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Bushfire Death Trap - The Eltham Gateway Bushfire expert David Packham and local resident Tim Malseed warn of the risk of extreme bushfire to Tim's fellow residents trapped by the Yarra River. The Paper contains 12 recommendations about how the Victorian Government can mitigate that risk. The recommendations are heavy on Government leadership, and light on taxpayer funds. Visit their website here. View the ABC News item here.
 History under fire article written by Bill Gammage in The Age 4 Nov 2012
There is a stark contrast when comparing fire in 1788 to now. THERE is a crucial difference in how Australians see landscape fire. Non-Aborigines see a threat, destroying people and property. Aborigines know an ally, a friend in the bush, as in the fireplace. One group makes fire docile; the other cannot imagine doing so. The difference means that the character of landscape fire changed after 1788: from being tame, it became wild. A central Australian elder said that "before the arrival of white people, Anangu did not know about really large bushfires, but now they do . . . the country had been properly looked after and it was not possible for such things as large-scale bushfires to occur".Continue reading the article Here Bill Gammage won the Victorian Prize for Literature for The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia.
Belinda Clarkson writes to Prime Minister Gillard warning of a $50 Billion disaster bill risk with future extreme bushfire impacting on a traffic gridlocked residential area. Letter Here
Cr Belinda Clarkson made the following speech at the final Nillumbik Ordinary Council Meeting on 23rd October 2012. "I would like to thank my constituents for your support over the last four years. I have enjoyed working with you despite the apparently false allegations made against me by the Victorian government. I would also like to thank the Nillumbik Ratepayers Association, for commissioning the two, independent, CFA endorsed, Bushfire Assessments in 2003." Complete speech here
Video on the danger of Bushfire in Warrandyte. Also applicable to most of Nillumbik. Don't Wait and See is a production of Manningham City Council to assist the residents of Warrandyte and surrounding suburbs in their preparation of their bushfire plans and to understand the specific fire risks associated with living in the greater Warrandyte area.
 Steve Price talks to Nillumbik Shire Mayor Helen Coleman about local management and maintenance of roadsides in bushfire prone areas. Steve Price MTR interviews Mayor Helen Coleman 29th Nov 2011 Download Brian Murray Responds Download
Change to the 10/30 rule from 18th November 2011
HOMEOWNERS in Victoria's most bushfire-prone areas will from today be able to clear all vegetation except trees up to 50 metres from their house without a permit, under laws brought in by Planning Minister Matthew Guy. The Age 18/11/2011
David Packham, Australian and International bushfire expert is interviewed by " A Current Affair’s Tracy Grimshaw" on the fire ground of Black Saturday. Transcript Here
Roger Franklin on his Book "INFERNO - The day Victoria Burned" On ABC TV
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