“IT WAS DESIGNED TO OFFEND SHOOTERS”: Victorian State Budget leaves shooters left high and dry

THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT’S recent State Budget told us how much value it places on the shooting sports. Despite iron-clad promises to build world-class shooting facilities after abandoning the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Victoria's shooters received zero funding while other sports flourished. The numbers tell a shocking story. Geelong BMX Club secured $200,000 for 120 members (that's $1,600 per member).  Cycling received $12 million, and bike lanes got $7.4 million – for a lot of paint! Meanwhile, the shooting sports didn’t get anything. Not even enough for a car park. This is particularly embarrassing when Brisbane and Sydney boast international-level shooting complexes - yet Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, continues to lack basic shooting infrastructure. With a $108 billion budget, allocating just 0.1% to support the shooting sports would turn this around.  Importantly, it would allow the state to attract major international events, with proven economic benefits.    This means the government doesn’t have a revenue problem; it has an expenditure problem.  This has been exacerbated by a state government cabinet dominated by the socialist left-wing of the Labor Party which wants to crush the shooting sports. TAKE ACTION: Let Victoria’s State Premier, Jacinta Allan, know that this isn’t good enough.  Email her at [email protected] and demand that we have proper shooting infrastructure for Victoria. Finally, can you please help us?  We need to be able to send this content to more and more shooters – so make sure you’re on our email list & get your mates to do the same as well!  It’s free, easy to opt out and would be a huge help if you can do that.  To sign up, just go to https://politicsreloaded.com/email-list/  -------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN US ON PATREON Join our Patreon channel and get our episodes before they are released more widely at:  https://www.patreon.com/c/PoliticsReloaded/membership -------------------------------------------------------------- DONATE NOW – and support our work You can back our work by donating at https://politicsreloaded.com/donate/ OR you can ‘buy me a coffee’ in support, at https://buymeacoffee.com/politicsreloaded   #GunNewsAustralia #VictorianBudget #ShootingSports #Victoria #AustralianPolitics #FirearmRights #VictorianShooters #AustralianShooters #SportingShooters #PoliticsReloaded