The liability of landowners to build, maintain, and repair dividing fences does not apply to the Crown, as some fire-affected farmers are discovering in NSW.
Wendy Pannach shares with farmers the challenges involved with trying to get Forestry Corp to split the cost of replacing boundary fencing."I am working to design the fencing to maximize how much BlazeAid can do in terms of supplying labour," she said.
Ms Pannach is hoping that a Commonwealth natural disaster recovery grant of up to $75,000 will help cover costs as she is ineligible for NSW disaster relief. The Act does state:"However, nothing in this Act prevents the Crown or any such council, trustee, person or body from entering into arrangements to contribute to fencing work in respect of dividing fences"."State forests are open and free to public access and Forestry Corporation does not require fences for its own purposes, such as along roads or adjoining other public land," it said.
"While we empathise with the Pannach family, the scale of the fires mean that unfortunately Forestry Corporation is unable to make a voluntary contribution to all the neighbours affected."
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