bendigo Advertiser, January 22) let’s look at the facts. Mr. McKenzie cites “estimating the economic impact of hunting in Victoria” which claimed only $43 million GSP (not $400 million) was derived from duck shooting across the state, 38 per cent of expenditure going to Melbourne metro while many rural areas received little if any.

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