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Disasters disengage brains – exhibit #123

By Robert Merkel on August 5, 2010

I hate to repeat myself from my previous post, but: Imagine a submission came in to the Victorian Cabinet from a government department. It was clearly going to cost an nine-figure sum annually, but beyond that it was uncosted. There [...]

Posted in Disasters, Environment, State/Territory Elections, Victoria | Tagged bushfire, bushfire royal commission, john brumby, Paul Austin, royal commission | 13 Responses

Issues from the fires

By Robert Merkel on February 20, 2009

It appears that the final death toll from the Victorian bushfires will not reach some of the the earlier estimates of around 300. Good news as this is, a loss of 208 lives and thousands of homes obviously justifies the [...]

Posted in Disasters, Victoria | Tagged bernard teague, bushfires, CFA, mfb, royal commission | 77 Responses

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