Native veg: NSW Farmers say draft clearing laws are a steep ask

Alex Druce
Updated May 18 2017 - 7:00am, first published 5:00am
Government says clearing on 'steep and erodible land' can risk mass land slippage, eutrophication of waterways and estuaries, and irreversible erosion.
Government says clearing on 'steep and erodible land' can risk mass land slippage, eutrophication of waterways and estuaries, and irreversible erosion.

THERE’S no shortage of frustration for farmers sifting through government’s draft land clearing codes, but stakeholders have particular concern over restrictions on land deemed ‘too steep’.  

Alex Druce

Alex Druce

Senior Journalist

Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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