Queenslanders go to the polls for the State Election on Saturday 31 October. Early voting has commenced.
Queensland is unique amongst Australian States in that it has a Unicameral Parliament (only one chamber). There is a realistic prospect of a balance of power situation after this years election.
We are not in the practice of telling people how to vote. We appreciate that, for most of you, your vote is determined by a number of factors, of which hunting is just one.
The policy insights reproduced in the following table were collated by the group State Forest Hunting for Queensland (SFHFQ). ADA has no formal alliance with SFHQ, we do not speak for them nor they for us. We may from time to time disagree with their positions and tactics as they may with us. We do share a commitment with SFHFQ to gain proper, open access to public land for hunting in Queensland.
Of the Political Parties surveyed, Katter's Australian Party and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party are the clear standouts on the issue of public land access for hunters. Two independent candidates, Jim Savage (Lockyer) and Tim Jerome (Gympie) have also made clear, public commitments. Mark Schofield (Ferny Grove) and Mark Stone (Warrego) also have commendable public positions.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation have a policy of essentially expanding "Farmer Assist" type programs on public land. Whilst this is better than nothing it is not the unimpeded access to public land hunting that Queensland hunters deserve.
Of the majors, the LNP policy is just ahead of Labor's, but both are rubbish. The Greens...well...don't vote for the Greens.
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Candidate |
Position |
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Greens |
The Greens have a long, documented history of anti-hunting and anti-firearms ideology. |
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Tim Jerome, Independent Candidate for Gympie |
Mr Jerome has committed to introducing volunteer conservation hunting to control vertebrate pests on all Queensland public lands in his environmental policy platform. He also has a comprehensive public land use and outdoor recreation policy, which he has promoted through mainstream media. |
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Katter’s Australian Party |
The KAP has released a comprehensive outdoor recreation policy which supports hunting, and which commits to unlocking our state forests and national parks for recreational access. The KAP have publicly called for the introduction of public land hunting in Parliament on several occasions over the last eight years and their Member for Hinchinbrook, Mr Nick Dametto, has been particularly supportive of state forest hunting in the mainstream media. Mr Dametto also sponsored last year’s petition to legalise state forest hunting in Queensland. |
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Labor |
Labor’s response to the petition was anti-state forest hunting. |
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Liberal National Party |
The Liberal National Party has not published a policy on state forest hunting in Queensland and has stated that it has no plans to change recreational access arrangements to state forests. The LNP states that changes to forest usage would need to happen on a forest by forest basis and with stakeholder consultation. |
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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party |
The One Nation Party has published the following policy: Also, One Nation members and candidates such as Stephen Andrew for Mirani, Sharon Lohse for Maryborough and Karen Haddock for Murrumba have been particularly supportive of the campaign to legalise state forest hunting. |
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Jim Savage, Independent Candidate for Lockyer |
Mr Savage has publicly committed to a New South Wales style system of State Forest Hunting in Queensland, having done so for at least three years. Mr Savage has also promoted the policy in the mainstream media. |
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Mark Scofield, Independent Candidate for Ferny Grove |
Mr Scofield has publicly committed to a New South Wales style system of State Forest Hunting in Queensland. |
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Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party |
The SFFP Queensland has committed to a public land hunting policy based on the Victorian system of public land access to state forests and to national parks, in Queensland. |
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Mark Stone, Independent Candidate for Warrego |
Mr. Stone has publicly committed to a system of State Forest Hunting in Queensland such as is used in New South Wales or Victoria. |
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