8th April 2007, 09:22 PM
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|  SA Parliament tree chat 2006
Good to see some progressive chat from politicians. http://www2.parliament.sa.gov.au/han...H220606.HA.htm Quote:
I think one of the areas that needs to be looked at (and this is alluded to in my motion) is that surely we should not let people build so close to a significant tree when, in a few months, or even less, they come along and say, `The tree is a threat to our house.' People should not build under the canopy of a tree or in the root zone and, obviously, they should not build (and it is a related aspect) where a limb could fall on their house. In a subdivision called Craigburn Farm, which is in Davenport (or, as the developers call it, Blackwood Park), all the trees were numbered before building works commenced. However, I have asked Adelaide Development Company how many trees are left, and it cannot answer that question. I know why?because the company, or the people who moved in, have removed many of them.
It is amazing how bulldozers seem to have a mind of their own and remove a tree without anyone being able to control that bulldozer. It is obviously a technical error by the bulldozer; it has a mind of its own, and it has accidentally hit the tree. There was a recent case in Blackwood Park where the people wanted a tree cut down?they said that it was damaging and a threat, and so on?and they sold up as soon as the tree was removed. There are people who just do not like leaves, or trees. There are some people in my electorate like that. My view is that, if you do not like trees, or that sort of environment, please go and live at Wingfield, or some?where that is more in keeping with your aesthetics.
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However, we need a regime that is sensible and appropriate, where qualified people give advice?not Johnny the tree lopper coming in and saying, `That tree has borers in it.' They nearly all have borers in them; that is how birds, insects and other creatures survive.
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