Independent Review of the Wildlife Act 1975 – April 2021
GABA's submission responds to the four Scope of the Review areas as advertised on the engage website: the Act, Regulatory Framework, First Nations and Compliance/ Enforcement followed by a list of substantive recommendations drawn from each. Our recommendations cover areas such as legislation, regulation, First Nations, poisons and chemicals, habitat, governance, and speciesism. Our submission concludes with a summary that calls for robust legislation that adequately protects wildlife, genuine collaboration with First Nations culture, recognising their leadership in caring for Country and all inhabitants, and encouraging positive engagement with wildlife to help restore the sense of wonder that intrinsically exists in the biophilic human.

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Inquiry into Victoria’s recreational native bird hunting arrangements.
Non-human animals are living, thinking, and feeling individuals who experience the world around them and within them. They are subjects, not objects. 1 Birds have their own lives, their own wishes and intentions, their own moral code, sense of play, intelligence and will and wish to live. The more we learn about non-human animals of all species, the more we discover ways that they are like us, not different to us E very year, native birds suffer and die during the shooting season. The wounding rate is such a problem that t he Game Management Authority has established the Waterfowl Wounding Monitoring Program, affirming that wounding, hurting and suffering, is an inherent part of recreational duck shootin


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Building a better understanding of bushfire risk.
Fire is integral to protecting habitat for all species and acts as part of the restorative system of the natural world. As humans, we are part of nature, of Country, not separate to it. We also depend on the health of Country for our survival. Therefore, GABA has a strong interest in human knowledge and activities that supports the proclivity of nature to replenish Country for the sake of all species including our own. One of the most ancient knowledge bases in this regard is the use of fire. In balance, fire is restorative. Out of balance, fire is destructive. W e are delighted t o make our submission into understanding better how to reduce bushfire risk



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