VICTORIA HAS FALLEN well behind the rest of Australia, lacking even a single shooting facility capable of hosting international-level events.

With the Victorian state budget imminent and the November state election looming, now is the time for our major parties to see and capitalise on the political and economic opportunities this presents.

WE SPEAK WITH Danny Ryan, President of Sporting Clays Victoria, for a hard-hitting discussion about what's at stake for the state's 250,000 licensed shooters.

After the embarrassing cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the Victorian government broke its promise to deliver legacy shooting infrastructure—leaving clubs struggling with outdated, volunteer-run facilities, while Brisbane prepares world-class venues for the 2032 Olympics.

Danny reveals the shocking disparity in government funding, the economic case for investment (with shooting worth billions to Victoria's economy), and how the pending firearms review by Ken Lay could require infrastructure that doesn't exist.

With potential changes to firearm laws requiring compulsory training and range attendance, the infrastructure crisis becomes even more urgent.

The message is clear: Contact your local MP now. Take 20 minutes—visit their office, make the call.

This is your sport, your future.

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WE INTERVIEW BASTIAN GREEN from Australian Sporting Agencies, who discusses the devastating impact of new federal importation laws on Australia's firearms industry.

Without consulting industry stakeholders, the federal government implemented sweeping restrictions following the Bondi incident, effectively throttling the supply chain and threatening the viability of the industry underpinning what we do.

Green reveals how importers face revenue losses as orders of suddenly non-compliant firearms become stranded overseas and unfulfillable contracts.

Shooters will see price increases of up to $500 per firearm due to bureaucratic double-handling and permit delays of 6-8 weeks.

Dealers are caught in limbo — and shooters are bound to feel the full impact of regulatory chaos.

We also look at how the federal buyback needs to be conducted if it is to fairly compensate businesses and individuals for these forced losses—which is going to easily top at least $3 billion, while achieving …. nothing.

THERE ARE THINGS we can do to reverse this. Getting involved in elections is the best way. We'll cover this in an episode soon .

Watch the Australian Sporting Agencies video explaining the new laws at: https://youtu.be/KcO0NjKSgzw

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THE ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY'S grubby preference deals at the 2022 Victorian state election resulted in the election of their lead candidate, Georgie Purcell, which was an outcome bound to alienate the party at this year’s election. Her election saw the creation of a parliamentary committee that recommended banning duck hunting, which only failed because of the intervention of the Premier’s office. It also saw the scrapping of plans to build major new infrastructure for the shooting sports, which was a major blow to Victorian shooters.

Purcell is now shacked up with Labor MP Josh Burns, raising questions about whether she might be looking to continue her parliamentary career on the Labor ticket at this year’s Victorian State Election.

Don't forget, Georgie also used to work for the United Workers Union - which has strong links to Labor.

Georgie has openly stated she "will not stop until duck shooting is banned," making her intentions clear.

Burns has form on firearms too. His response to firearm policy concerns in Albo’s recent change to federal gun laws (mostly at the border), turned out to be a seemingly AI-generated (or partly generated) reply that failed to satisfy us that Burns has taken the concerns of shooters seriously.

In fact, Josh is the co-chair of Parliamentary Friends of Firearm Safety, which has links to the Alannah and Madeline Foundation – and which has nothing to do with firearm safety, but rather lobbying on firearm laws.

With November's Victorian election approaching, every shooter needs to understand what's at stake and how to protect their sport.

Not only is it important to vote for the right party, but you need to direct your own preferences away from parties like the AJP. We’ll show you how to do that as the election approaches later this year.

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