• ‘Locking up the bush’: Inside the national parks culture wars

  • Feb 11 2025
  • Length: 13 mins
  • Podcast

‘Locking up the bush’: Inside the national parks culture wars

  • Summary

  • Camping, fishing, hunting and four-wheel driving are just some of the ways Aussies experience the bush everyday - but they’re activities that are now, according to some, under threat.

    New land management proposals by state governments to protect the environment have been met with fierce backlash from bush-users, who claim the government is ‘locking up the bush’.

    Today, environment and climate reporter Bianca Hall on whether a balance of both environmental protection and our recreation is achievable.

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