Sparks to fly as Baillieu launches fire front
Sparks to fly as Baillieu launches fire front
…that between 2002 and Black Saturday on February 7 last year, the government had ignored 25 recommendations from various reports on measures to better prepare the state for emergencies such as bushfires. A year after the commission’s interim report, Mr Brumby had still not implemented all its recommendations on warning systems, emergency management plans, fire refuges and so-called neighbourhood safer places…
Too true. Even aspects of the 1998 Linton Report have not been implemented.