Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements – First Hearing Block closes today

An overview of the last two weeks of Royal Commisison hearings and links to transcripts and submissions.

News Roundup June 2

The bushfire smoke had a devastating impact on air quality and likely killed more than four times as many people as Covid has to date.
This is one of the many stories in this weeks news roiundup.

Kellie the Koala Returns to the Bush

Kellie is a young female koala who was rescued by Grose Wold 1 during the Gospers Mountain Fire and hundreds of departing crews made her acquaintance at the Kurrajong Heights Bowling Club.

She was entrusted to Wires and Martin Philpott has looked after her for the last six months. She has now been returned to the bush. SBS take up the story.

Good News from the RFS

An excellent list of new priorities for the coming year – many thanks Rob Rogers!

News Roundup May 24

The Greater Hume Shire wants the RFS brass to take more notice of local knowledge. Stomp Wines are giving 10% of the sales of their Rose to Broke Rural Fire Brigade. These are two of the stories in this weeks news roundup.

“A phone call would have been nice”

Sabra Lane on AM yesterday introduced a segment on RFS Volunteers and the after effects of the fires.

News Roundup May 17th

We wait until next week for the outcome of the Celeste Barber case in the NSW Supreme Court to determine what will happen with the $51 million raised for the RFS.
We also sadly report on the death from Covid19 of the french Mayor of Villiers-Bretonneaux who raised so much money for our bushfire victims.
Plus all the other news from around the state and more.

News Roundup May 12

Better bushfire evacuation planning is one of the lead stories on this weeks news roundup.
When people get trapped on roads while trying to evacuate there is real potential for catastrophe.

NSW Bushfire Enquiry: Signing Off on This Years Scapegoat

Roger Underwood opined in Quadrant Online that the outcomes from the NSW Bushfire Enquiry could be expected to be delivered on true “Yes Minister” lines.
We shouldn’t expect the NSW Enquiry to seriously criticise the performance of its own government. The Royal Commission may produice a better result.

Celeste Barber’s Cash Goes to the Supreme Court

Deborah Cornwall reported in the Australian on May 6th that the fate of the $53 million raised by Celeste Berber at the bushfire relief concert at the ANZ Stadium was headed to the Supreme Court.

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