BUSHFIRES: Fuel-reduction burn-offs needed – ACT Coroner*

Bushfires are bound to recur and wreak even more devastation unless we undertake pre-emptive fuel-reduction burn-offs, writes Peter Westmore.The tragic loss of four lives and the destruction of 500 houses in the January 2003 bushfires in and around Canberra were the subject of a Coroner’s inquest concluded last December.Most media reports focused on the actions of the ACT Government and Emergency Services Bureau and Bushfire Service in handling the fire emergency.But Chapter Four of the coronial…

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