Help keep the bush open

As much as I am not a fan of cut & paste this bit had to be done that way
This is just a little part of the story but this bloke has been fined heaps had to almost $7000 on trees, has lost the use of the area and had $30,000 knocked of the price of his farm because of the trees. If he doesn't conform he goes to jail.

Ms Jubb-Stoney said the laws were so draconian they had all but
reduced land ownership to a titular form of ownership where owners
maintained title and the right to pay land tax and rates
but effectively ceased being the proprietors of their property.

"It hasn't quite got to that point yet but it's heading in that
direction very quickly," she said.

Last week Ms Jubb-Stoney visited the property of Nathalia dairy
farmer, Ian Kuster, who has been ordered by Moira Shire to plant more
than 1000 trees to replace 28 storm damaged and diseased
eucalypts he cut down recently.

"I believe the farmer acted in good faith in removing trees which were a danger to stock and to humans. He should certainly not be forced to plant a thousand trees for removing 28."

I am not going to indulge and paste up the Liberal policy to free up the red tape cabbageoz but needless to say it is to remove the problems farmers are having with the regulations you talk about. You can't even cut some firewood from a tree over your fence legitimately now.

One other thing they are promising is $ millions to repair the fire tracks so that fires can be again fought. They have been apparetly working with the Four Wheel Drive Association in Victoria to provide for future access. That should be great for High Country access if they are elected.