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Re: FIRES
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:45:49 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Stephen Hurn writes:
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> > It's a shame our poor country has suffer such a loss like this (and others),
> > nature wise, health, home and financially... It's even worse when arsonists
> > are behind them :/
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> It's a shame that environmentalists who don't know what they are talking
> about pressure the government into banning backburning. The Aboriginals
> used to backburn all the time precisely to avoid these kind of fires.
> Without it, a lot of fuel is sitting there waiting to go up. Like it has
> several times over the last 10 years. Prevention is better than cure. Pity
> environmentalists are too short-sighted to see that.
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> I'm going to stop now before I get angry...
Hear Hear...though I think you'd find that if they lived in the affected
areas, they'd suddenly have a change of heart and agree back burning was a
good idea.
Benjamin Whytcross
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| (...) It's a shame that environmentalists who don't know what they are talking about pressure the government into banning backburning. The Aboriginals used to backburn all the time precisely to avoid these kind of fires. Without it, a lot of fuel (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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