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Originally Posted by Rainmaker
Mike, I think the problem is that the 10/50 rule is not sufficient in areas where mature trees and homes coexist. Under the 10/50 rule, providing you are in an approved area, you can remove trees and vegetation within 10 metres of your house and clear the undergrowth within 50 metres of habitable structures.
This is not sufficient when the mature eucalypts tower over houses at 30 metres.
The councils continue to prosecute anyone clearing proper firebreaks even though it has been shown that those 'illegal' clearings were only just sufficient to protect the homes and indeed the lives of the residents.
Maybe, just maybe after tomorrow's devastation some of these lawmakers will grow some common sense.
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Ah ok, you are talking about clearing around dwellings, ok, yes that may well need to be reviewed
...although, I get the impression that the current conditions probably mean even that change will make little difference...? Of course Eucalyptus are an issue by themselves, they are fire makers not retardants.
Mike