Comments on: The Burning Issue http://suebrooks.com.au/2009/the-burning-issue/ The Blog of Councillor Sue Brooks, Hervey Bay - Fraser Coast Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:11:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sadman http://suebrooks.com.au/2009/the-burning-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Sadman Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:54:17 +0000 http://suebrooks.com.au/?p=514#comment-796 Sue, It's started even here, "When will we have a decent people in govt". "Why is this Govt not held accountable". Why will people not accept they are the government? We do live in a democracy, don't we? Every mistake made, is made by the people. Until the people wake up to their responsibilities nothing will change. Just think, people fought to have Fraser Island heritage listed!! Sadman Sue,

It’s started even here, “When will we have a decent people in govt”. “Why is this Govt not held accountable”.
Why will people not accept they are the government? We do live in a democracy, don’t we?
Every mistake made, is made by the people. Until the people wake up to their responsibilities nothing will
change.

Just think, people fought to have Fraser Island heritage listed!!

Sadman

]]> By: Dingosimon http://suebrooks.com.au/2009/the-burning-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Dingosimon Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:27:57 +0000 http://suebrooks.com.au/?p=514#comment-795 The burn off's on Fraser Island would not be necessary if the brumbies and other livestock had been left there. As it was they that ate out a lot of the under growth. Now with the burn off's many dingo puppies that had recently been born have now died in their dens. Much of the wildlife that the dingoes needed to survive on have been killed also due to these fires. Once again this further proves that QPWS/DERM have no idea about managing a Heritaged Listed island such as Fraser and yet no one has stopped them from further distruction. When will we have a decent people in Govt that know what they are doing. Why is this Govt not held accountable for their dreadful mistakes ? The burn off’s on Fraser Island would not be necessary if the brumbies and other livestock had been left there. As it was they that ate out a lot of the under growth. Now with the burn off’s many dingo puppies that had recently been born have now died in their dens. Much of the wildlife that the dingoes needed to survive on have been killed also due to these fires.
Once again this further proves that QPWS/DERM have no idea about managing a Heritaged Listed island such as Fraser and yet no one has stopped them from further distruction.
When will we have a decent people in Govt that know what they are doing. Why is this Govt not held accountable for their dreadful mistakes ?

]]> By: Jeanette Maynes http://suebrooks.com.au/2009/the-burning-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Jeanette Maynes Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:44:19 +0000 http://suebrooks.com.au/?p=514#comment-788 Hi Sue, I was talking to a ranger today when on Fraser Island.... I was informed this latest lot of burning was actually on Woody Island not Fraser Island. Kind regards Jeanette Hi Sue,

I was talking to a ranger today when on Fraser Island…. I was informed this latest lot of burning was actually on Woody Island not Fraser Island.

Kind regards

Jeanette

]]> By: Sadman http://suebrooks.com.au/2009/the-burning-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Sadman Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:33:00 +0000 http://suebrooks.com.au/?p=514#comment-783 Sue, You've stated "Aboriginal people were very clever and used fire as a tool to improve their lives"! History would suggest the 'improvement' was minimal and as they were to the best of my knowledge hunter/gatherers. Their use of fire had nothing to do with improving the land or environment. To burn off or not to burn off, is not the real issue. What is, is where we allow people to build. Many of the houses in Victoria should never have been built where they were. Also in many case the building materials were not appropriate. We will never stop bush or scrub fires, what we can do by good planning is reduce the loss of life. Lighting a fire to stop a fire, come on people, just stop and think about it. It makes as much sense as driving faster to stop the person behind you tailgating. Sadman Sue,

You’ve stated “Aboriginal people were very clever and used fire as a tool to improve their lives”!
History would suggest the ‘improvement’ was minimal and as they were to the best of my
knowledge hunter/gatherers. Their use of fire had nothing to do with improving the land or
environment.

To burn off or not to burn off, is not the real issue. What is, is where we allow people to build.
Many of the houses in Victoria should never have been built where they were. Also in many
case the building materials were not appropriate.

We will never stop bush or scrub fires, what we can do by good planning is reduce the loss of life.
Lighting a fire to stop a fire, come on people, just stop and think about it. It makes as much sense
as driving faster to stop the person behind you tailgating.

Sadman

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