The ability for our infrastructure to remain operative during the bushfire season features in this weeks News Roundup. We’ve included a link to the AEMO Summer Report which details how close we were to losing our electricity network this summer. Lots of other stories from around the state.
The RFS has a number of questions that it will need to answer surrounding the loss of the C130 Hercules at Cooma in January. The Daily Telegraph has an indepth look at these.
An interesting article on the direct link between exposure to wood smoke and the impact of coronavirus and other respiatory ailments.
Wildfire Today is an excellent source of news about wildfire activity in North America.
A Lap of Honour for two Bilpin RFS veterans.
Their combined service is 150 years!
The VFFA submission to the Royal Commission and VFFA Vice President Brian WIlliams’ submission are both published in this story.
Commisioner Rogers explains how the backburns got away. This is just one of the news stories in our weekly news roundup.
The Rolls Royce was the bush fire bunker for a Quaama woman this summer.
This is one of the many stories in this weeks news roundup
“Some of the $51 million that was raised through the actions of Celeste Barber and the generosity of the donors, should be directed to the Volunteers and Brigades who many people believed they were donating to” said Mr. Mick Holton VFFA President.
An overview of the last two weeks of Royal Commisison hearings and links to transcripts and submissions.
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.