Good point.
What's to stop anybody poisoning their own trees?
#1 I know that dead trees are protected on in the Gold Coast councils TPO's! Yep, many overlook habitat. So there's rule change #1 to include dead trees.
#2 Here's what Logan council does, forces the tree work
(via 3 bid system to contractors) and bills it to their rates, end of story. If they dont pay their rates or the extra it accumilates interest yada yada.
#3 To prevent them poisoning also perhaps a bond on the tree at point of sale ... all future house sales with protected trees have bonds on the trees, tree dies you lose the money, works for developers. Dont like the trees, dont buy the house, but how many times do you cut down a houseload of trees when the new owner moves in? Lots! Oh, not fair if tree died natural causes, when did you call the plumber out, 2 weeks after the burst main or straight away? Same here, get arborists report, if senile and died fair enough, if you killed it etc lose your bond. You need an incentive for people to give a shit.
#4 People neglect trees anyway and then claim it on insurance.
So there's another avenue where protected trees need annual check ups, if they're not up to scratch no insurance and back to rule #2.
So, when you sit down and think about it there are ways, fairly easy ways to do it, but what we got aint right.
