Eden-Monaro Liberal candidate urged council to adopt new land use plan despite RFS bushfire concerns

Exclusive: Fiona Kotvojs called on the Eurobodalla shire to approve strategy without further consideration

The Liberal candidate for Eden-Monaro, Fiona Kotvojs, urged her local council to push forward with a new rural land plan, despite numerous Rural Fire Service concerns that it did not protect life, property and the environment", documents seen by the Guardian show.

Kotvojs, who has waged a war against so-called green tape", called for Eurobodalla shire council, where she is a resident, to pass the plan that would have allowed new development in bushfire-prone areas.