{"id":224947,"date":"2018-12-07T14:47:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=224947"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T02:02:10","slug":"inquiry-to-examine-vegetation-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/12\/07\/inquiry-to-examine-vegetation-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry To Examine Vegetation Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_150551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150551\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/davidlittleproud.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150551\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/davidlittleproud.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/davidlittleproud.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/davidlittleproud-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agriculture Minister and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 7, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A day after the State LNP called for an inquiry into Queensland&#8217;s bushfires, its Federal colleagues have announced one will be held &#8211; but it will include vegetation management policies across Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said the House of Representatives inquiry would examine the impact of vegetation and land management policies on the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>It will begin this month and is expected to report back by April.<\/p>\n<p>The House Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources will accept submissions <strong>until January 25, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Committee chairman, former farmer and Liberal Member for\u00a0 O&#8217;Connor Rick Wilson, said the impact of land management and vegetation policies could be significant on the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBushfires, expanding land use, and hazard management can dictate the future of regional, rural and remote land areas. The committee&#8217;s inquiry into these issues is timely, given the current and impending natural disaster probability,\u201d Mr Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Committee will be inquiring into these impacts, with particular regard to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Past and current practices of land and vegetation management by the agricultural sector and regional industries;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The science behind activities such as back burning, clearing and rehabilitation;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The economic impact of vegetation and land management policies, regulations and restrictions;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The impact of severe fires on the agricultural landscape, agricultural production and industry in regional, rural and remote areas;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Factors that contribute to fire risk in regional, rural and remote areas; and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The role the agricultural sector has in working with emergency services and forestry management officials in managing fire risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Littleproud said he had first flagged an inquiry in August and had been pushing for one since then.<\/p>\n<p>The fires in Queensland had now provided the catalyst to get the numbers to make the inquiry a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQueensland Labor had the chance to look at this properly but they\u2019ve squibbed it, so we\u2019ll do it,\u201d Mr Littleproud said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have a real look at the impact of the Queensland Labor Government\u2019s native vegetation management land management practices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe idea a farmer is too scared to make a proper firebreak is a joke. We need an easy process so this can be done to protect us from fires. Departments need to be clear and quick when responding to landholders on this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe absence of proper firebreaks on both public and private land is just dumb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas lack of cool burning on State-owned land contributed to fires?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Has the Queensland Government done enough to make sure fires don\u2019t spread from National Parks on to farms?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have Queensland\u2019s vegetation management laws left more fuel load on farms?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve often wondered whether Indigenous land practices could be incorporated into our modern land management now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Queensland\u2019s laws are locking up agriculture&#8217;s potential and making fires worse, we need to know about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be inviting Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad to appear and give evidence at the Inquiry as she was clearly the architect of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQueensland Labor\u2019s silence on these issues comes in the same week Queensland Labor has announced it will cut agricultural colleges in Longreach and Emerald \u2013 a callous abandonment of agriculture west of the divide gripped in one of the worse droughts on record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/12\/06\/state-to-review-fire-response\/\">State To Review Fire Response<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/12\/06\/lnp-calls-for-bushfires-inquiry\/\">LNP Calls For Bushfires Inquiry<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after the State LNP called for an inquiry into Queensland&#8217;s bushfires, its Federal colleagues have announced one will be held &#8211; but it will include vegetation management policies across Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":276803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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