| Date |
Topic and witness list |
Link to Hearing
Documents |
| Thursday 27.05.10 |
Oral Submissions
Organisational Structure cont.
Leadership, Emergency Management, Coordination, Command and Control |
Transcript 27.05.10
United Firefighters Union of Australia submission: Organisational Structure
Municipal Association of Victoria & 77 Municipal Councils submission: Organisational Structure
State of Victoria submission: Organisational Structure
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Counsel Assisting submission: Leadership, Emergency Management, Coordination, Command and Control
Counsel Assisting submission appendix 1 - DSE organisational structure
Police Association of Victoria submission: Leadership, Emergency Mgt, Coordination, Command and Control
Submission on behalf of Russell Rees
Submission on behalf of Christine Nixon
Christine Nixon response to Police Association submission
State of Victoria submission: Leadership, Emergency Mgt, Coordination, Command and Control
State of Victoria annexure 1 - submission on leadership
Commonwealth submission: Leadership, Emergency Mgt, Coordination, Command and Control |
| Wednesday 26.05.10 |
Oral Submissions
Stay or Go revisited and Organisational Structure |
Transcript 26.05.10
Counsel Assisting Submissions: Replacing the Stay or Go Policy
Counsel Assisting Submissions Appendix: Defendability of Houses
Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Submissions: Replacing the Stay or Go Policy
United Firefighters Union Submissions: Replacing the Stay or Go Policy
Municipal Association of Victoria Submissions: Replacing the Stay or Go Policy
State of Victoria Submissions: Revising the Prepare - Stay and Defend or Leave Early Policy
Commonwealth Submissions: A New Bushfire Safety Policy
Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Submissions: Replacing the Stay or Go Policy
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Counsel Assisting Submissions: Organisational Structure
Counsel Assisting Submissions Appendix: Map of Metropolitan Fire District
Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria submission: Organisational Structure |
Tuesday
25.05.10 |
Non hearing day |
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| Monday 24.05.10 |
Non hearing day |
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| Friday 21.05.10 |
Oral submissions
Systemic issues relating to communications and resources management and tracking |
Transcript 21.05.10
Counsel Assisting submission: systemic issues relating to communications
State of Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to communications
Police Association Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to communications
Telstra Corporation submission: systemic issues relating to communications
Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to communications
Counsel Assisting submission: systemic issues relating to resources management and tracking
State of Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to resources management and tracking |
| Thursday 20.05.10 |
Non hearing day |
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| Wednesday 19.05.10 |
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East
Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
Transcript 19.05.10 |
| Tuesday 18.05.10 |
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East
Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
Transcript 18.05.10 |
| Monday 17.05.10 |
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East
Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
Transcript 17.05.10 |
Friday
14.05.10 |
Non hearing day |
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Thursday
13.05.10 |
Oral Submissions
Mapping, firefighter safety and welfare, information sharing, aerial firefighting |
Transcript 13.05.10
Counsel Assisting submission: systemic issues relating to mapping
State of Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to mapping
Counsel Assisting submission: systemic issues relating to firefighter safety
State of Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to firefighter safety
Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to firefighter safety
Counsel Assisting submission: systemic Issues relating to information sharing
State of Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to information sharing
Counsel Assisting submission: systemic issues relating to aerial firefighting
Counsel Assisting appendix 1: use of aerial firefighting resources 7 Feb 09
State of Victoria submission: systemic issues relating to aerial firefighting
Commonwealth submission: systemic issues relating to aerial firefighting
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Wednesday
12.05.10 |
Non hearing day |
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Tuesday
11.05.10 |
Non hearing day |
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| Monday 10.05.10 |
Organisational Structure
Barry Thomas
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East
Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
Transcript 10.05.10 |
Friday
07.05.10 |
Bob Cameron, Minister for Police & Emergency Services
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East - Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
**Transcript 07.05.10
Exclusion order |
Thursday
06.05.10 |
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East
Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
**Transcript 06.05.10
Publication prohibition order |
Wednesday
05.05.10 |
Organisational Structure
Cesar Melham, Australian Workers Union
Russell Rees, CFA
Professor David Hayward cont. |
Transcript 05.05.10 |
Tuesday
04.05.10 |
Organisational Structure
Barry Rosevear, Greater Dandenong Council
Philip Hawkey, CFA
Mick Bourke, CFA
Katherine Harland re: Whittlesea
Penny Armytage, Department of Justice
Neil Bibby, former CEO of CFA
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Transcript 04.05.10 |
| Monday 03.05.10 |
Organisational Structure
Lex de Man, CFA
Andrew Ford, Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria
Rodney Holland, CFA
David Ackland, CFA
Professor David Hayward |
Transcript 03.05.10 |
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Friday 30.04.10
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Organisational Structure
Dutch Leonard, Harvard (via videolink)
Paul 't Hart, ANU
Helen Kenney (St Andrews)
Len Foster, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre |
Transcript 30.04.10 |
| Thursday 29.04.10 |
Stay or Go revised
Professor Thomas Cova (via videolink)
Bruce Esplin, Emergency Services Commissioner
Judith Clements (Whittlesea) |
Transcript 29.04.10 |
| Wednesday 28.04.10 |
Stay or Go revised
Tim Streblow, Calfire (via videolink)
Organisational Structure
Major General Jim Molan
Stay or Go revised
Paul Nowak (Strathewen)
Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe, VicPol |
Transcript 28.04.10 |
| Tuesday 27.04.10 |
Stay or Go revised
John Handmer
Anja Toikka (Callignee)
Craig Lloyd, Department of Justice |
Transcript 27.04.10 |
| Monday 26.04.10 |
Non hearing day (Anzac Day holiday) |
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Friday
23.04.10 |
Future Bushfire Research
Richard Roush, Melbourne University
Stephen Pyne, Arizona State University (via video link)
Jim Gould, CSIRO
Gary Morgan, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre
Bart Wunderlich (Kinglake West)
Mark Adams, Sydney University |
Transcript 23.04.10 |
Thursday
22.04.10 |
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East
Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
Transcript 22.04.10 |
Wednesday
21.04.10 |
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Kilmore East
Detective Superintendant Hollowood, Victoria Police |
Transcript 21.04.10 |
Tuesday
20.04.10 |
Communications, Resource Management and Tracking
Craig Lloyd, ESP&S (Department of Justice)
Ian Powell, CFA
Alen Slijepcevic, DSE
Rhonda Abotomey (lay witness)
Luke Corbett, CFA
Ben Davis, AWU
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Transcript 20.04.10 |
Monday
19.04.10 |
Aerial firefighting
Nicholas Ryan, DSE
Richard Alder, National Aerial Firefighting Centre
Ron Sorraghan, St Andrews
Kevin Tolhurst - Fire Danger Ratings |
Transcript 19.04.10 |
| Friday 16.04.10 |
Oral Submissions - Roadside Clearing (cont.) and Insurance |
Transcript 16.04.10
MAV response: Roads and Roadsides
Counsel Assisting submission: Insurance and the Fire Services Levy
Counsel Assisting: Annexure A - Summary of Submissions
Insurance Council of Australia Ltd. response: Insurance and the Fire Services Levy
ICA Annexure A Comparison of Household Payments to Fund Fire Services Under Current ESI System
Commonwealth response: Insurance and the Fire Services Levy
MAV response: Insurance and the Fire Services Levy
State of Victoria response: Insurance |
| Thursday 15.04.10 |
Oral Submissions - Roadside Clearing
Information Sharing
John Philip Beasley (CFA)
Anthony Duckmanton (CFA) |
Transcript 15.04.10
Submission of Counsel Assisting: roadside clearing
Commonwealth response: land & fuel management, roads and roadside clearing
State of Victoria response: Roads and Roadsides |
| Wednesday 14.04.10 |
Emergency Management
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana (Victoria Police)
Christine Nixon (former Chief Commissioner of Police, Chair of VBBRA)
Mapping
Anthony Griffiths (DSE)
Oral Submissions - Fuel Management |
Transcript 14.04.10
Counsel Assisting submission: fuel management
Commonwealth response: land & fuel management, roads and roadside clearing
State of Victoria response: Planned Burning
Victorian Association of Forest Industries response: land & fuel management
Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria response: land & fuel management planned burning
VFBV Impact of Public Land Mgt Practices: sub to Environ. & Natural Resources Committee
Victorian National Parks Association Inc response: planned burning |
| Tuesday 13.04.10 |
Non hearing day
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| Monday 12.04.10 |
Non hearing day
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Friday
09.04.10 |
Non hearing day |
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| Thursday 08.04.10 |
Non hearing day |
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Wednesday 07.04.10
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Implementation Reports and Responses regarding Code Red Days Cont.
Neil Comrie (Independent VBRC Implementation Monitor) Cont.
John Haynes (CFA)
Karleen Elledge (Bayles)
Recovery and Emergency Management Cont.
Superintendent Richard Grant (Victoria Police) |
Transcript 07.04.10 |
Tuesday
06.04.10 |
Recovery and Emergency Management
Christine Nixon (VBRRA)
Anne Leadbeater (Kinglake)
Implementation Reports and Responses regarding Code Red Days
Neil Comrie (Independent VBRC Implementation Monitor)
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Transcript 06.04.10 |
| Monday 05.04.10 |
Easter Monday Public Holiday |
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