Fire Breathing Greens

I am Angry
More Angry than I have been in a long time
The Tragedy that is the Victorian Bush fires were made much worse by meddling Green philosophy

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Next time, I'll just cut down the trees'

• Jewel Topsfield
• February 13, 2009

A COUPLE of years back, Peter Mitchell approached Murrindindi Shire Council, requesting permission to create a firebreak around his home, set on eight hectares of bush in Kinglake.

He was told the council had regulations that prevented residents chopping down trees with trunks greater than a certain diameter.

"I said, 'That's ridiculous, I'm in a fire-prone situation, there is all bush around me and I need to clear a bit more,' " Mr Mitchell said.

"They said, 'You can put in an application for a permit, but you won't get it.' "

On Saturday Mr Mitchell's Deviation Road home, where he had lived for 15 years, burned to the ground.

When he bought the block, he said, it was just bushland, but covenants had subsequently been put on it, including an environmental overlay.

While he understood the need to conserve native vegetation, people had to be able to defend their homes, he said.

"I've still got thousands of trees. I'm doing my bit for the environment, I'm keeping it as a bush block."

He has vowed to rebuild on the site, but this time he won't even be applying for a permit. "I'm just going to cut down the trees and push the perimeter back a bit more. If I build on the same place, I have to feel I am going to be able to defend it and not play Russian roulette."

Madness on a grand Scale

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