List of the committee's recommendations
Recommendation 1
1.126 The Commonwealth
Government examine potential new arrangements for Commonwealth involvement in
the development and implementation of a national policy for bushfire
management.
Recommendation 2
3.20 The Commonwealth
co-ordinate a standing national arson forum between fire and law enforcement
agencies to be held every two years.
Recommendation 3
3.24 The Productivity Commission undertake an examination
of bushfire risk from ageing power infrastructure, including an assessment of
replacement costs and likely suppression costs from bushfires caused by
defective infrastructure.
Recommendation 4
3.25 Subject to the
findings of the Productivity Commission, the Commonwealth examine options for
the funding of replacement of power infrastructure that presents an
unacceptable bushfire risk.
Recommendation 5
3.199 The Commonwealth
seek agreement from the states and territories that would enable it to evaluate
the adequacy of fuel reduction programs applied by public land management
agencies in high bushfire risk areas, and audit their implementation against
the program's stated objectives.
Recommendation 6
3.201 The Commonwealth
publish all fuel reduction plans and related audit findings on a national
database.
Recommendation 7
3.262 The Commonwealth
consult with local, state and territory government planning authorities on the
development and dissemination of a house loss risk index for households in
Australia's highest risk bushfire areas.
Recommendation 8
3.264 The Commonwealth
Government work with the states and their agencies to ensure consistent
terminology is used when communicating with the public.
Recommendation 9
5.15 Further
Commonwealth funding for bushfire suppression be made conditional on state fire
agencies agreeing to the Commonwealth evaluating and auditing their fuel
reduction programs.
Recommendation 10
5.53 The Commonwealth
assist the states with bushfire training for land managers and volunteers by
co-ordinating curriculum development and delivery of a national bushfire
accreditation course, to be delivered by the relevant state agencies.
Recommendation 11
5.54 The Commonwealth organise the co-operation of state
land management and fire agencies to provide the practical training aspect of
the curriculum as part of a national bushfire accreditation course.
Recommendation 12
5.78 The Commonwealth
encourages further research into prescribed burning and its effectiveness and
into alternative bushfire mitigation approaches through improved bushfire risk
understanding at the asset level.
Recommendation 13
5.80 At the conclusion
of the current Bushfire CRC funding agreement the Commonwealth establish a new
permanent bushfire research institute.
Recommendation 14
5.82 The Productivity
Commission be tasked to assess the economic effects of recent major bushfires
on the Australian economy to determine the cost effectiveness of prescribed
burning as a mitigation strategy.
Recommendation 15
5.115 The committee recommends that the Commonwealth co-ordinate
a national approach to the pooling of ground fire fighting resources across
agencies and jurisdictions to maximise the efficiency of their use.
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