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December 2009
31 - Victorian duck season will open in March
30 - Blackmarket guns
12 - Facey outfoxes rival at shoot
11 - Camels running amok
10 - Wheelchair gun victory
09 - Feral animals multiplying in New South Wales
09 - Anti-duck hunting bill rejected
09 - Grant for pest control along River Murray
09 - Feral goats culled
02 - Night shoot held in pleasant conditions

November 2009
25 - Hot-shot Hamish
25 - Wild camels terrorise NT community
24 - Victorian Labor Party debates duck hunting
23 - Taking a pot shot at regional sports funding target
23 - Letter - Ineffective laws
23 - Victoria duck hunting update
22 - So much for gun amnesty
22 - Letter - Extra ammo for buyback critics
21 - Shooting for the best
19 - Murray Sunset National Park goat cull program
18 - Aim is spot on
18 - Animal welfare laws
18 - Wallabies reaching plague proportions in Cairns
17 - WA firearm licence applications
17 - Shire loaded for dog
13 - Minister supports voucher
13 - Get your finger on the trigger
12 - Dogs or panther creature responsible for alpaca attack
11 - Men’s health important to discuss
11 - Urban dwellers losing touch with life, says Attenborough
08 - Farmed rabbit meat industry struggling
06 - Democratic society or dictatorship?
06 - Land degradation from feral goats
05 - Kangaroo plague on western Queensland farms
04 - Young SSAA members taught importance of Aboriginal heritage
04 - Wrong word used

October 2009
29 - Letter - A lifestyle choice
29 - Shooters’ bronze
28 - Ready, aim, shoot, donate
28 - Pistol and rifle shoots at SSAA Cameron Creek Road
27 - Rimfire hotly contested at Glen Innes
27 - Hurley fires up for record
24 - Russia bites the bullet and rallies to defend
23 - Volunteer recognised
22 - Bathurst shooters show handgun skills
21 - Letter - Guns easy targets
19 - Letter - Hunters are humans, too
19 - Cop that for lunch
16 - Hunters should be targeted
13 - New laws to crack down on the use of imitation
13 - Handguns the prize target of criminals
13 - Check your firearms
12 - The loaded question of self-defence
09 - Police oppose handguns for cattlemen
09 - Conditions difficult for shooters at Queensland Benchrest competition
09 - Kangaroo numbers affecting asparagus season
08 - Letter - Slug gun critics draw a long bow
02 - Federal Environment Minister refuses crocodile safari hunting
02 - Kangaroo cull ahead of Bathurst 1000 V8 race
02 - Law changed on fake guns
01 - Sporting shooters seven

September 2009
30 - Minister’s support a shot in the arm for SSAA National
30 - Sporting Clays Try Day huge success
25 - Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre discusses feral cat issue
25 - 14th Annual Victorian Teachers’ Games
23 - What happens to kangaroo meat?
23 - Hilltop resident overstating effect of Southern Highlands Regional Shooting Range
22 - Feral cats impacting New Holland mice populations
22 - Firearms Safety Awards Presented at Wycheproof
18 - Shooters target state titles
17 - Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre rejects Animal Liberation camel calls
17 - ABC Central Australia’s report on feral camel control
16 - Local ladies not gun shy
16 - Firearm audit
14 - Bob Irwin discusses wombat rescue centre
12 - Park Service measures native woodland damage by kangaroos
11 - Bowhunting competition
11 - Paroo-Darling National Park seeks contractors for feral goat removal
11 - Feral pig cull in Barmah State Park
11 - Study to learn more about our red deer
10 - Pig cull for park
09 - Safari hunting an expanding industry in Northern Territory
09 - Pigs to be in line of fire
09 - Feral birds targeted
08 - Seafood in high demand
08 - Shooting to the top
07 - National Threatened Species Day commemorates Tasmania tiger death
04 - Aerial culls of feral goats and pigs
04 - $40,000 to tackle wild dog threat in Ravensthorpe
04 - Support for hunting in national parks
03 - Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre discusses rabbit numbers
03 - Hendra virus concerns
02 - Sporting organisations win on weekly trifecta
02 - Season opens on waterfowl
02 - Minister holds on
01 - Conservation hunting in state forests

August 2009
27 - Port shooter hits the mark
27 - New club’s first shoot
27 - Interview with Western Sydney University’s Dr Michael Kennedy regarding firearms
26 - Feral camels hit a hump
25 - Red deer research
24 - All shooters invited to join inter-club event
21 - Laang loses great lady
20 - Sporting shooters celebrate purchase
19 - Pest birds cost horticulture $300 million annually
19 - Shooting stars gain national experience
18 - Western Sydney University questions usefulness of dingo fence
17 - Invasive Species Council and NSW Shooters Party debate hunting in national parks
16 - Eyes out to pot a few foul
10 - Police poised for new street search powers
09 - Shooting from the lip
07 - RSPCA petitions against hunting in national parks
06 - Shooters Party bill
06 - It’s game on as hunter buys zoo’s endangered antelope
05 - Poison problems
04 - Queensland trialling new poison to control wild dogs
02 - Gun sales boom

July 2009
28 - Youngsters shoot for the top
28 - Ready for title shot
27 - SSAA National assists 60 Minutes in hunting story
24 - Federal Government feral camel cull
24 - Steel shooting in memory of Ernie
22 - Bow hunting in NSW
21 - Where do you think meat comes from?
20 - Many methods needed to control feral animals
19 - Holes in sniper policy
17 - Pollies on prowl for panthers
17 - Millmerran shooting event
17 - Gugliemino is as straight as a gun barrel
16 - Control dogs with ‘toolbox’
09 - Harvest Australian game animals, says chef
08 - Sporting Shooters Association of Australia compete locally
07 - London firm interested in Australian goat farming property
07 - Native fauna culling under Shooters Party bill is strictly controlled
07 - Letter - Hunting in parks
07 - Letter - Guns on streets
06 - Letter - Post office gun licences
06 - Heat on crossbow army
03 - Shooting of feral animals
03 - Shooters ‘come and try’
02 - Peter Garrett speaks about feral camels in Northern Territory
01 - Tim aiming to be on target at titles
01 - State titles in their sights
01 - Clean sweep for Bay shooter

June 2009
30 - Support for feral animal shooting
30 - Letter - Licensed and in the real world
27 - Goodwill hunting
25 - Feral pigs a high-end product to be tapped
24 - Parliament takes a shot in the park
24 - Letter - Get the real facts on national park hunting
22 - China wants three million wild donkeys
22 - Woylie conservation efforts
22 - RSPCA supports wild donkey meat export
20 - Fox rewards
19 - Port’s young guns shoot down rivals
19 - Personal best for Zubcic
19 - In hunters’ sights
17 - World eagerly awaits - Teenager in best form of three-year career
17 - Wild dog attacks still prevalent in Victoria
16 - SSAA Victoria’s fox drive
12 - Shooters on target for NSW titles
12 - Wild or feral deer? Game Council and Invasive Species Council discuss
11 - Sunrise program compares Australian and American ‘gun cultures’
09 - Shooters reject ban call
09 - Katter: We should have the right to bear arms
09 - Foxes on fences may become common
07 - Victoria Police to be retrained
07 - Giant pigs near city
05 - Greens push for duck hunting ban
04 - Tirkot shoots her way into the record books
01 - Greens want South Australian duck season banned
01 - SSAA speaks with ABC Riverland about South Australian duck hunting season

May 2009
31 - Armed and literate
31 - Law of the gun
29 - Ready, aim…
28 - Red deer now a ‘pest’ in Queensland
28 - Doors open on hidden heritage
28 - Hervey Bay wants dingo cull
27 - Harding tops bench-rest 50m
27 - Brummell first, daylight second
25 - CSIRO says introduced species affect biodiversity
25 - Tasmanian devils decrease while feral cats increase
25 - Shooters can cash in on fox kill in North East
23 - SSAA Tin Can Bay shoot
22 - Get involved in RabbitScan
21 - Top End meatworks may reopen to deal with introduced species problem
19 - Great calibre of membership
14 - Wild horses hinder frog conservation efforts
13 - SSAA Bateman’s Bay holding swap meet
13 - Shooters have say on gun laws
13 - Eschewing Safeway
10 - Fight for deer life as greens take on hunters
07 - SSAA Narrabri report
07 - Ken on target at Masters
06 - Goat make good lawnmowers at Google
06 - Parks Victoria fox drive
06 - Good sports
04 - Fox hunt gets results
04 - Cook cleans up at SSAA Risdon shoot
02 - High calibre competition
02 - Advisory group for gun laws
01 - 18 million feral cats around Australia doing damage
01 - Cameras to catch South Burnett pests
01 - Letter - Greens should be realistic about shooting feral animals
01 - Things to do this weekend

April 2009
29 - Time for fox pelts to make fashion return
29 - SSAA Wagga Anzac shoot raises funds
29 - Shots fired over handgun issue
28 - Born or Bred?: Investigating the forces that shaped Martin Bryant
28 - Kosciusko National Park brumby cull
28 - Queensland authorities getting tough on wild dogs
27 - Project Ploughshares to manage international civil society efforts in support of an Arms Trade Treaty
24 - SSAA’s Cooks Companion
24 - Game to try the Cooks Companion?
24 - Group takes aim at pests
22 - Vegan placed on FBI Most Wanted list of terror suspects
22 - Special shoot at rifle range
22 - Ready, aim, fire
21 - Flashjack Day
20 - Buyers step into the breech
17 - More action needed to control feral camel populations
17 - Red fox is one of biggest threats to Australia’s native fauna
17 - Feral pigs an increasing problem in Upper Hunter region
17 - Shooters right on target at titles
17 - Flash celebrations for Avocet wallabies
16 - Trenorden breaks ranks on handguns
16 - Letter - Longarms law makes no sense
15 - Northern Territory saltwater crocodile plan released
15 - Goat cull to protect ecosystems in Kalbarri National Park
15 - Robberies involving a firearm down
15 - Rubber-jawed dog traps to replace steel-jawed traps
15 - Outback cattlemen want to keep their handguns
14 - Will the fox again become fur game?
13 - Letter - Don’t aim at gun owners
12 - Letter - Bang goes freedom
10 - Easter bilby important too
09 - More on NT crocodile safari proposals
09 - Anzac Day without the bang
08 - Young shooter follows in grandfather’s footsteps
08 - Shooters take aim for national titles
06 - Hunting crocodiles will manage population numbers
06 - Crocodile hunting proposal to be put before Environment Minister today
04 - Licensed firepower
03 - Sunrise program speaks about potential NT crocodile cull
03 - Rifleman cops slug
03 - Pick of the day - Collectors tv program
03 - Duck hunting to ‘boost region’
02 - Rifle range under restoration
01 - SSAA Qld to help endangered wallaby this Easter
01 - Plans to expand global goat meat market
01 - When last is a first
01 - Stealing still tops crime bill
01 - Chapman fires to set new club record

March 2009
26 - Duck and quail hunting in South Australia
26 - Coolamatong club gets on target
26 - Natalie gives mustard rabbit a try
26 - Shoot for charity at SSAA Forbes
25 - Letter: Only crims benefit by tough gun laws
25 - Three-month gun amnesty underway
20 - Wild game on the plate
20 - Kangaroo culling in the ACT
20 - Wombat culling permitted in Gippsland
20 - Victoria’s duck hunting season opens tomorrow
20 - Walsh remains at the helm
20 - Local duck hunters back in action
20 - Australian fox fur: market potential
19 - Rabbits have done millions of dollars worth of damage
19 - Firearms amnesty
18 - Feral pigs an increasing problem around Bundaberg
18 - That’s the shot
18 - Fashion at its foxiest
18 - Bellingen Pistol Club news
17 - South Australia will have a duck hunting season
17 - Warwick plans for a record SSAA shoot
17 - Blanket ban is not the answer
16 - ABC Perth discusses fox fur debate
16 - US gun sales shoot up
16 - Passion for shooting sports runs deep on the Northern Rivers
13 - ABC Riverland Radio interview about fox fur
13 - Promote and support fox fur alterative
13 - Free-range meats a healthier alternative
13 - Tough laws not shielding innocent
12 - Germany killings prompt call to ban guns
12 - SSAA discusses mental health and gun control
12 - Queensland’s wild pig industry shutting down
12 - Ready, aim, cook!
12 - Nationals dismiss Greens’ call for tighter gun control
12 - ABC Ballarat speaks about SSAA’s Cooks Companion
12 - Foxy solution?
12 - Fox fur favoured
11 - Russell Mark speaks about hunting
11 - Feral pig population explosion in SA’s Riverland
11 - Feral cats and foxes become greater threat with climate change
11 - Time running out for duck hunting licences
11 - Shooting sports news
11 - SSAA Northern Rivers open day to highlight sport shooting
11 - More families take children hunting
10 - Flinders Ranges National Park temporarily closed for Operation Bounceback
10 - Feral pigs requires several control methods
10 - SSAA West Wyalong Sport Rifle results
10 - Letters - Gun debate
09 - Australia’s new and emerging agricultural industries
09 - Jaime, 13, has a shot at sport’s big names
08 - Farmers want guns
06 - Sporting chance at winning cook book
06 - Hunt to eat
06 - Dr Maxine Cooper on ACT kangaroo culling
06 - Shooters in a stew
05 - Glenn McGrath speaks about RabbitScan program
05 - ABC Western Queensland Radio interview about SSAA’s Cooks Companion
05 - Sights set on recipes
04 - SSAA member Glenn McGrath calls for rabbit cull
04 - ABC Newcastle Radio interview about SSAA’s Cooks Companion
04 - SA: Guns surrendered in SA amnesty
03 - SSAA Wagga Wagga on NSW firearms amnesty
03 - Letter - ‘Fit and proper’ to drive
02 - SSAA Illawara on deer numbers in Queensland
01 - Letter - Up in arms
01 - Letter - Howard laws off target
01 - NSW gun amnesty starts

February 2009
28 - ACT kangaroos starving and should be culled, says RSPCA
28 - Amnesty called as firearms possession rises
23 - Camel meat demand increases
20 - Guns for those who fire blanks
16 - Hunter Reward program for fox hunters
14 - Closed-off national parks a haven for weeds and feral animals
12 - Wild dog attacks cost farmers dearly
10 - Great Western Woodlands Campaign
08 - Target shooting
06 - It’s one of the most notorious weapons. So should AK-47 replicas be sold in our shops?
05 - Victoria duck season shortest and most restricted in history
04 - Gawler Ranges National Park closed for feral animal control
04 - Fox bounty more effective than culling program, says Member for Benalla
04 - Most restricted Victorian duck season ever
02 - Don’t forget to renew licences and keep the authorities informed
02 - Victorian Government introduces fox culling reward program

January 2009
24 - Amnesty - No questions asked of gun owners
17 - SSAA Qld Hunting & Conservation activities
17 - Strike me pink: paintball open to 16-year-olds
13 - Bundaberg fruit growers want flying fox culling reintroduced
07 - Wild dogs attack child
07 - Rabbits greatest threat under global warming to Australia’s biodiversity, says Rabbit Management Group
06 - Wild dogs in Upper Lansdowne
05 - Rabbit numbers severely threaten environment
05 - Parks Victoria battles to contain feral cats in Grampians National Park
04 - Game ploy by shooters
03 - Gun theft increases
02 - Police utility belt with gun, ammo stolen from police car in Darling Downs

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