Across Britain thousands of neighbours waged hedge
wars (with two fatalities) before legislation gave local
authorities the power to intervene in hedge disputes...

 

Today Problem Hedges Australia and Hedgewise are united in their fight for legislation to control problem high hedges.

 

We aim to :

Announcement Box
IMPORTANT!!: TREES (DISPUTE BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS) ACT REVIEW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS UNTIL FEB 18TH, 2009

Send submissions detailing why the Act should be modified to give legal recourse when hedges/trees cause severe loss of light and views to:

Director, Legislation, Policy and Criminal Law Division,
NSW Attorney General’s Department,
GPO Box 6 Sydney NSW 2001

Or email to lpd_enquiries@agd.nsw.gov.au by Wednesday, 18th February 2009

This will be the last chance we will have for something to be done about this issue possibly for many years – so please write urgently!

(click here to see sample submission)