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You need permission to cut down a tree on your property. If you are not given permission then it's illegal to cut it down. Hence, it is illegal to create a fire
by asdfwvwe 7y ago
You need permission to cut down a tree on your property. If you are not given permission then it's illegal to cut it down. Hence, it is illegal to create a firebreak if you are denied permission to do so. There is a minimum range that doesn't require permission but it's not far enough to save your house in a bushfire.
- ceejayoz 7y ago> You need permission to cut down a tree on your property. This may be true in downtown Sydney or a National Park, but it's very much not the case in most of rural Australia.
- FireBeyond 7y agoYou need permission to build an extension to your home. If you don't get it, it's illegal to build an extension to your home. Therefore, it is illegal to build extensions to your home. That's the flow of your logic.
- golemiprague 7y agoI wouldn't say it is illegal but the law in Australia is very tough and you can't just use common sense, you got to wait and get approvals which in many times don't come. Many times I was pointing out to people that there are too many dense forests around where people live and it is a fire hazard but people looks at me like this dumb immigrant who is anti "the environment". Australians just love their nature and are against anything that will hurt it, even if it is necessary. So it is easy to dismiss anybody who point it out as some climate change denier but meanwhile people houses get burned.
- FireBeyond 7y agoOh, I understand - I lived 25 years, until recently, in bushfire country in Victoria.