‘Un-Australian’ council wants to BAN the BBQ

A council in Melbourne is called “un-Australian” because of its plan to ban some barbecues at the backyard.

After just three complaints from residents, the Bayside Council in the southeast of the town proposed a ban on wood and charcoal backyard barbecues.

The ban could also stop families from enjoying fire pits and pizza furnaces.

“We probably fire up [the pizza oven] every fortnight or so and generally our neighbours are very supportive,” Brighton resident Steffen Sauerbrunn told 7NEWS.

“Hopefully I don’t have to leave Bayside.”

The Bayside Council includes the Brighton, Hampton, Black Rock, Sandringham, Beaumaris and Highett suburbs.

The council will not make a decision until early 2021 and ensures that people will have their say.

“We’re certainly wanting to have a debate – what’s right and what’s wrong in this situation,” Bayside Council Mayor Clarke Martin said.

But not everyone agrees.

“It’s un-Australian. I can see people with barbecue tongs standing outside council protesting,” Member for Brighton James Newbury said.