Walgett Shire Council will push state government agencies to do more to manage the land and prevent catastrophic bushfires.
Last month, fires burned through more than 21,000 hectares in the region, and claimed the life of a fire fighter.
At the Walgett Shire Council meeting, Councillor Greg Rummery said, “Yet again, we have had a fire start on public land that has a history of being poorly managed, and then that fire impacts private landholders.”
“National Parks have a significant amount of land in this shire, it’s an asset on one hand and a liability on the other,” he added. “They can’t manage natural events like fires.”…