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Victorian Government Response to the Bushfire Royal Commission

Premier of Victoria Friday, 27 August 2010. Victorian Government Response to the Bushfire Royal Commission. 1. Listening to the community. Over 1500 people attended meetings Over 20 locations across the state

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Victorian Government Response to the Bushfire Royal Commission

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  1. Premier of VictoriaFriday, 27 August 2010 Victorian Government Response to the Bushfire Royal Commission

  2. 1. Listening to the community • Over 1500 people attended meetings • Over 20 locations across the state • Locations included Anglesea, Kinglake, Marysville, Pakenham, Wandong, Yarra Glen, Colac, Horsham, Warburton, Olinda, Inverloch and Bairnsdale

  3. 2. Recommendations • Royal Commission • 67 recommendations • 60 supported • 5 supported in part • 1 supported in principle • 1 not supported (retreat and resettlement)

  4. 3. Government Funding for Fire Management Note: Funding in 2010-11 and 2011-12 includes one-off additional boost in funding for key infrastructure and equipment.

  5. 4. Funding • $867.3 million in new investment over four years • Brings total new investment since Black Saturday to almost $1.4 billion The $867.3 million includes: • $105.5 million for Victoria’s bushfire safety policy • $120.9 million for incident management and response • $197.5 million for fire ground response including hundreds of extra fire-fighters • $403.8 million for land and fuel management • $6.1 million for organisational structure

  6. 5. Fuel burns • $403.8 million to meet large scale fuel reduction step-up including 170 new permanent DSE staff • Currently average of 150,000 hectares • Will move to 200,000 hectares this fire season, 225,000 the following year, 250,000 the year after • Rising to 275,000 hectares in 2014 which is 5 per cent of all treatable public land in Victoria. • Rising to 385,000 hectare target within the following two years after 2014

  7. 6. Fire Services Levy • Government announced a review of the Fire Services Levy in October last year • Today’s commitment is consistent with option 6 from the Green Paper • This option will be further developed in our White Paper in February 2011 • The new model will be: • A progressive property based levy • Provide the same level of funding as the existing FSL to the CFA and MFESB respectively • Collect no more revenue that would be collected under the current model • Provide a 50 per cent concession to low income earners

  8. 7. Powerlines • Pushed through new legislation to toughen maintenance obligations, increase penalties and new incentives to minimise fire starts caused by electricity distribution assets • $2 million to trial and explore other technologies to reduce bushfire risk. • A new Powerline Bushfire Safety Taskforce

  9. Premier of VictoriaFriday, 27 August 2010 Victorian Government Response to the Bushfire Royal Commission

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