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The SSAA Victoria Podcast

With over 44,000 members, SSAA Victoria is the largest shooting and hunting organisation in Victoria, Australia. The organisation represents the broad interests of recreational shooters and hunters through frontline advocacy, education and providing shooting and hunting opportunities.

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E16 - Twelve years in the red morgue - Spring St...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2026/09/28

After twelve years in Victoria’s Parliament, Jeff Bourman MP joins us for a candid look back at life inside Spring Street’s so-called “Red Morgue”.Jeff reflects on his path into politics, the realities of working from the crossbench and the issues and battles that defined his parliamentary career. He also offers his characteristically frank perspective on Victoria’s political parties, firearms and hunting policy, and what the future may hold for shooters, hunters and political representation in

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61:32

E14 - If hunting doesn't reduce deer numbers...why...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2026/07/10

Can recreational hunting reduce deer numbers? What does the evidence actually say about hunting in Victoria's National Parks? And what do Australians really think about deer hunting?In this episode of the SSAA Victoria Podcast, the team is joined by Emma Bellot and Dr Stephen Headey (RMIT University), Emma’s Honours research examines one of the most debated wildlife management issues in Australia. Using camera trap distance sampling, vegetation assessments and one of Australia's first studies into

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61:50

E13 - The department of blast & cast? With Travis...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2026/05/28

Victoria’s hunters and fishers are officially “shacking up” under the new Outdoor Recreation Victoria from July 1 - but what does that actually mean?In this episode, the boys from SSAA Victoria sit down with Victorian Fisheries Authority CEO Travis Dowling to talk about the merger of the VFA and GMA, the future of Outdoor Recreation Victoria and why hunters and fishers are natural allies. The conversation explores the shared challenges facing both communities - public land access, social licence,

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68:28

E11 - For ducks sake - Reduce wounding, adaptive...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2026/03/11

In Episode 11 of the SSAA Victoria Podcast, Barry Howlett is joined by co-hosts David Laird and Daryl Snowdon, along with special guest Simon Toop, Director of Strategy and Research at the Game Management Authority.Simon has spent years working at the intersection of wildlife science, hunting policy and game management, and in this episode, we take a deep dive into the science behind Victoria’s duck season. Before that, the team runs through what’s happening around the traps, including the Ken Lay

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E10 - Evidence-based firearms policy? Victoria's path...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2026/01/30

Join the SSAA Victoria team as we examine the policy responses following the Bondi attack and explore how Victoria's evidence-based review process can deliver effective firearms regulation.We discuss the rushed NSW legislative changes, the federal government's responses, and why Victoria's methodical approach under Ken Lay may offer a better path to public safety outcomes that respect both community concerns and evidence-based policy. Explainer of the National changes with SSAA National CEO Tom

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E09 - 2025 in review - big wins, battles and the road...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2025/12/05

Join SSAA Victoria for a deep dive into the biggest moments of 2025 — the wins, the setbacks, the politics, and the hard work behind the scenes — as we look ahead to a massive year in 2026. In this episode, we run through a huge year for Victorian hunting and shooting, covering everything from public land wins to animal rights activism and the escalating push toward evidence-based policy.

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E07 - Neal Finch and a better way for Wildlife...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2025/05/19

Neal Finch is an Environmental Scientist and a lifelong hunter with a long and rich association with the SSAA.Neal has hands-on experience in hunter-centred wildlife research and worked for the Queensland Government for many years on its commercial kangaroo management program. He is currently the Executive Officer of the Australian Wild Game Industry Council. In 2024, Neal travelled to Europe on a Churchill Fellowship to explore the wild game harvesting industry in Europe, specifically how it is

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E05 What's the story with public land?

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2024/12/07

The SSAA Victoria team take a deep dive into the management of public land in Victoria - particularly as it relates to shooting and hunting access.More information on the "More to Explore" mapping application at: https://www.exploreoutdoors.vic.gov.au/where-to-start/more-to-explore More information on hunting on public land at: https://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/deer/where-to-hunt More information on the Great Outdoors Taskforce

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E04 Wildlife (Game) Regulation Review - A deep dive...

The SSAA Victoria Podcast ·

2024/08/30

The once-in-a-decade overhaul of Victoria's Wildlife (Game) Regulations has implications for the 60,000 Victorians who hunt deer, duck and quail. Proposals put forward for consideration by the government include transitions away from lead-based ammunition for all game hunting, allowing handheld thermal devices for deer hunting, locking in Wednesday openings and 8 am starts for the first week of duck season and some left-field ideas, including blaze orange deer decoys. In this episode SSAA

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