A payment of up to $4,000 per residential property has been made available to help residents in bushfire-affected areas meet the cost of assessing and removing hazardous trees on their private properties.

Both owner occupiers and landlords are eligible to apply for this payment in order to make their property safe. Renters should notify their landlord of potentially hazardous trees and ask to have them assessed and treated.

Fact sheets can downloaded from

http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.asp? Page_Id=1026&h=0

You can also contact the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund on 1800 180 213 for assistance on filling out the forms.