Get-Together featured in magazine

An article on the Mountain Cattlemen’s Get-Together is out this week (April 10)  in Australian Performance Horse magazine’s April/May edition. A provocative title of “Mountain Cattlemen’s Last Ride” with the subhead “A Stock Horse Rally for Canberra?”,  should create some interest. Click here to view the site:...

Baillieu takes alpine cattle trial to court: The Age

THE Baillieu government has escalated the fight over its cattle grazing trial in the Alpine National Park, launching Federal Court action against the Commonwealth’s decision to block its plans. The state government lodged papers for a judicial review of the ban late yesterday, following legal advice it sought from the Victorian Solicitor-General. State Environment Minister Ryan Smith said...

MOUNTAIN CATTLEMEN WELCOME VICTORIA’S FEDERAL COURT APPLICATION

The Mountain Cattlemen have welcomed Victoria’s decision to ask the Federal Court for a judicial review following the Gillard Government’s refusal to grant the State permission to conduct Alpine grazing trials in the Alpine National Park. “The reasons listed for the refusal by the Minister for the Environment, Tony Burke at the end of January were pathetic” according to the President of...

OFF TO COURT: BURKE’S RULING ON ALPINE GRAZING TO BE QUESTIONED

The Victorian Coalition Government has today asked the Federal Court to review a recent decision by the Commonwealth Environment Minister Tony Burke, to review a recent decision by the Commonwealth Environment Minister Tony Burke, on its research trial into the use of strategic cattle grazing as a bushfire risk mitigation and fuel reduction tool in Victoria‟s high country. Minister Smith said...