The deaths of over 170 people in the Victorian bushfire tragedy of February 2009 has led to a change in policy by the state’s Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), which is now trying to conduct large-scale burn-offs around Victoria.Evidence given to the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission showed clearly that the failure to reduce fuel loads in state forests and national parks over recent decades contributed to the huge death toll and the extensive loss of property during the bush…
