What a flaming disgrace - half of NSW's burnoffs cancelled

A DECISION to cancel almost half the burn-offs planned for NSW bushfire zones has put thousands of lives and properties in danger. Frustrated volunteer firefighters yesterday lashed out at bureaucrats and greenies for preventing them from protecting communities.

In one outrageous case, a woman was told by the State Government her fire escape route would remain an overgrown mess because it was a corridor for native flora and fauna.

[You'd think there would be some span of sanity following Australia's deadly fires - but evidently humans aren't to ascend the importance ladder of environmentalism under any circumstance.]

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