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August 03, 2005

Litigation Over Canberra Fires, And

Posted by jennifer, at 07:55 PM

The Coronial Inquiry into the 2003 Canberra bushfires ended with an application for disqualification of Coroner Doogan. A decision from the Supreme Court of the ACT is expected some time soon.

Last month, perhaps in frustration with the ACT Government's perceived interference with the Coronial inquiry, sixty-two victims of the January 2003 bushfires brought a class action against the ACT, NSW and Commonwealth Goverments for damages, accusing the governments of negligence.

A summary of this action, written by the ACT government solicitor, can be found here, Download file .

Today I was sent information about a new website for volunteer fire fighters,
http://www.volunteerfirefighters.org.au/ .

There are several other websites, borne of frustration with government's approach to controlled burning and hazard reduction including,
http://www.bushfires.net/ .

I am keen to collect links to bushfire sites. I know there is a site maintained by retired WA foresters, but can't find a link to it through google or on my computer.

UPDATE 4TH AUGUST
This WA bushfire site just brought to my attention: http://www.bushfirefront.com.au/

Posted by jennifer at August 3, 2005 07:55 PM