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$8M worth of goods distributed to bushfire victims
More than $8 million worth of donated goods has reached those affected by the Black Saturday bushfires.
10 March 2010 | 11:03 am
Couple never made it to dam on Black Saturday
The Royal Commission into Black Saturday has heard a Strathewen couple perished in the laundry of their house, despite having a dam on the property.
4 March 2010 | 11:40 am
Couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Black Saturday
The Royal Commission into Black Saturday has heard how an Arthur's Creek couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the cellar of their house.
3 March 2010 | 12:00 pm
Homemade bunker only good enough for grass fire
The Bushfires Royal Commission has heard testimony about how a Humevale man died inside his homemade bunker on Black Saturday.
2 March 2010 | 10:47 am
Local resistance to roadside fire prevention: Commission told
The Bushfires Royal Commission has been told a heated community meeting prior to Black Saturday heard resistance to the removal of vegetation along the Old Kinglake Road.
26 February 2010 | 12:12 pm
VicRoads feels heat at Bushfire Royal Commission
The Bushfires Royal Commission has been told VicRoads had been notified of safety concerns about roadside vegetation along the Hume Highway months before Black Saturday.
25 February 2010 | 1:00 pm
Change in land management policy needed to fight fires
An American expert says Victoria needs to change land use policies in order to avoid the loss of any more lives in bushfires.
24 February 2010 | 10:40 am
Lucky to be alive after unlucky shooting
A man is lucky to be alive after being accidentally shot in both arms with one bullet.
23 February 2010 | 8:35 am
Prescribed burning can reduce fire severity for decades
Experts tell Black Saturday Royal Commission that prescribed burning can reduce severity of bushfires for up to 20 years.
22 February 2010 | 10:40 am
Sluggish progress rebuilding after Black Saturday
Victorian and Federal government incentives to first homebuyers are being blamed for sluggish progress rebuilding after Black Saturday.
19 February 2010 | 3:14 pm
Three decades of Government failure: Commission told
A former forest fire chief has told the Bushfires Royal Commission there has been a "failure to provide a safe environment" to Victorians over three decades.
19 February 2010 | 11:45 am
No fuel reduction burn at deadly bushfire site: Commission told
The Black Saturday Royal Commission has heard little or no fuel reduction burning had been done at the places where the two deadliest blazes broke out.
18 February 2010 | 12:23 pm
School in mourning after boy drowns at camp
A Melbourne secondary school is in mourning after the tragic drowning of a year seven student at school camp.
17 February 2010 | 7:22 pm
Will Bushfires Commission bite the hand that feeds?
In part one of this piece, Jane Cowan analysed the Victorian Government's attempts to spin the messages arising from the beast it created: the Bushfires Royal Commission. Part two examines tensions between the Commission and the Government, and the manoeuvring in the lead up to the anniversary of Black Saturday.
17 February 2010 | 12:00 pm
Annual fuel reduction targets should be doubled
A DSE official says Victoria's annual fuel reduction target should be more than doubled from the current figure of 130,000 hectares.
17 February 2010 | 11:08 am