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Opinion: There’s only one way to make bushfires less powerful: take out the stuff that burns

13 March 2020
The need for a national bushfire policy has never been more urgent. Active land management such as hazard-reduction burning and forest thinning must lie at the core of any such policy. Source: Rod Keenan Done well, controlled burning limits a bushfire’s spread and makes suppression ea
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Friday Analysis: Is Premier Andrews dangling a carrot for forestry?

13 March 2020
Central Victoria’s first planned burn of 2020 will take place on Wednesday in the first of about 30 burns planned before next season’s fire danger period. Forest Fire Management Victoria will burn 81 hectares two kilometres to the west of St Arnaud at the town’s Towe
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Rolling toilet paper shortages, not on our watch

11 March 2020
Toilet paper is not in short supply in Australia, and it will not be in short supply at any time. There are no grounds for panic buying. Sources: Timberbiz, IndustryEdge Each Australia consumed an average 12.5 kg of all tissue products in 2018-19. This includes toilet paper, but also
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Union steps up the fight for timber workers against Andrews Govt

11 March 2020
Victorian Government MPs will face flying pickets, mass community meetings and rolling stoppages as timber workers ramp up their campaign to highlight the turmoil facing the industry. The crisis facing the forestry sector escalated last week after a court injunction halted harvesting
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Tasmania opens up to fuel reduction burns

06 March 2020
The Tasmanian Government has opened the door for mechanical fuel reduction to tackle bushfires. In response to this season’s disastrous fires in Victoria and NSW, the Premier Peter Gutwein this week confirmed plans to introduce new legislation to make it easier for authorities to unde
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Greens say workers roadside clearing are exploiting the situation

06 March 2020
Suggestions that bushfire recovery workers undertaking roadside clearing for safety were somehow exploiting their role in an effort to gain additional timber have been labelled as a disgrace by the Shadow Assistant Minister for Forestry, Gary Blackwood. Source: Timberbiz Mr Blackwood
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Importance of forest hazard reduction burning in Australia

06 March 2020
I have read the articles on the importance of forest hazard reduction burning in Australia, as a former forester I understand the importance of hazard reduction burning  – an individual’s assessment by John O’Donnell. The wildfires have had a massive impact across Australia, burning 5
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NZ goes up in flames to research rural fire science

02 March 2020
Hectares of mature gorse in the Rakaia Gorge in New Zealand are scheduled to go up in flames in the next two weeks to support research into rural fire science. Fire and Emergency New Zealand and Scion fire scientists working with the Department of Conservation have earmarked around 80
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Gippslanders need a loud voice at bushfire Royal Commission

02 March 2020
Gippsland MP Darren Chester hopes the Royal Commission into Australia’s Black Summer bushfires will give a voice to those who know the bush well. Mr Chester said there were many people throughout Gippsland with extensive knowledge and experience of managing the land to share. Source:
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Fire inquiry axed

28 February 2020
An inquiry into the summer’s bushfire begun three months ago by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy has been wound up. The decision follows the Government’s announcement of a National Royal Commission into the “black summer” bushfires. Source:
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