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At the risk of being seen as heretical, from a fire safety perspective we should be eliminating the hazard - and by that I mean the big gum tree forests.
If we don't do it in a controlled way fires will do it anyway - in an uncontrolled way. That is becoming quite clear now.
And FWIW there are plenty of other trees that will grow in this climate without posing a significant fire hazard - there is no reason to obsess about planting natives. At the rate Gunns managed to cover Tasmania in plantations it would take 30 years max to deal with the highest risk areas in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. The downside is having to kiss koalas bye-bye, and maybe a few other species though.
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