The brumby debate will never be settled until we face the role horses played in colonisation
- Written by Isa Menzies, Visiting Fellow, Research School of Humanities and the Arts , Australian National University

The brumby debate refuses to go away. Nothing seems able to settle this matter.
Neither a heritage listing in 2018 nor the 2021 Management Plan brought the issue to a close. Last week, the report of the Senate Inquiry into the impacts of feral horses on the Australian Alps recommended state and territory cooperation to urgently manage...