Not that I agree with hunting in National Parks, however the GAME AND FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL AMENDMENT BILL 2009 is not the amendment that has been passed.
My understanding is the amendment that has been passed is the GAME AND FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL AMENDMENT BILL 2012. The 2009 Bill was a wish list put up by the Shooters back in 2009.
A link to the Bill is http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/131a07fa4b8a041cca256e610012de17/c8afc0c4709e478bca25788e0005e862/$FILE/85441697.pdf/b2011-163-d15-House.pdf [1]
Part of the amendment is the following:
GAME ANIMALS THAT MAY BE HUNTED
Schedule 1 [6] recasts the provision of the Act that specifies the non-indigenous
game animals that may be hunted under the authority conferred by a game hunting
licence so that the provision refers instead to a list set out in proposed Schedule 3 to
the Act (as inserted by Schedule 1 [30]). The list of game animals contains 2 separate
parts (eg the game animals currently referred to in section 5 (2) of the Act will now
be listed in Part 2 of the new Schedule). The list will be able to be amended by
Ministerial order, BUT NATIVE ANIMALS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE ADDED.
The Schedules are the following:
SCHEDULE 3 GAME ANIMALS
(Section 5)
PART 1 NON-INDIGENOUS GAME ANIMALS (LICENCE REQUIRED TO HUNT ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LAND)
BIRDS
Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus)
California Quail (Lophortyx callipepla californicus)
Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris)
Partridge (Alectors alectoris chukar)
Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Pheasant (Phasiniacus phasianus colchicus)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
OTHER ANIMALS
Deer (Family cervidae)
PART 2 NON-INDIGENOUS ANIMALS (LICENCE REQUIRED TO HUNT ON PUBLIC LAND ONLY)
NOTE. A game hunting licence is NOT required for hunting the animals listed in this Part on private land, and accordingly is only required if the animals are living in the wild on public land—see section 17.
Cat
Dog (other than dingo)
Goat
Fox
Hare
Rabbit
Pig
Common Starling (_Sturnus vulgaris_)
Common or Indian Myna (_Acridotheres tristis_)
Feral Pigeon (_Columba livia_)
So, on reading the amendment, the hunting of native animals cannot be approved by this amendment.
Regards
Brook
