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Arborist Guides — Tree Permits, Reports and Tree Health
The questions that come up most often, answered properly — including the ones where the answer means you don't need to hire anyone.
AS 4373-2007 Pruning of Amenity Trees: The Australian Pruning Standard Explained
What the pruning standard actually requires, the classes your quote should name, and why lopping is more than bad practice in Brisbane.
Read guide → 18 Oct 2026 Disputes & LawBamboo Disputes in Queensland: Your Rights
The Act names bamboo as an example of a tree. That one word puts the entire neighbour dispute framework at your disposal — including QCAT.
Read guide → 14 Sept 2026 Disputes & LawA Tree Fell on My House — Who Pays in Queensland?
In most cases your own insurer pays, whoever owned the tree. Liability only shifts if the owner knew the tree was dangerous — and proving that starts in the first 24 hours.
Read guide → 14 Sept 2026 Permits & CouncilsThe Vegetation Management Act 1999 in Queensland
Two separate approval systems govern the same tree, and satisfying one does nothing for the other. Where the state framework bites, and where it does not.
Read guide → 13 Sept 2026 Permits & CouncilsCan I Prune or Cut Down a Council Tree?
The rule that lets you cut back a neighbour's overhanging branches does not apply to a council tree. Here is why, and what actually works instead.
Read guide → 11 Sept 2026 Permits & CouncilsWhat Is a Significant Landscape Tree in Brisbane?
Ten named species become protected the moment the trunk hits a threshold — and when that happens, every exemption you were relying on switches off.
Read guide → 5 Sept 2026 Reports ExplainedAS 4970:2025 — What Changed, and What It Means for Your Project
The terminology moved, the encroachment thresholds changed, and a project that was 'major' under the old standard may be 'moderate' under the new one. Reports still citing the 2009 version are citing a superseded standard.
Read guide → 24 Sept 2026 Disputes & LawNeighbour Tree Disputes in Queensland: Your Rights
You have more rights than you think about overhanging branches — and fewer than you think about the tree itself. Here is where the line sits.
Read guide → 28 Aug 2026 Tree HealthHow to Tell If a Tree Is Dead, Dying or Dangerous
A dead tree, a dying tree and a structurally dangerous tree are three different problems with three different answers. Here is how to tell them apart before you spend money.
Read guide → 28 Aug 2026 Reports ExplainedWhat Is a Level 5 Arborist? AQF Level 5 Explained
Councils specify AQF Level 5 on reports for a reason — and the difference between Level 3 and Level 5 is not seniority, it is a different discipline entirely.
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