🌿 Environment & animals
Keep duck hunting legal: where the parties stand
Allow recreational duck shooting to continue? Here's what every decoded party in the 2026 Victorian election has said, with sources.
For: Labor, One Nation and Shooters, Fishers & Farmers. Against: Greens, Animal Justice and Vic Socialists. Not mentioned by: Lib/Nat, Legalise Cannabis, Libertarian, Family First and Sustainable Australia.
👍 For
Labor supports this
In January 2024 the government rejected an inquiry's recommendation to ban duck hunting and tightened the rules instead. That is a 2024 decision, not a new pledge.
Source: ABC News
One Nation supports this
Protect duck and deer hunting.
Source: Australian Election Tracker
Shooters, Fishers & Farmers supports this
Opposed the 2023–24 push to ban duck hunting and welcomed the government's decision to keep it.
Source: ABC News
👎 Against
Greens opposes this
End duck shooting.
Source: Victorian Greens
Animal Justice opposes this
Ban duck shooting (one of Georgie Purcell's stated priorities).
Source: Parliament of Victoria
Vic Socialists opposes this
Wants to end the use of animals for sport and entertainment.
Source: Victorian Socialists
👻 Ghosting
Not mentioned in anything we reviewed for 2026: