7 January

I could kiss the man. Let’s add it to the long list of ‘emotional load of rubbish’ that infects Strayan life. “We've had fire down the landscape here that has had burns go right through it [during colder months] and it hasn't slowed it at all," he said. "The emotive argument is not supported that fuel reduction burning will fix all our problems.” "Some of the hysteria that this will be the solution to all our problems is really just quite an emotional load of rubbish, to be honest."