By Staff Writer South Australians living, working or travelling in bushfire-prone areas will be given clear advice about what to do in advance of a fire under the new Fire Danger Rating system, the Minister for Emergency Services Michael Wright has said. The six-tier system, which is being adopted nationally for the 2009-10 bushfire season, […]
20 October, 2009
By Angela Dorizas Victorian communities affected by the February bushfires will receive an additional $193 million for rebuilding and recovery efforts. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Victorian Premier John Brumby announced the two-year funding package for fire affected communities on a visit to Flowerdale today. The Australian and Victorian Governments will provide a combined $117 […]
16 October, 2009
By Rob O’Brien Victorians will be given clear advice about what actions to take in advance of a fire threat, under a new national fire danger rating system, the Premier, John Brumby, announced today. Under the new six-tiered national Fire Danger Rating system, Victorians will receive advance warning and clear directions to best preserve […]
12 October, 2009
By Rob O’Brien State Governments have continued to overhaul their policies around bushfires in the wake of the interim report by the Victorian Bushfire Commission. NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia have all endorsed a new framework, recommended by the national bushfire taskforce, to implement a ‘catastrophic’ rating, indicating that the Fire Danger […]
11 September, 2009
By Staff Writer The Federal Government has opened up the solar hot water rebate to Victorians who lost their homes in the February bushfires. The rebate is not usually available for people building new homes, but the Environment Minister Peter Garrett said he had made an exception for homes lost in the fires. “This is […]
7 September, 2009
By Rob O’Brien The Victorian State Government has stepped up its response to the recommendations of the Bushfire Royal Commission with an investment in refuges and protection plans. Premier John Brumby announced a $500,000 grant to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) to help councils prepare Township Protection Plans (TPPs) and to identify Neighbourhood Safe Places […]
21 August, 2009
By Rob O’Brien The position taken by local government on the provision of bushfire refuges was labelled ‘inconsistent’ with their emergency management obligations by the Royal Commission’s interim report into the Victorian Bushfires. In its interim report, which widely panned the responses and planning for the Victorian bushfires, the Bushfire Royal Commission made 13 […]
18 August, 2009
By Staff Writer The Victorian Government will put on 700 seasonal firefighters across the state ahead of the bushfire season with crews to be deployed from September, a month earlier than last year. Six months since the worst natural disaster in Australia’s history, the Premier John Brumby said the Government would next week launch a […]
7 August, 2009
The Victorian Bushfire Commission grilled local government on emergency planning laws. Image: The Burning Question, Fiona Katauskas. By Rob O’Brien Issues including the management of fire refuges and the emergency management policies of local government have faced the white heat of the inquiry into the February 7 bushfires. Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) CEO Rob Spence […]
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