The NSW government’s Wild Horse Heritage Act has undermined 75 years of protection to water and alpine species. It’s time to repeal it and fix the damage
In 2018, the Berejiklian government sanctioned National party-inspired legislation to retain thousands of feral horses in Kosciuszko national park despite their degradation of the park’s water catchments and endangered alpine species. No other state government in the history of New South Wales has enacted legislation that directly undermines Kosciuszko’s 75 years of protection. Even worse, no other government has adopted legislation that vandalises and threatens the inscribed values of a commonwealth national heritage-listed property.
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