by Environmental Justice Australia | Mar 19, 2015 | Biodiversity
Last year, we took on a court case against the former Victorian state government’s ‘trial’ of cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park. Our case argued that the grazing trial is not permitted under the National Parks Act. Following a campaign by ourselves, our...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jan 13, 2015 | Biodiversity
Last year, we took a court case against the former Victorian state government’s ‘trial’ of cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park. Our case argues that the grazing trial is not permitted under the National Parks Act. The case is currently listed for...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 6, 2014 | Nature
It looks like the cattle are getting closer to being returned to the Alpine National Park. Today, the Federal Government made public its most recent decision on the Victorian Government’s proposal to graze cattle in the Alpine National Park, to...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jan 14, 2013 | Biodiversity, National biodiversity laws
Last Friday the Federal Court added its voice to the continuing alpine grazing saga – it handed down its decision on whether Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke’s rejection of the trial was valid. Justice Susan Kenny of the Federal Court found that it...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jun 4, 2012 | Biodiversity, Victorian biodiversity laws
The EDO has recently won a case in VCAT to gain access to documents held by the Victorian Government, which the Government used to justify its decision to commence its contentious ‘alpine grazing trial’ in the Alpine National Park, which commenced in early...