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Join the Living with the Bush Coalition

If you agree with the Charter, you can register your details on this website and consider yourself a member of the Living with the Bush Coalition.

Tell others about the Living with the Bush Campaign

We need to show the Government and the Victorian community that there are many people in Victoria who do not accept the recent 10/30 right and who understand that managing the bushfire risk inherent in living in a bushland setting is more complex than current debate shows.

Let your friends, colleagues, community know about the campaign and ask them to consider joining with us.

Get educated, share what you know

Read some of the material on this site, or submit material based on your own knowledge and experience of these issues. We will publish contributions that are in keeping with the Coalition's Charter. We will keep adding material to the site so check back now and then.

Tell decision makers what you think

Contact your local State MP
You can search for them here

Write to the Premier john.brumby@parliament.vic.gov.au
Minister for Planning justin.madden@parliament.vic.gov.au
Minister for the Environment gavin.jennings@parliament.vic.gov.au

 

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Contact Talk-back radio

  • FM Radio

    Triple J – 107.5 FM
    Use the web link/email form to suggest they run a story on an issue
    Call 1300 0555 36 to contact programs during talkback or Super Request (6pm-9pm AEST) or text/SMS 1975 7 555

    AM Radio

    3AW
    Talkback line (03) 9696 1278
    contact@3aw.com.au

    Neil Mitchell 8:30am to midday. Email nmitchell@3aw.com.au
    Dennis Walter 12noon – 4pm
    Derryn Hinch Drive 4pm – 6pm Email : hinch@hinch.net
    Keith McGowan 12am – 5:30am

    774 ABC
    Talkback line (03) 9414 1774
    Use the online email form
    Red Symons 5:30am – 8am Talkback
    Jon Faine 8:30am – midday Talkback SMS 19 774 774
    Richard Stubbs 1pm – 3pm
    Lindy Burns Drive 3pm – 6pm 1300 222 774 or SMS 19 774 774.
    Tony Delroy 10pm-2am
    The Sunday show with Jane Clifton 10am – 12 noon

    3CR 855 AM
    Talkback (03) 9419 0155
    Email currentaffairs@3cr.org.au

 

 

Comments

Thu, 10/09/2009 - 18:29 — Koalagirl

The effect of the 10/30 rule on wildlife

Hi there,

I would like to comment on my fear over what these new vegetation clearing rules will have on our native wildlife.

First of all I am a volunteer wildlife carer in South West Victoria and I am living in a very fractured and heavily cleared landscape. Not far from Warrnambool. There has been an effort made to plant small corridors of native vegetation along roadside boundaries, creeks and farm boundaries. These plantations serve an incredibly important part in facillitating habitat for the native wildlife including large numbers of koalas,birds and possums.

Maybe someone can answer this for me? Under this new ruling will some of these plantations be at risk of being removed? Could this potentially put farmer against farmer?

What about native  roadside vegetation which again is the only safety barrier the poor koalas have to move to new feeding trees and new territory if they are lucky enough not be run over and killed?

With so little habitat left in areas devastated by the Black Saturday fires, has anyone given a thought to the wildlife that is left and how this will affect their survival? I am not against people making their houses as safe as possible but common sense has to kick in at some stage surely. I am interested in others thoughts on the effect on wildlife.

Regards,

Kirsa