Footnotes

Chapter 1- Introduction

[1]        Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 1

[2]        CSIRO, Submission 15, p. v

[3]        CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 3. See also Dr Richard Williams, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2010, Canberra, p. 33

[4]        CSIRO, Submission 15, p. v

[5]        CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 20

[6]        Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2010, Canberra, p. 33

[7]        Emergency Management NSW website, accessed on 2 June 2010 at http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/aboutus

[8]        Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water website, accessed on 3 June 2010 at http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/fire/mngfireinnswnatpks.htm

[9]        NSW Department of Primary Industries, Primefact 769, Fire Management in State Forests, May 2008, p. 1

[10]      Rural Fire Service website, accessed on 1 June 2010 at http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/dsp_content.cfm

[11]      The NSW Fire Brigades, Annual Report 2008-09, p. 6

[12]      Rural Fire Service, website accessed on 7 June 2010 at http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/dsp_content.cfm?cat_id=1197

[13]      Rural Fire Service website, accessed on 7 June 2010 at http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/dsp_content.cfm?cat_id=1201

[14]      Department of Sustainability and Environment website, accessed on 10 June 2010 at http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfoe.nsf

[15]      Department of Sustainability and Environment, accessed on 10 June 2010 at http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfoe.nsf

[16]      Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner, accessed on 10 June 2010 at http://www/oesc.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/justlib/OESC/Home

[17]      Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner, accessed on 10 June 2010 at http://www/oesc.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/justlib/OESC/Home

[18]      Country Fire Authority, Annual Report 2009, p. 12

[19]      Country Fire Authority, Annual Report 2009, pp 12-13

[20]      Country Fire Authority, Annual Report 2009, p. 29

[21]      Country Fire Authority website, accessed on 18 June 2010 at http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/business/forest/index.htm

[22]      Country Fire Authority, Annual Report 2009, p. 29

[23]      Department of Sustainability and Environment website, accessed on 10 June 2010 at http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfoe.nsf

[24]      Parks and Wildlife Service website, accessed on 16 June 2010 at http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=890

[25]      Parks and Wildlife Service website, accessed on 16 June 2010 at http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=890

[26]      Tasmanian Fire Service website, accessed on 16 June 2010 at http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/mysite/

[27]      Tasmanian Fire Service website, accessed on 16 June 2010 at http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/mysite/

[28]      Forestry Tasmania, 2008 – Forest Management Plan, p. 34

[29]      Forestry Tasmania, 2008 – Forest Management Plan, p. 34

[30]      Department for Environment and Heritage website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/fire/about/index.html

[31]      Department for Environment and Heritage website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/fire/about/index.html

[32]      Metropolitan Fire Service website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.samfs.sa.gov.au/site/about/_us/our_organisation.jsp

[33]      Department of Primary Industries and Resources website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/forestry/programs/farm_forestry/guidelines_for_plantation_forestry_in_south_australia_2009/forest_protection

[34]      Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation, Submission 50, p. 1

[35]      Government of Western Australia, Department of Environment and Conservation, Submission 50, p. 2

[36]      Government of Western Australia, Department of Environment and Conservation, Submission 50, p. 1

[37]      FESA, Submission 39, pp 1-3; Fire and Emergency Services Authority website, accessed on 26 May 2010 at http://www.fesa.wa.gov.au/internet

[38]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 6

[39]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 1

[40]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 2

[41]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 2

[42]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 2

[43]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 3

[44]      Northern Territory Government website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/natres/bushfires/about.html

[45]      Northern Territory Government website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/natres/bushfires/about.html

[46]      Northern Territory Government website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/natres/bushfires/about.html

[47]      Northern Territory Government website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/natres/bushfires/about.html

[48]      Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service website, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.pfes.nt.gov.au/index.cfm?fire

[49]      Ellis, S. et al, COAG National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, March 2004, pp 189-190

[50]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 2

[51]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 1

[52]      Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2010, Canberra, p. 21

[53]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 2. The Bushfire Mitigation Program, now consolidated within this program, provided money for the construction and maintenance of fire trails and other accessibility measures.

[54]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 3

[55]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 3

[56]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 4

[57]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 4; Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2010, Canberra, p. 23

[58]      NAFC website, accessed on 8 June 2010 at http://www.nafc.org.au/portal/DesktopDefault.aspx

[59]      Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 45, pp 3-5

[60]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 1

[61]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, pp 6-7

[62]      Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2010, Canberra, p. 32

[63]      NAFI, Submission 13, p. 2 

[64]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, 25 March 2010, Melbourne, p. 16

[65]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, 25 March 2010, Melbourne, p. 16

[66]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 2 and 4

[67]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 7

[68]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 7

[69]      Planning Institute of Australia, Committee Hansard, 25 March 2010, Melbourne, p. 36

[70]      Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2010, Canberra, p. 71

[71]      Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2010, Canberra, p. 72

[72]      Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2010, Canberra, pp 6-7

Chapter 2 – Previous bushfire inquiries

[1]        Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 3

[2]        Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 5

[3]        Emergency Management Australia, EMA Disasters Database, accessed on 5 May 2010 at http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/c85916e930b93d50ca256d050020cb1f/7fd5650f149a2674ca256d330005802f?OpenDocument

[4]        Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 31

[5]        House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. ix-x

[6]        Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, pp 10-11

[7]        Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 31

[8]        Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 6

[9]        VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 51

[10]      Institute of Foresters of Australia, Submission 6, p. 1

[11]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 21

[12]      Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management, Communiqué, Perth, 20 November 2009, accessed on 28 May 2010 at http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(8AB0BDE05570AAD0EF9C283AA8F533E3)~Communique_Perth+20th+Nov09.pdf/$file/Communique_Perth+20th+Nov09.pdf

Chapter 3 – Bushfire mitigation

[1]        CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 4

[2]        Muller, D. 'Using crime prevention to reduce deliberate bushfires in Australia', Australian Institute of Criminology Research and Public Policy Series, No. 98, 2009, p. iii

[3]        Muller, D. 'Using crime prevention to reduce deliberate bushfires in Australia', Australian Institute of Criminology Research and Public Policy Series, No. 98, 2009, p. 2

[4]        Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 13

[5]        FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 75

[6]        Dr Bob Such MP, Submission 10, p. 2

[7]        Ellis, S. et al, COAG National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, March 2004, p. 95

[8]        Ellis, S. et al, COAG National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, March 2004, p. 96

[9]        Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 3

[10]      Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management, Communiqué, Perth, 20 November 2009, accessed on 28 May 2010 at http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(8AB0BDE05570AAD0EF9C283AA8F533E3)~Communique_Perth+20th+Nov09.pdf/$file/Communique_Perth+20th+Nov09.pdf

[11]      AFAC website, 'National Data', accessed on 28 May 2010 at http://knowledgeweb.afac.com.au/national_data__and__glossary/national_data

[12]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 23

[13]      The Hon. Judi Moylan MP, Submission 52, p. 2

[14]      The Hon. Judi Moylan MP, Submission 52, p. 3

[15]      The Hon. Judi Moylan MP, Submission 52, p. 3

[16]      The Hon. Judi Moylan MP, Submission 52, pp 3-4

[17]      The Hon. Judi Moylan MP, Submission 52, p. 4

[18]      Hughes, G. 'Deadly East Kilmore bushfire caused by power line fault', The Australian, 17 November 2009, accessed on 27 May 2010 at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/deadly-east-kilmore-bushfire-caused-by-power-line-fault/story-e6frg6so-1225798543822

[19]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 8

[20]      VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 93

[21]      Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 10. See also Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 48 and Mr Graham Brown, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 May 2010, p.36.

[22]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 8

[23]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 8

[24]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 12

[25]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 5

[26]      CSIRO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 12

[27]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 7

[28]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 7. See also outline of CSIRO's Project Vesta report at http://www.csiro.au/resources/VestaTechReport.html#1

[29]      Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 48

[30]      NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 24

[31]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 3

[32]      Institute of Foresters of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 84

[33]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 6

[34]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, pp 3-4. The Department referred to fires at Mount Cooke, Mundaring-Karragullen, Dwellingup and fires associated with Cyclone Alby.

[35]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 6

[36]      Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 85

[37]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 22

[38]      Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 34

[39]      Dr Don Driscoll, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 May 2010, p. 10

[40]      Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 80

[41]      Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 80. See also B. Esplin et al, Report of the Inquiry into the 2002–2003 Victorian Bushfires, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/CA256D8000265E1A/page/Listing-Inquiry+into+the+2002-2003+Victorian+Bushfires-Report+of+the+Inquiry+into+the+2002-2003+Victorian+Bushfires+(Released+14+October+2003)!OpenDocument&1=~&2=~&3=~ .

[42]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 9

[43]      CSIRO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 18

[44]      Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Response to question on notice, Appendix 3, p. 3

[45]      Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 26

[46]      Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, pp 27-28 and p. 36

[47]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 18

[48]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 7

[49]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 25

[50]      Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 85

[51]      Dr Don Driscoll, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 May 2010, pp 3-5

[52]      Dr Don Driscoll, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 May 2010, p. 6

[53]      Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Submission 8, p. 9

[54]      Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Submission 8, p. 10

[55]      Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 72-73

[56]      Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 74

[57]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, pp 4-5

[58]      Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Response to question on notice, Appendix 3, p. 3

[59]      Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Response to question on notice, Appendix 3, pp 1-2

[60]      Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 25

[61]      Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 27 and p. 29

[62]      Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 79

[63]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 11

[64]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 11

[65]      Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 49

[66]      Dr Christine Finlay, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 95

[67]      VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 50

[68]      Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, pp 11-12

[69]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 1

[70]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 5

[71]      DEC, Submission 50, p. 5

[72]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 7

[73]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 10

[74]      NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 25

[75]      Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 64

[76]      Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 86

[77]      Department of Environment Heritage and the Arts, Submission 45, p. 14. See also Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 66

[78]      Department of Environment Heritage and the Arts, Submission 45, p. 15

[79]      Bureau of Meteorology, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 74

[80]      Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 26

[81]      VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 96

[82]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 16

[83]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 21

[84]      The action failed on the basis that it would be unreasonable to impose a duty of care to avoid smoke damage on a public authority with responsibility for fire management in such circumstances. See AFAC website, 'Supreme Court judgment on smoke and wine grapes', accessed on 28 May 2010 at http://www.afac.com.au/news_and_media/fire_news2/news_items/supreme_court_judgment_on_smoke_and_wine_grapes

[85]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 16

[86]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 6

[87]      Mr John Gledhill, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 8

[88]      Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 36

[89]      VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 96

[90]      Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 15

[91]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 7

[92]      FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 74

[93]      FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 74

[94]      Rural Fire Service Association of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 90. See section 128 of the Rural Fires Act 1997 (NSW) for the protection afforded to fire fighters in that state acting in good faith.

[95]      Association of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 42

[96]      Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 69

[97]      Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 11

[98]      Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 11

[99]      Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 26

[100]    Rural Fire Service Association of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 83

[101]    Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 90

[102]    Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 21

[103]    FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 68

[104]    FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 72

[105]    Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 4

[106]    Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 49

[107]    Victorian Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Inquiry into the Impact of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria, June 2008, p. xvi, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/enrc/inquiries/bushfires/Report/report.html  

[108]    Victorian Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Inquiry into the Impact of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria, June 2008, p. xv-xvi and p. 95, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/enrc/inquiries/bushfires/Report/report.html 

[109]    Victorian Government, Victorian Government’s response to the Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s Inquiry into the Impact of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria, December 2008, pp 4-5, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/enrc/inquiries/bushfires/government_response.pdf

[110]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 39

[111]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 39

[112]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Supplementary submission 34, p. 23 

[113]    Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 61

[114]    Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 63

[115]    Mountain Cattlemens Association of Victoria, Submission 55, p. 3

[116]    Mountain Cattlemens Association of Victoria, Submission 55, pp 4-5

[117]    Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 84

[118]    CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 21

[119]    Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 81

[120]    DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 3

[121]    DEC, Submission 50, p. 1

[122]    DEC, Submission 50, p. 1

[123]    DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 11

[124]    WA Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 50

[125]    The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 18

[126]    NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 23

[127]    NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 24

[128]    NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 24

[129]    VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 50

[130]    Australian Forest Growers, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 82-83

[131]    Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Submission 8, p. 8

[132]    DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 12

[133]    DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 12

[134]    NAFI, Submission 13, p. 1

[135]    NAFI, Submission 13, p. 2

[136]    NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 27

[137]    Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 7

[138]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 39-40

[139]    VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 94

[140]    Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 80

[141]    Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 80

[142]    Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 81

[143]    CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 11

[144]    Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 13

[145]    DEC, Submission 50, p. 4

[146]    Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 13

[147]    Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 19

[148]    CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 9

[149]    Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 33

[150]    Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 62

[151]    FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 73

[152]    DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 11

[153]    Mr Graham Brown, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 May 2010, pp 36-40

[154]    Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 49

[155]    FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 66

[156]    FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 73

[157]    FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 74

[158]    Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 69

[159]    Sneeuwjagt, R and Peet, G. Forest Fire Behaviour Tables for Western Australia, Department of Conservation and Land Management, 3^rd Edition, 1985

[160]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 40

[161]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 40

[162]    Mountain Cattlemens Association of Victoria, Submission 55, pp 6-7

[163]    Mountain Cattlemens Association of Victoria, Submission 55, p. 8

[164]    Mountain Cattlemens Association of Victoria, Submission 55, p. 14

[165]    Alpine Grazing Taskforce, Report of the investigation into the future of cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park, Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, May 2005, p. 5

[166]    Mountain Cattlemens Association of Victoria, Submission 55, p. 7. See also ABC news website, 'Victoria ends cattle grazing in Alpine National Park', 24 May 2005, accessed on 15 June 2010 at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/05/24/1375799.htm

[167]    Dr Richard Williams, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 May 2010, p. 33

[168]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 39

[169]    VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 95

[170]    VFF, Submission 28, p. 9

[171]    VFF, Submission 28, p. 9

[172]    FESA, Submission 39, p. 7

[173]    Rural Fire Service Association of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, pp 86-87

[174]    VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 52

[175]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 39

[176]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 39

[177]    Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 83

[178]    Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 86

[179]    Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, pp 6-7

[180]    The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 19

[181]    Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 87

[182]    Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 3

[183]    House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. 89

[184]    AFAC, Submission 48, p. 9

[185]    Mr Phil Cheney, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 15

[186]    EMA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 28

[187]    AFAC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 13

[188]    Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 74

[189]    Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 80

[190]    CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 17

[191]    Professor Neal Enright, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 85

[192]    FESA, Submission 39, p. 10

[193]    The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 4

[194]    The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 5

[195]    Ellis, S. et al, COAG National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, March 2004, p. xxiv

[196]    Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 8

[197]    Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 74

[198]    Planning Institute of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 36

[199]    Planning Institute of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 36

[200]    Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 73

[201]    Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, Interim Report 2, 'Priorities for building in bushfire prone areas', November 2009, p. 10 

[202]    ABCB website, 'Bushfires, Buildings and the BCA', accessed on 28 May 2010 at http://www.abcb.com.au/index.cfm?objectid=8BD32A94-B393-11DE-B2630050568C0CD7

[203]    Dr Bob Such MP, Submission 10, p. 3

[204]    Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 29

[205]    Planning Institute of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 32

[206]    Planning Institute of Australia, Submission 19, p. 4

[207]    Planning Institute of Australia, Submission 19, p. 5

[208]    Institute of Architects of Australia, Submission 30, p. 6

[209]    Institute of Architects of Australia, Submission 30, p. 6

[210]    Planning Institute of Australia, Submission 19, p. 3

[211]    Planning Institute of Australia, Submission 19, pp 2-3

[212]    Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 81

[213]    Planning Institute of Australia, Submission 19, p. 2

[214]    Planning Institute of Australia, Submission 19, p. 6

[215]    Conservation Council of WA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, pp 29-30

[216]    FESA, Submission 39, p. 14

[217]    Planning Institute of Australia, Submission 19, pp 3-4

[218]    Planning Institute of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 32

[219]    Institute of Architects of Australia, Submission 30, p. 7

[220]    Institute of Architects of Australia, Submission 30, p. 7

[221]    Planning Institute of Australia, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 35

[222]    Institute of Architects of Australia, Submission 30, pp 5-6

[223]    AFAC, Submission 49, p. 8

[224]    Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, Interim Report 2, 'Priorities for building in bushfire prone areas', November 2009, p. 9

[225]    ACBC, Performance Standard for Private Bushfire Shelters, Part 1, 2010, p. 1

[226]    ACBC, Performance Standard for Private Bushfire Shelters, Part 1, 2010, p. 1

[227]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Submission 34, p. 16

[228]    VFF, Submission 28, pp 5-7

[229]    Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, pp 15-16

[230]    FESA, Submission 39, p. 26

[231]    Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 76-77

[232]    Mr Justin Leonard, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 77

[233]    Insurance Council of Australia website, accessed on 15 June at http://www.insurancecouncil.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=1291

[234]    NSW Rural Fire Service Association, Submission 36, pp 1-2

[235]    Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 43

[236]    VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 94

[237]    VFF, Submission 28, p. 14

[238]    VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 101

[239]    Dr Bob Such MP, Submission 10, p. 2

[240]    House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. 258

Chapter 4 – Co-ordinating fire suppression

[1]        CSIRO, Submission 15, p. v

[2]        Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, pp 5-6

[3]        Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 34

[4]        Mr John Gledhill, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 3

[5]        Mr John Gledhill, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 4

[6]        Mr John Gledhill, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 5

[7]        Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 2

[8]        Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 2

[9]        Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 2

[10]      Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 8

[11]      Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 2. Mr Nairn's evidence related to recommendation 25 of that report, House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. xxiv

[12]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 15

[13]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 15

[14]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 15

[15]      House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. 106 and p. 180

[16]      House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. 185

[17]      EMA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 26

[18]      AFAC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 19

[19]      AFAC, Submission 39, p. 10

[20]      AFAC, Submission 39, p. 10

[21]      Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 5

[22]      House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. 169

[23]      Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 91

[24]      WAFF, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 46

[25]      Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 67

[26]      Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 86

[27]      Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 86

[28]      WAFF, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 48

[29]      Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 44

[30]      Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 45

[31]      Association of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 39

[32]      WAFF, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 48

[33]      Mr John Gledhill, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 6-7

[34]      Rural Fire Service Association of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 83

Chapter 5 - Resources for bushfire management

[1]        DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 14

[2]        NAFI, Submission 13, p. 1

[3]        Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 40

[4]        Mr John Gledhill, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 2

[5]        The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 1

[6]        The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 1

[7]        NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 23

[8]        Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 61

[9]        Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 54

[10]      Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 82 

[11]      NAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 28

[12]      Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 37

[13]      VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 50-57

[14]      VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 57

[15]      Professor Peter Kanowski, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 38

[16]      Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 68

[17]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 21

[18]      Australian Forest Growers, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 88-89

[19]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 3

[20]      VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 55

[21]      VAFI, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 56

[22]      DEC, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 6

[23]      Victorian Lands Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 47

[24]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 5

[25]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 4

[26]      WAFF, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 53

[27]      FESA, Submission 39, p. 15

[28]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 9

[29]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 11

[30]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 11

[31]      NSW Rural Fire Service Association, Submission 26, pp 5-6

[32]      WAFF, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 44

[33]      Mr Robert Webb, Submission 57, pp 2-3

[34]      FESA, Submission 39, p. 17

[35]      Mr Robert Webb, Submission 57, p. 6

[36]      Rural Fire Service Association of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 82

[37]      Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 46

[38]      Rural Fire Service Association of NSW, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 89

[39]      VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 102

[40]      VFF, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 102

[41]      Association of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 42

[42]      Volunteer Action Plan Reference Group, National Action Plan for the Attraction, Support and Retention of Emergency Management Volunteers, September 2009, pp 3-5, accessed on 2 June 2010 at http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/emaweb.nsf/Page/RWPA527034D5EF15BCBCA2576AC001BC557

[43]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 11

[44]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 4

[45]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 4

[46]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 13

[47]      Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 68

[48]      Forest Fire Victoria Inc, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 68

[49]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 19

[50]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 20

[51]      FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, pp 74-75

[52]      FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 74

[53]      Australian Institute of Architects, Submission 30, p. 5

[54]      Queensland Department of Community Safety, Submission 12, p. 6

[55]      The Bushfire Front Inc, Submission 48, p. 4

[56]      Ellis, S. et al, COAG National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, March 2004, pp 66-67

[57]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. v

[58]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 11

[59]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 11

[60]      Bushfire CRC, Bushfire CRC Extension Research – Update to Senate Committee, document tabled at the committee's public hearing in Melbourne on 25 March 2010, see Appendix 3

[61]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 16

[62]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, p. 19

[63]      Bushfire CRC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 25 March 2010, pp 14-15

[64]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 12

[65]      Bushfire CRC, Submission 7, p. 9

[66]      Ellis, S. et al, COAG National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, March 2004, p. 66

[67]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 4

[68]      Victorian Lands Alliance, Submission 34, p. 11

[69]      Mr Robert Webb, Submission 57, p. 4

[70]      Mr Robert Webb, Submission 57, p. 5

[71]      VFF, Submission 28, pp 10-11

[72]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 38, p. 3. This program has been incorporated into the Natural Disaster Resilience Program.

[73]      Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, pp 53-54

[74]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 6

[75]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 16, p. 6

[76]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 12

[77]      CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 13

[78]      McDermott Aviation P/L, Submission 9, pp 1-2

[79]      McDermott Aviation P/L, Submission 9, p. 2

[80]      AFAC, Submission 49, p. 12

[81]      WAFF, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 49

[82]      Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 3

[83]      Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 4

[84]      Mr Gary Nairn, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 4

[85]      House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires, A Nation Charred: Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires, October 2003, p. xxvi

[86]      Mr Gary Nairn, Response to question on notice, Appendix 3, p. 8

[87]      Ellis, S. et al, COAG National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, March 2004, p. 60

[88]      EMA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 March 2010, p. 23

[89]      StateAlert website, accessed on 3 June 2010 at https://statealert.wa.gov.au/Vox/publicuser/

[90]      FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 69

[91]      FESA, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, pp 68-69

[92]      Sentinel Alert, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, pp 59-60; Sentinel Alert, Submission 54, p. 10

[93]      Sentinel Alert, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 59

[94]      Sentinel Alert, Committee Hansard, Perth, 29 April 2010, p. 57

APPENDIX 5 - Previous inquiry recommendations and actions

[1] The House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires refers to the Natural Heritage Trust as the National Heritage Trust.