There’s big bucks in big bucks: hunters add $119m to NSW economy

Alex Druce
Updated July 14 2017 - 10:07am, first published 9:57am
SURVEY SAYS: A survey of 2500 recreational hunters for Department of Primary Industries Game Licensing Unit predicts NSW Game Licence holders has added $119 million to the gross state product.
SURVEY SAYS: A survey of 2500 recreational hunters for Department of Primary Industries Game Licensing Unit predicts NSW Game Licence holders has added $119 million to the gross state product.

NSW hunters’ pursuit of deer and ducks – and also pigs, rabbits, dogs and foxes – pumps a pretty penny into the state’s coffers, according to fresh research funded by the Game and Pest Management Trust. 

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Alex Druce

Alex Druce

Senior Journalist

Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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