Very little to love about dangerous African plant

Updated April 18 2018 - 10:55pm, first published November 19 2012 - 3:00am

An email last year from Neil Cooper to the Rural Fire Service explained just how flammable African lovegrass can be. ''We had a touch over 10mm rain up to around 21.00 followed by a calm evening and a frost, so obviously no drying occurred overnight,'' wrote Mr Cooper, who is manager of the ACT's fire management unit.

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