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Day
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Date
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Witness name
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1
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11 May 2009
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Mr Luke Andrew Corbett (Operations and Planning Officer, CFA)
Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Mr Ewan Waller (Chief Officer, Fire and Emergency Management, DSE)
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2
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12 May 2009
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Mr Ewan Waller (Chief Officer, Fire and Emergency Management, DSE)
Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Ms Jesse Monica Odgers (Lay witness)
Mr Bruce Esplin (Emergency Services Commissioner, State of Victoria)
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3
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13 May 2009
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Mr Bruce Esplin (Emergency Services Commissioner, State of Victoria)
Mr Peter Graham Newman (Lay witness)
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4
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14 May 2009
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Mr Brian David Patten (Lay witness)
Dr Katharine Augusta Haynes (Centre for Risk and Community Safety, RMIT University, Risk Frontiers, Macquarie University)
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5
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15 May 2009
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Mr Denis John Spooner (Lay witness)
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6
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18 May 2009
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Mr Bruce Esplin (Emergency Services Commissioner, State of Victoria)
Mr Kieran James Walshe (Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police)
Mr Kenneth George Rogers (Lay witness)
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7
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19 May 2009
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Mr Kieran James Walshe (Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police)
Dr Mark Williams (Meteorologist, Bureau of Meteorology)
Mrs Joan Frances Davey (Lay witness)
Mr Anthony Stephen Griffiths (Acting Manager, Fire Information & Systems
Group, DSE)
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8
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20 May 2009
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Mr Anthony Stephen Griffiths (Acting Manager, Fire Information & Systems
Group, DSE)
Mr Paul Hendrie (Kinglake Brigade Captain, CFA)
Mr Lou Mario Sigmund (Group Officer, Morwell Group, CFA)
Dr John Walton Ferguson (Lay witness)
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9
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21 May 2009
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Mr Simon Matthew Langdon (EyeFi)
Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management,
Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)
Ms Jillian Gay Kane (Lay witness)
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10
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25 May 2009
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Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management,
Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)
Mr Daryl Roger Hull (Lay witness)
Mr Kieran James Walshe (Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police)
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11
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26 May 2009
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Mr Gregory Peter Murphy (Kilmore Brigade Captain, CFA)
Mr Stewart Duncan Kreltszheim (Region 23 Operations Manager and
Incident Controller at Kilmore Incident Control Centre, CFA)
Ms Christine Mandie Glassford (Lay witness)
Mrs Serafina Yvette Munns (Facilitator and Fire Ready Presenter for Region 13
and Member of Information Unit, Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre, CFA)
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12
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27 May 2009
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Mr Anthony Charles Pearce (Director General, Emergency Management Australia)
Mr Bevan Brett Gobbett (Lay witness)
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13
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28 May 2009
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Mrs Serafina Yvette Munns (Facilitator and Fire Ready Presenter for Region 13
and Member of Information Unit, Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre, CFA)
Mr John David Brown (Lay witness)
Mr Paul Gerard O’Halloran (Detective Inspector, Victoria Police)
Mr Jason Robert Lawrence (Operations Officer and Incident Controller at Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre, CFA)
Mr Alexander Caughey (Community Education Coordinator and Information Officer
at Seymour Regional Emergency Coordination Centre, CFA)
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14
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29 May 2009
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Ms Leonie Jane Hunter (Information Officer at Alexandra Group Headquarters and Information Team Leader at Kilmore Incident Control Centre, CFA)
Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management,
Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)
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15
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1 June 2009
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Ms Samantha Ross Stayner (Acting Program Director, 774 ABC Melbourne)
Mr Peter Geoffrey Olorenshaw (Lay witness)
Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
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16
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2 June 2009
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Mr Neil Francis Foster (Chief Executive Officer, ESTA)
Mr Owen Michael Kiernan (Operations Manager (Support), ESTA)
Mr Kenneth James Dwight (Lay witness)
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17
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3 June 2009
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Mr Rodney William Collins (Superintendant, Victoria Police)
Dr Christopher Harvey (Lay witness)
Mr David Victor McGahy (Arthurs Creek Brigade Captain, CFA)
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18
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4 June 2009
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Prof Douglas Paton (Chair in the School of Psychology, University of Tasmania)
Mr Christopher Leonard William Casey (Lay witness)
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19
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9 June 2009
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Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Ms Sharon Lisa McCulloch (Lay witness)
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20
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10 June 2009
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Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Mr Douglas Elliot Walter (Lay witness)
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21
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11 June 2009
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Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Ms Naomi Patricia Brown (Chief Executive Officer, AFAC)
Mr John Bryan Gledhill (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Officer, the Tasmania
Fire Service)
Mr Illiya Joseph Ananiev (Lay witness)
Mr Simon Anthony Seear (Member, Walhalla Brigade, CFA)
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22
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12 June 2009
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Mr Stuart Andrew Lawson (Deputy Chief Officer, Country Fire Service
of South Australia)
Ms Jillian Patricia Edwards (Manager Strategy and Knowledge, AFAC)
Ms Anastasia Scott (Lay witness)
Ms Naomi Patricia Brown (Chief Executive Officer, AFAC)
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23
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15 June 2009
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Mr Norman John Free (Manager of the State Fire Management Planning Support Team hosted by the CFA)
Mr Andrew Edmond Willans (Mt Gordon Fire Tower Operator, DSE)
Dr Lachlan Clyde Fraser (Lay witness)
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24
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16 June 2009
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Prof John William Handmer (Disaster Management Expert)
Mr John Colin O’Neill (Lay witness)
Ms Colleen Mary Keating (Kangaroo Ground Fire Tower Operator, CFA)
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25
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17 June 2009
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Mr David Anderson Cooper (Group Deputy Officer Lower Yarra Group, CFA)
Mr Alexander Caughey (Community Education Coordinator and Information Officer at Seymour Regional Emergency Coordination Centre, CFA)
Mr Alan Norman Rhodes (Manager, Community Safety Research and Evaluation, CFA)
Ms Gwendoline Mary Alice Barber (Lay witness)
Mr Alan Norman Rhodes (Manager, Community Safety Research and Evaluation, CFA)
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26
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18 June 2009
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Dr Sarah Mariah McCaffrey (Research Forester/Social Scientist at the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station in
Evanston, Illinois)
Mr Rocky Joseph Barca (Manager, Werribee Park, Parks Victoria and Deputy Incident Controller at Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre)
Mr Peter Ross Brown (Lay witness)
Mr Alan Norman Rhodes (Manager, Community Safety Research and Evaluation, CFA)
Mr Grant Alan Johnstone (General Manager of ACE Radio’s Traralgon-based TRFM
and Gold 1242)
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27
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22 June 2009
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Mr Robert John Beresford (Director, Service Delivery for the Southern Region of Telstra and Chairman, Telstra’s Regional Emergency Council for Victoria)
Mr John Lawrence Cowan (National Networks Manager for the Managed Radio Networks Group Enhanced Operations at Telstra and Planning Office at Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre, CFA)
Mr David John O’Halloran (Lay witness)
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28
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23 June 2009
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Mrs Carol Ann Matthews (Lay witness)
Ms Jane Louise Elkington (Emergency Service Answer Point National Manager, Telstra)
Mr Michael Domenic Consolo (General Manager, Telstra)
Mr Maxwell Roland Jennings (Director – Wireless Network Engineering, Telstra)
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29
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24 June 2009
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Mr Maxwell Roland Jennings (Director – Wireless Network Engineering, Telstra)
Mr David Roy Packham (Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University)
Ms Karen Ann Ward (Lay witness)
Mr Michael William Sutton (Manager of the Forest Resource Analysis and Modelling Section of the Forest and Parks Division, DSE)
Mr Gavin Daniel McCormack (Kangaroo Ground Fire Tower Operator, CFA)
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30
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25 June 2009
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Mr Robert Norman Spence (Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Association
of Victoria)
Mr John Joseph Williams (Lay witness)
Mr Gregory Alan Paterson (State Duty Officer, CFA)
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31
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26 June 2009
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Mr Gregory Alan Paterson (State Duty Officer, CFA)
Mr Timothy Sholl (Strath Tower Fire Operator, Melbourne Water)
Mr Ewan Waller (Chief Officer, Fire and Emergency Management, DSE)
Mr Kenneth Robert Williamson (Whittlesea Brigade Captain, CFA)
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32
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29 June 2009
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Mr John David Nicholson (Consultant, Community Safety Services Pty Ltd)
Ms Jacqueline Ann Hainsworth (Lay witness)
Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)
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33
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30 June 2009
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Ms Kathryn Irene Venters (Manager of Customer Services, DSE)
Ms Christine Ann Millington (Manager of Customer Liaison and Education,
Customer Service Centre, DSE)
Ms Carolyn Hogg (Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink)
Mr Tony Robert Cook (Deputy Secretary for the Office for Planning, Strategy and Coordination, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development)
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34
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1 July 2009
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Ms Sarah Margaret Henshaw (Instructional Designer, Learning and Development and Information Unit leader at iECC, CFA)
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