Bushfire Inquiry hears National Parks policy to blame for deadly blaze

Andrew Messenger
March 10 2020 - 2:30pm
RUINS: The bushfires that wrecked Wytaliba last year could have been stopped, bushfire-affected farmers told a state government inquiry last night.
RUINS: The bushfires that wrecked Wytaliba last year could have been stopped, bushfire-affected farmers told a state government inquiry last night.

Bushfire-affected farmers and residents told the NSW Independent Bushfire Inquiry last night a state government ban on cattle in national parks "costs lives".

Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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