Are you suggesting moving Targa to outside the forestry burn times?
Mr DEAN – I have to keep going because I am losing my time – particularly when we get our chance to be on the world stage in the way that we are during Targa. The date for next year’s Targa event is 28 April to 3 May 2009 and I hope that we do get control of this issue during that period of time. Mr Parkinson – Tourists do understand the need for burn-offs. Mr DEAN – Absolutely, I was going to say that. In conclusion, I want to say that there is a need for burn-offs. We need to reduce the fuel out there. We have only to remind ourselves, as I said yesterday, of the fires on the east coast only two years ago, and the 1966 fires. We have to have fuel reduction burns. There is no doubt about that, but I think that we need to make sure that we pick the right times to do it – Ms Thorp – They do. They do it based on science, not based on some car race, for goodness’ sake. Mr DEAN – We need to pick the weather right and we also need to have consideration for some of the other bigger issues. A
