Thanks Carrot, you are what a being a great Aussie is all about.

If we purchase any burnt land from an owner who does not want to rebuild, do these same benefits apply to us? Clearing of land and permit costs etc.

I'm neither a climate change denier nor an environmental activist.

During this crisis there has been much talk of climate impact and whether enough has been done about fuel loads.

However, in my opinion we keep overlooking the strategy that created a lot of these fuel loads.

Chop and drop, drop and let rot, spray and let it die by paths and roadways and elsewhere in public lands has been and will continue to be a recipe for disaster.

Whether due to lack of funding, resources or policy driven, you do not need to drive far into unburnt national parks, Aboriginal lands or council roadsides to see large fuel loads that are one lightening strike, car backfire, careless spark or arsonist away from sparking our next bushfire.

Many will argue about the benefits of cool burns, many will say no hot burns, but really we have had enough of the smoke this summer to last our lifetime.

I would rather see these various land custodians be given proper funding to invest in commercial grade mulching machines and to be properly staffed so that these fires loads/risks can be put towards a mulching program which will help improve the soil quality and remove the risks that remain.

After what we have been through, I am sure many in our communities may want to help in areas near their homes. Because there will always be bushfires and all we can do is try to lessen there severity.

Last night I attended the 2020 Krebb Lecture by Professor Lindemayer on landscape and ecosystem collapse. The science, the facts, show that sending machinery into fire damaged forests is not desirable as it causes further long term damage to ecosystem recovery. The likelihood of further rain events will exacerbate the problem causing additional run off pollution of our dams and waterways. I do not support logging of national parks at any stage, ever. They are protected.

I am a small business owner, single mum, with a mortgage. I have been impacted by the fires with my small business being tourism based - I'm down 60 per cent minimum on turnover, with all the show cancellations and tourist evacuated, I have had no income.

Centrelink gives me $176 a fortnight. I haven't paid my bills since Christmas as I can't afford to feed kids and pay the bills. I'm thinking I might be below the poverty line right now and it's not looking any better going into our quiet season.

I'm really not sure how I will get through. My equipment has been destroyed by brown outs and ash, and this is not covered by insurance or by grants as it wasn't burnt. I am in the process of applying for a large loan to replace my destroyed food van and rebuild and start again, re-employ the staff I had plus a couple more. But we need funds.

For any of our small businesses to continue to employ, rebuild and sustain our community, our government needs to help and help is needed now.