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Victorian chief forest fire officer reflects on summer’s challenges

24 March 2025
  Chief Fire Officer Chris Hardman of Forest Fire Management Victoria said in an open letter that as summer fades and autumn begins, we take a moment to reflect on the challenges of extreme heat, bushfires and storms over the past months have tested communities across the state,
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Major study finds prescribed burning dramatically reduces fire intensity

24 March 2025
A major study after the devastating 2019-20 wildfires in Victoria and New South Wales found that prescribed burning dramatically reduced the intensity of the fires, according to a bushfire expert. Source: Phillip Hopkins, Latrobe Valley Express Dr Tony Bartlett, a winner of the Austra
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Green Triangle Fire Alliance commends outstanding efforts in fire fighting

21 March 2025
The Green Triangle Fire Alliance (GTFA) has commended the outstanding efforts of industry brigades, state agencies, and community volunteers as they contend with ongoing heightened fire danger across South Australia and Victoria. Source: Timberbiz Extreme temperatures, gusty winds, an
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Dryad sets up in Australia and NZ for early fire detection

21 March 2025
Dryad Networks, a leader in ultra-early wildfire detection, is setting up its first office in Australia and New Zealand to help tackle the region’s growing bushfire crisis. Source: Timberbiz Based in Macquarie Park, New South Wales, the new hub strengthens Dryad’s ability to work dire
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Opinion: David Bowman – Climate change will bring monster fires

21 March 2025
Tasmania has been burning for more than two weeks, with no end in sight. Almost 100,000 hectares of bushland in the northwest has burned to date. This includes the Tarkine rainforest and alpine ecosystems of Cradle Mountain that may never recover. The situation has taken emergency ser
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Victorian CFA training falling behind badly

19 March 2025
The State Government in Victoria has been criticised in State Parliament over what is being seen as frustrating delays to new CFA volunteer recruitment training. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals’ Melina Bath told parliament the Government needed to expedite the ‘General Firefighter’ tr
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Bringing cultural burning techniques with government bushfire management

19 March 2025
The Birpai and Bunyah Local Aboriginal Land councils are working with Forestry Corporation to bring together knowledge of cultural burning with government bushfire management. Source: Timberbiz A fire training camp will be held at Guulabaa – Place of Koala in Cowarra State Forest near
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Helicopters, lasers and LiDAR for annual bushfire prevention

14 March 2025
Transgrid has launched its comprehensive annual bushfire prevention program, including helicopter inspections and 3D laser scanning, to ensure the safe operation of the transmission network in the leadup to next summer. Source: Timberbiz LiDAR inspections by plane are underway across
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Better solutions for CCA treated timber with government funding

14 March 2025
Work to find solutions to better manage the nation’s growing stockpile of CCA treated timber will be kick-started with $800,000 of funding from the South Australian and Commonwealth Governments. Source: The SE Voice The Treated Timber Product Stewardship Working Group, consisting of m
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A $6M grant to the University of Melbourne for biosecurity

12 March 2025
The Federal Government will provide a $6.4 million grant over three years to the University of Melbourne to continue collaborative biosecurity research crucial to protecting the nation’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry industries. Source: Timberbiz The University of Melbourne wil
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