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      <title>mr Timotheus Engberts [Signature #157]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr Timotheus Engberts, Leusden, utrecht, Netherlands<p>Angel Care</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 06:43:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #156]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Hornsby, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:52:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr vincent Marty [Signature #155]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr vincent Marty, Currans Hill, nsw, Australia<p>I would like to invite you to view my petitions for the support of injured workers in Australia and their rights, and decide if you wish to sign on one or both and if you could kindly pass the links around to your family, friends, co-workers...( may be your supporters too as my petitions truly concern all) ...as you know it is hard to promote a petition and any legal ways to do so should be exploited...thank you for your understanding<br />
www.communityrun.org/p/classaction15<br />
and<br />
www.communityrun.org/p/royalcommission<br />
Thanks</p>

<p>Vincent</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Nancy Roussy [Signature #154]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nancy Roussy, Ste-Florence, Quebec, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:42:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>David Ford [Signature #153]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[David Ford, Linden, NSW<p>Indigenous trees are not necessarily the best option for all situations.  Non-indigenous and non-weed species trees should also be protected by the TPO for their contribution to the urban forest.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Peter Newfield [Signature #152]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Peter Newfield<p>The proposal to change the tree preservation order was made in a sneeky underhanded and undemocratic way. Shame Hornsby Council. Do it fairly or not at all!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:37:45 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Maureen Surian [Signature #151]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Maureen Surian, Cherrybrook, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:35:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Matthew Stray [Signature #150]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:47:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr Filipe Barbosa [Signature #149]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:21:44 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Anonymous [Signature #148]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:45:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Sue Dann [Signature #147]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Sue Dann, Australia<p>This TPO opens the way for destruction of Hornsby&#039;s tree canopy, thus having a huge environmental impact on the local government area.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:10:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Richard Mehigan [Signature #146]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Richard Mehigan, Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:40:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Linda Fletcher [Signature #145]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Linda Fletcher, Mortdale, NSW, Australia<p>Ridiculous.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:04:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:05:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Jerusha Sutton [Signature #143]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:32:28 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Beatrice Axford [Signature #142]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Beatrice Axford, Australia<p>I strongly object to the proposal by Hornsby Shire Council to remove the current Tree Preservation Order to allow the removal of non indigenous species &amp; other trees.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:20:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anthony Axford [Signature #141]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anthony Axford, Australia<p>If passed, this new Tree Preservation Order will irrevocably change the character of the Hornsby Shire , reducing the area to little more that an urban sprawl of treeless streets &amp; lost vistas.  We need to encourage the proliferation of trees, not the removal of vegitation &amp; wildlife habitat.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #140]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Australia<p>Madness, just plain madness. The destruction of Hornsby would surely follow should this new TPO be adopted.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:52:47 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>sue farley [Signature #139]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:27:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Dave Rose [Signature #138]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:27:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Agata Mitchell [Signature #137]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Agata Mitchell, Hornsby, Australia<p>The habitat and urban value of many exotic plants must be recognised and included in a best practice tree preservation order. Excluding plants that are not indigenous or herritage listed will have far reaching consequences to ecological processes and our shires sense of place in the future. Very poor decision. Please re think.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mrs Beverley Boland [Signature #136]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Beverley Boland, West Pennant hills, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:41:39 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs LINDEN REID [Signature #135]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs LINDEN REID, NSW, Australia<p>I totally agree with the above petition - a very inappropriate decision by Hornsby Council with no input by landscape professionals.  Sanity should prevail in this instance and this decision should be repealed immediately.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:19:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Kate Low [Signature #134]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Kate Low, Alexandria, NSW, Australia<p>Dear Council,<br />
this seems like a very poor decision.  Trees in their many forms add value to the urban environment.  While I commend the intention of improving biodiversity values, and really appreciate that indigenous species have great biodiversity value, to simply dismiss the value of all other trees in the landscape flies in the face of evidence, and seems like policy madness.  Non indigenous trees can have many positive environmental values, which need to be protected.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #133]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous<p>Exotic species play an important role in the urban forest just as native trees do.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:09:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:47:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Julie Parker [Signature #131]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Julie Parker, Westleigh, NSW, Australia<p>This is a regressive step and will leave the majority of trees in the urban environment of  our shire unprotected. Only 0.5% of residents supported this new policy! How can you continue to call yourselves the Bushland Shire?</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Brett Sidebottom, Werombi, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:42:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Meegen Gamson [Signature #129]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:55:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:31:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MS Jennifer Lyall [Signature #127]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:24:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:47:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr David Byrne [Signature #125]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr David Byrne, Arcadia, NSW, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:01:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:48:35 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Ryan Newett [Signature #123]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Ryan Newett<p>It is dangerous territory excluding all but indigenous vegetation in a tree preservation order.<br />
What is indigenous? what is the  interpretation that will adopted? what if a plant that is determined not to be indigenous now is declared in the future?</p>

<p>Maintain all trees under the order, exclude only nominated weed species - let common sense prevail ... please.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Dr Anthony Kachenko [Signature #120]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Anthony Kachenko, Wahroonga, NSW, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:46:46 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Ross Bolwell [Signature #119]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Ross Bolwell, Annangrove, NSW, Australia]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #118]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:15:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Michael Danelon [Signature #117]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Michael Danelon<p>It of concern to hear Hornsby Council changing their tree preservation order to only protect heritage and/or indigenous trees.  I expect the vast majority of people would not be able to distinguish between an indigenous, vs native and exotic species. Where someone wants to remove a tree (nuisance, aesthetics, light, view), interpretation of this pending change would allow a defence to remove a tree. What happened to protecting the bushland shire and permit on basis of dead dying or dangerous?</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr John Banks [Signature #116]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr John Banks, Hillarys, Western Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:10:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Cheryl Hajje [Signature #115]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Cheryl Hajje, Kenthurst, NSW, Australia<p>you want an answer to reduce carbon, keep the trees standing!!!!!!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:10:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Angela Foley [Signature #114]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Angela Foley<p>trees are an important part of our environment, native or not. once they are gone it will be years before they can be replaced. think before you cut them down.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:54:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Ray Borg [Signature #113]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:19:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Bruce Southgate [Signature #112]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bruce Southgate, Glenorie, NSW, Australia]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Stephen Holt, Terey Hills, NSW, Australia<p>A grossly ignorant policy.  Non indigenous trees play their part in beautifying the urban environment whist adding to carbon take-up.  Imagine the North Shore without the non indigenous trees - in a word, barren.  If some species are undesirable they can be declared as such, but to go down the propsed route is breathtaking.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Paul McKendry, WOODFORD, NSW, Australia<p>Indigenous remnant vegetation within the reisdential areas is in decline with little or no recruitment of indigenous trees allowed to occur due to resident concerns over  bushfire management, sun access to solar panels, etc. Emphasis should be placed on protecting planted exotic ormnamental trees to secure landscape amenity.  Unamanaged removal of exotics may predispose neighbours trees to stronger wind forces resulting tree failures onto people and buildings. Reason for legislating a Tree Prese</p>]]></description>
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Shading, amenity, health and well being of communities, reduces pollution</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Matt Wareing<p>For a council that boasts a good environmental image it is a step backwards. What next only allowed to plant native plants. Biodiversity is a great thing but to have just a mono culture of australian trees is not the answer.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous<p>At the junction of the main roads to the Hawkesbury and at the end of the north shore rail line, the Hornsby area was and early settlement of Sydney. There are many original plantings within private properties that are not within heritage items that reflect the important cultural history of the area. This includes mature deciduous trees like Oaks, feature trees like Magnolias and Conifers. Loss of these trees would adversely change the established landscape character of the area.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Melissa McManus, North Sydney, Australia<p>Absolutely dismayed at such a backward step in the face of all the literature that demonstrates the benefit of all urban trees regardless of their place of origin.<br />
This proposed TPO is basically tree racism!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Bernadette Hunt, West Pennant Hills, Australia<p>The urban forest must be preserved and the original Hornsby Council TPO served this purpose well.  A vote by residents who are likely not to have an overview understanding of the reasons for the TPO cannot be a valid basis for a change in tree preservation rules.  The large trees in the Shire must be preserved.  Please restore the original TPO.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr John Nichols, Helensburgh, nsw, Australia<p>This will render many species of tree having  a high amenity value unprotected a will result in a loss of amenity in the Hornsby area.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr bradley magus, Australia<p>that the new leglistlation be rescinded and adopt a better approach that will save both indigenous and non indigenous trees in hornsby shire council</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Scott Hannell<p>It&#039;s unfortuneate that these important decisions are made by elected members of the general public. These elected people are generally uneducated in many of the matters that they must deal with and therefore poor decisions are made.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Stephen McKay [Signature #75]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Stephen McKay, Gosford, nsw, Australia<p>the urban forest and landscape amenity afforded by trees is provided by a cultural history of both plantings of introduced native trees as well as remnant indigenous trees. To allow the wholesale destruction of the  non indigenous component of the urban forest would have a significant impact on the landscape amenity of the area and also the privacy of residents with no provision for replacement planting.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr David Bungey, Gymea, NSW, Australia<p>As a former long time rate payer in Hornsby Shire I am disgusted by this poor decision.</p>

<p>All trees except exempt, dead, dying and dangerous and weed species should be assessed by a competant horticulturalist and or arborist before they can be allowed to be removed.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, NSW, Australia<p>Massive reductions in local amentiy are a given, but also the proposed changes have huge environmental impacts as fauna in urban areas are also dependant on non-indegenous plants for both habitat and food e.g. any of the Myrtaceae family provide nectar and hollows to birds and mammals. Additionally urban forests are a huge carbon store and also help improve air quality, regardless of origin.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wendy Miller, Ryde, NSW, Australia<p>this proposal is an outrage, Hornby is a beautiful surburb and what makes it that way is the green environment that ALL tree contibute to. There are thousand of non indigneous trees that contribute to the breautiful suburbs of Honsby Shire, all of them provide habitate and a food source for all fauna.  I request that you reconsider this abhorent decision.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michael Shaw, Australia<p>The proposed new TPO will lead to indiscriminate destruction of valuable and beneficial trees for, in many cases, unfounded and unjustifiable reasons such as to improve views and for mere convenience in cases where a tree is removed to prevent leaf drop.<br />
Non endemic trees are just as beneficial to the community as endemic trees and the arbritrary destruction of valuable and beneficial community assets that this new TPO will allow, for the benefit of individuals is a very large step backwards.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ms eva cassegrain, port macaquarie, nsw, Australia<p>This ignorance that is sweeping Australia and their council &amp; shire districts is beyong comprehension.</p>

<p>Misinformation, cowardness and legal bullying collectively smother respect for this country&#039;s short amenity horticulture history and stifle inspiratation and lateral innovations in greenscaping for the future.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Rebecca Surian, Australia<p>This TPO allows removal of all trees because most residents won&#039;t be able to identify if their tree is indigenous or not, so mistakes will happen and indigenous trees will be lost along with the others. Many species look so similar that it takes a person with extensive training to identify them correctly. I wonder where the birds and other creatures will go when the bushland shire looks like a barren grass-land with the odd shrub for decoration? Its not just indigenous trees that provide habitat</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[V.W. Zoc, Leichhardt, nsw<p>Please reconsider.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Rima Jabbour, Old Toongabbie, NSW, Australia<p>Trees Help us Breath No Matter What type they are, and shouldn&#039;t be cut down just because.</p>]]></description>
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