FOREST FIRE

MANAGEMENT

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THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

Massive forest fires burning for weeks, causing catastrophic damage to ecosystems and flooding downstream of public land may be a thing of the past.  Seems too much to hope for.... yet the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee led by John Pandazopoulos have potential to move forest fire management in this State a long way down this path.

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.  THE COMMITTEE HAS LISTENED

The cynics have been confounded by an excellent and detailed report that ranks alongside those of the legendary Leonard E B Stretton (1939) and Sir Esler Hamilton Barber (1977).

The Findings are free from political bias. The Recommendations are specific to core issues, unequivocal, and in the view of Forest Fire Victoria, attainable. The use of knowledge and experience of people outside government agencies is especially commendable. These passages are particularly significant:

SEE THE FULL REPORT

The full report of proceedings including all submissions, findings, and recommendations is available free here . 

NEXT STEP - IN THE HANDS OF CABINET

There is one more step in the process, a policy decision by the Government to implement the recommendations of the Committee in full across all public land.

The Committee has presented a new and much improved foundation on which the Government can build a public land fire management system that really works. The community is now looking to their elected representatives in Cabinet to turn the page on the past and set up and resource a new era of public land fire management in Victoria

Forest Fire Vic members congratulate John Pandazopoulos, the Committee members and support staff.  We will continue to promote and support whatever is needed to make the new system work and avoid a repetition of the disaster that triggered the Inquiry. 

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