Farmers on one side of the New South Wales-Queensland border are receiving fire recovery grants while those opposite are struggling with 'unforgivable' inequality.
If it wasn't for a small section of white fence and some billboards, it would be hard to see where the rural border community of Wallangarra- Jennings splits into two.
There was extensive damage to the boundary fence during fires, making it hard to keep livestock from straying into neighbouring properties or help control kangaroos, dingoes and wild dogs, and feral pigs."I feel guilty that want to get on with the fencing and get it done, and we can't come to the party on it financially," Ms Cusack said.
"Thirteen months later, it just seems to be a bureaucratic thing where it's pushed from one person's desk to the next and no one wants to know about us." The 2023 fires covered a smaller area, but the number of fires and their unpredictable movements caused danger in a way many people had not experienced during the Black Summer event.Landholders from both sides of the border were impacted.In October 2023, south of Jennings, a fire truck was overturned in the course of the disaster.In October 2023, south of Jennings, a fire truck was overturned during the disaster.Infrastructure in Wallangarra was impacted by fire as well in October 2023.
Tim Carpenter had about 90 per cent of his Jennings property burned out last year, and nearly all of his 25 kilometres of internal and boundary fencing was fire damaged.ABC New England North West: Brigitte MurphySo far he's been able to repair or replace about half of it, although fencing is not his only challenge.
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