COVER STORY / EDITORIAL: Moment of truth for Bushfire Royal Commission*

Over a year after the tragic bushfires which took 173 lives on “Black Saturday”, February 7, 2009, the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission has heard compelling evidence about the necessity for fuel-reduction burning, an issue which prompted the largest number of submissions to the Royal Commission.The interim report of the Royal Commission last August made only passing reference to fuel-reduction burning.The Royal Commission heard evidence from officers of the Department of Sustainability and E…

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