MEDIA RELEASE
Treasury Gardens Melbourne 5 May 2021 at 11am
Speakers from 10 National Brumby Groups and Spoken messages from 3 International Brumby Support Groups from The United States and Ireland.
Song led by Graeme Padgett of Barmah who is told to shut down his horse trail riding after 30 years,that provides support to disadvantaged children and reintroduces indigenous children to country. Charlie Lovick who will join us from the High Country 4th generation cattleman, his horse ridden in the film “The Man From Snowy River”.
At 1pm the attendees, led by a ridden Brumby will file in chanting to the steps of Parliament House where we have sought a meeting with Lily D’Ambrosio the Minister for Environment to present a Petition with about 200,000 signatures opposing the shooting of our Heritage Brumbies.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL SPEAK FROM THE STEPS OF PARLIAMENT in support of the end of the regime of threats to shoot Victorian Brumbies:
- Bev McArthur MP
- Wendy Lovell MP
- Peter Walsh MP