Public Hearings

Public hearings for the Impact of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria inquiry are scheduled for the following dates:

Day/Date	Location	Time	Witnesses
4 June 2007	Melbourne - K Room, Parliament House	1:00-4:30pm	Department of Sustainability and Environment Officeof the Emergency Services Commissioner Country Fire Authority
18 June 2007	Kinglake - Kinglake Neighbourhood House, 6 McMahons Road, Kinglake	1:30-4:30pm	Department of Sustainability and Environment Country Fire Authority Murrindindi Shire Council Parks Victoria
3 July 2007	The Grampians - Halls Gap Centenary Hall Grampians Road Halls Gap	1:00-4:45pm	Horsham Rural City Council Northern Grampians Shire Council Friends of the Grampians/Gariwerd Halls Gap Rural Fire Brigade & Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Country Fire Authority Department of Sustainability & Environment
3 July 2007		7:30- 9:00pm	Public Forum
4 July 2007	The Grampians - Dunkeld Events Centre Royal Mail Hotel Dunkeld	1:00- 5:00pm	Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water Hamilton Field Naturalists Grampians Asset Protection Southern Grampians Shire Council Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority Mr Richard Weatherly, Ms Jennifer Weatherly & Mr Noel Gunn
[View photos of site visit to Grampians region]
16 July 2007	Melbourne - Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House	1:30-2:00pm	Mr Norm Free, Policy Advisor, Emergency Management, Municipal Association of Victoria
		2:00–2:30pm	Mr Kevin O’Loughlin, C E O, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre
		2:30–3:00pm	Mr Scott Gentle, Victorian State Manager, Timber Communities Australia
		3:00–3:15pm	Break
		3:15–4:00pm	Dr Kevin Tolhurst, Senior Lecturer Fire Ecology and Management, School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne
		4:00–4:30pm	Mr Simon Ramsay, President, Victorian Farmers Federation
31 July 2007	Bairnsdale	1:00–5:30pm	Public Hearing – The Italian Australian Club “The Colosseum”, 117 Omeo Highway, Bairnsdale
31 July 2007	Bairnsdale	7:30–9:30pm	Community forum – The Italian Australian Club “The Colosseum”, 117 Omeo Highway, Bairnsdale
1 August 2007	Heyfield	3:30–5:00pm	Wetlands Centre, Heyfield
2 August 2007	Traralgon	9:30am–1:00pm	Quality Inn Latrobe Convention Centre Princes Highway, Traralgon
[View photos of site visit to Gippsland region]
20 August 2007	Macedon, Creswick, Trentham area	9:00am–12:30pm	Jubilee Hall Smith Street Macedon
[View photos of site visit to Macedon region]
27 August 2007	Melbourne - Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House	11:00am–2:00pm	CSIRO The Stretton Group Forest Fire Victoria
11 September 2007	Ouyen Service Centre	3:00–5:00pm	Department of Sustainability and Environment Country Fire Authority
[View photos of site visit to Mallee region]
8 October 2007	Yarra Ranges - Green Gables Conference Centre, Warburton	9:00am–12 noon	Department of Sustainability and Environment Yarra Ranges Shire Dr Patrick Lane, University of Melbourne
[View photos of site visit to Yarra Ranges region]
19 November 2007	Melbourne - Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House	1:00-5:00pm	Tim Barker, Prof Peter Attiwell, David Packham and Ian Hamilton Peoples Review of Bushfires in Victoria since 2000. Jenny Barnett, Research Officer Victorian National Parks Association Rita Bentley, President Prospectors and Miners Association Victoria Catherine Murphy (CEO); Allan Hansard (Deputy CEO); and Philip Dalidakis (Exec. Director) National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI); and Gary Featherstone (consultant) Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI). (TBC) Richard Alder, General Manager National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) and Australasian Fire Authority Council (AFAC). (RA will rep. NAFC and may also rep. AFAC but the latter TBC). Joanne Butterworth-Gray, Chief Executive, Victorian Wine Industry Association. Luke Chamberlain, Victorian Forest Campaigner, Wilderness Society. (TBC)
[View photos of site visit to Wilsons Promontory, Cann River and Licola regions]
26 November 2007	Alzburg Resort, 39 Malcolm Street, Mansfield	4:30-7:30pm	Key stakeholders invited to the public hearings include– Department of Sustainability and Environment Country Fire Authority Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council Alpine Conservation and Access Group Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria as well as a range of local organisations and individuals who have been affected by recent fires.
28 November 2007	Mt Beauty Community Centre, Kiewa Crescent, Mt Beauty	6:00-9:00pm
29 November 2007	Omeo Memorial Soldiers Hall, Day Street, Omeo	6:00-9:00pm
7 April 2008	Melbourne - Room G1, 55 St Andrews Place	10:00-11:00am	Department of Sustainability and Environment Country Fire Authority and other members of the Network of Emergency Organisations Members of the public are welcome to attend

Further details will be posted on this website as they become available.

For more information contact the committee office on (+613) 8682 2803.