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Neighbours’ fears for children, pets during duck hunting season
Victorians who live near wetlands open to duck shooters say they were woken by “what sounds like cannon fire”, expressing fears for the safety of their children and pets.
- by Broede Carmody
Tonight, Barry Jane will cook ducks he shot. It could be his last supper of this kind
The 76-year-old has enjoyed duck hunting since he was 16. But he understands a parliamentary inquiry into the future of recreational native bird hunting could end duck shooting in Victoria.
- by Miki Perkins
Victorian government announces shorter duck hunting season
The 2023 season will run for just over a month from April to May, a move that has angered both shooters and animal rights activists.
- by Broede Carmody, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Rachel Eddie
Australia’s loss is San Marino’s gain as microstate wins first Olympic medal
San Marino, a 61-square-kilometre enclave of Italy, is now the smallest country in history to win a Games medal after Alessandra Perilli took bronze in the women’s trap final.
- by Vince Rugari
Australians fire opening shots at Olympics
Neither Katarina Kowplos nor Elise Collier, our unlikely Olympic shooters, made the final of the women’s 10metre air rifle. But their Games are not over.
- by Chip Le Grand
Shooting pains: for this Olympian, sport relieves the pressure
Elise Collier found that shooting helped to distract her from the permanent legacy of a cricket accident in her early teens. Now she is off to Tokyo.
- by Greg Baum