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The Victorian Government says it will remove cattle from the Alpine National Park, despite continued lobbying from the Mountain Cattlemen's Association. Cattlemen are calling for a continuation of the alpine grazing trial initiated by the former Coalition Government, saying it will prove grazing reduces fuel loads and the risk of bushfires. Audio: Cattle grazing trial in Alpine National Park scrapped by new Labor Government (ABC Rural) "If we get the opportunity to sit down with the minister, we can prove a point that it's imperative that the trial goes ahead," said association president, Charlie Lovick. Environment Minister Lisa Neville says she's agreed to a sit down with the group, but says there'll be no change to Labor's plan to scrap the trial. "This is a policy that we introduced legislation on back in 2005-06," she said. "The evidence that was presented to the Parliament and to the government of the day was that cattle grazing was doing significant environmental harm in our alpine national parks. "We believe the science hasn't changed." Audio sourced: ABC Rural - Wednesday 10th, December 2014 at 11:21am