ACT farmers call for better bushfire protection from national parks

Jasper Lindell
July 26 2020 - 3:00am
The Orroral Valley fire, which affected ACT farms, as seen from Naas Road near Tharwa in early February. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
The Orroral Valley fire, which affected ACT farms, as seen from Naas Road near Tharwa in early February. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Work to protect farms neighbouring national parks in the ACT from bushfires was insufficient in the lead up to summer, the ACT Rural Landholders Association has said.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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