Bushfire recovery: Wytaliba "could shrink by half" as development rules imposed

Andrew Messenger
Updated January 13 2020 - 2:57pm, first published January 10 2020 - 12:30pm
Bruce Walker fought to defend this building, but the intense flames beat him. Wytaliba is planning to rebuild after last year's deadly blaze.
Bruce Walker fought to defend this building, but the intense flames beat him. Wytaliba is planning to rebuild after last year's deadly blaze.

Members of Wytaliba's alternative community planning the rebuild of their homes are concerned planning approval rules could make rebuilding so unaffordable it could exclude half the village.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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