Green Politics and Inadequate Building Standards Killed 170 Victorians in the Bushfires

The death and destruction of the Victorian bushfires would have been greatly reduced if the "green" ideology that permeates Government had not prevented hazard reduction in the forests and around the victims' homes

There is no hope for the inhabitants of fire-prone areas while trees are valued more highly than people and every bushfire is blamed on non-existent global warming.

MPs who voted to seal off national parks, councillors who stopped hazard reduction of fuel loads and greenies who blocked fire trails now share collective guilt for the loss of life and destruction.

It's about time tree-huggers who want to protect the environment realized that we are the environment.

But there needs also to be a total revision of the building codes that let houses of unsuitable design be constructed in bushfire zones.

One Nation suggests that in high bushfire risk areas:

(1) No timber or other flammable material should be used in construction - buildings should only be of brick, concrete, steel and aluminum.

(2) All windows should be covered with steel mesh so that no flying embers or larger burning objects can get through. Outside this mesh there should be metal shutters that can be closed to keep out burning gases out if a bushfire actually hits.

(3) Roofs and eaves should be sealed with steel mesh to stop embers entering.

(4) Roofs should slope at a steep enough angle so that burning objects will slide off.

(5) Any trees that can hit buildings or block roads if they burn and fall should be cut down.

(6) Wooden bridges and wooden power poles should be replaced with steel or concrete ones.

After 220 years of white settlement Australians have yet to understand that their bush is a hostile place where the key to survival is "learn or perish".