My goodness, what next. Here we are facing a cost of living crisis, electricity could become intermittent and prices are sure to skyrocket and some bright spark wants to police people eating feral animals. I presume that rabbits are also "game meat" and I remember with fondness seeing my father and my husband returning with some lovely plump rabbits for the pot. Are we to be ruled by city folk who have no idea how people in regional areas actually live?

Another stupid law.

Wires seemed to be crossed in comments above as the laws are about sharing game meat not stopping hunters killing their own game. 

I think some people make it up just to put down the new Government.

This makes no sense at all.  I feel that it has been taken out of context.  Sensational reporting ... no.  Brainless reporting ... yes.

Hopefully clarity will be forthcoming soon.

https://theconversation.com/banning-wild-meat-is-not-the-solution-to-reducing-future-disease-outbreaks-181647

I bet if this goes through, it will only be for whites and not blacks in Oz!!!

Sounds like a total beat up to me. 

Any wonder I don't bother to read and engage in any useful discussion here. The threads are consistently taken over by right wing partisan views from people who use every topic to vent their spleen towards anything even slightly left of center. Are most people here sycophants of Credlin, Bolt and Alan Jones or members of the National Party ? I'll stick to bi-partisan forums that are at least moderated more effectively.

Would it possibly be .... one has to suspend belief ... that this relates to the question of COVID resulting from eating infected meat and the powers-that-be don't want to see this occurring here.  Albeit the "hunter" can risk infection but no one else.

Hang on people, Victoria is not the only place banning sharing of wild meat, it’s all to do with covid. You can still kill and eat your wild alligator as long as it’s processed by a licenced facility. Failure to comply can mean 24 months in the clink.

Jan, I do not have access to the Weekly Times story and the article in "The Comversation"  that Pacahawi kindly gave us he link to doesn't appear to have any relevance to Australia.  Perhaps we can hope for some more information in due course.

I would hope that if any Bill was to be introduced to the Australian Federal Parliament that the public would get to see the full text and be able to discuss and if needed debate it before it gets presented.

If a person has legitimately caught and butchered such wild game as deer, goat, pig or kangaroo, I would think that they should be at liberty to distribute their catch as they saw fit.

Just note that "game" could extend to and include fish. Which could be interesting for those who've filled the Esky from a trip to the beach or out in "the bay" and seek to share their catch with friends, family and neighbours.