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Tree-changers drive prices up and complain
20 Sep 2007
"Tree-changers" who are leaving cities in favour of a rural lifestyle are driving up land values and making it hard for farmers to increase their land holdings. The median price of a house in Broken Hill has shot up by 28.5 per cent in the last year to $115,000 and in the Upper Darling by 26.8 per cent to $159,000. An inquiry into agriculture in NSW's Central West has called for tree changers to be issued with a handbook to explain what happens in rural communities. There have been cases of city people moving to country areas, then complaining that agricultural activity is destroying the "amenity" of their lifestyle. NSW Farmer's Association president, Jock Laurie said "There will be noises and smells and agriculture work carried out on a daily basis and that's just the way it is".
Daily Telegraph, 20/09/2007
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