Esplins report --learning or just reacting?
"Bracks government is not at fault , its staff and volunteers did very well but they need to talk to each other more ". Tell us something we don't know!

Every indication the government is as behind and reactive as ever.

At one end of the state they are in the very process of removing the very experience they are calling for in the east
from the report " .Recommended .... have full access to those appropriately experienced and qualified community members ( in the Otways ) who can ( or used to able to ) provide local knowledge and
expertise in the development of fire suppression
strategies and that advice from the fire ground is
incorporated into decision making. See sam evans comments in Colac Herald 6th Oct)