The Federal fire enquiry (Aust) heard lots of angry voices, but did they get the message and punch it home.
My reaction: Not tough enough mates !. Maybe they, like the States are too caught up in the heavenly minded chanting of nativists preservation doctrines to notice that such things are often no earthly use when it comes to practical biodiversity protection.
Most importantly, unless governments give more control to quiet achievers trained for surgery , average citizens will continue to get burned by a historic move backward to the days of meddling quacks and fearmongers.

NSW Roads taking back control of roads in the high country is a good sign for Australia. Governments who want to know where the future is.??? Multiple skill management and use.
Tasmanias success is partly due to its resistance to change? Maybe its time to talk about the advantages of being so far behind you are actually are infront .
Change for changes sake is undermining many professions who would work together if it wasn't for misplaced competition and "innovation at any cost policies" driven by the profitable "policy is innovation"growth sector .

After all good conservation and life protection is about basic things like understanding and managing complex ecosystems like life and land - not leaving it alone like a parentless child till the next person gets killed in an clearly avoidable landslide or holocaust.