Scientific Link between Logging and Bushfire Risk
I rise to talk about the link between industrial native forest logging and increased risk of bushfires.
Oct
2021
13
Bushfires
Oct
2021
13
Forestry Management
These findings challenge assumptions about the fire regime of Tasmania's native wet eucalypt forests.
Sep
2021
9
Police, Fire and Emergency Management – Firefighting Assets
Minister, what monitoring and early attack assets are guaranteed in Tasmania?
Sep
2021
9
Police, Fire and Emergency Management – Bushfire Mitigation
I would like you to talk us through where your department is in relation to what that bill was proposing.
Sep
2021
9
Police, Fire and Emergency Management – Fire Warden Training
A decision was made last year that Tas Fire Training would stop providing chief fire wardens and fire warden training to the private sector.
Apr
2021
17
Climate Action Crucial to Tackling Bushfire Risk
The Liberals twin announcements on forestry and bushfire risk couldn’t have been more ill-fitting if they tried.
Mar
2021
12
STT Questions to Answer Over Runaway Logging Fire
Forestry Tasmania lit a post logging fire in a Styx forest coupe just six days after the end of Summer, with a high fuel load on the ground after a wet season.
Dec
2020
9
TasNetworks – Bushfire Risk from Transmission Lines
There is community concern about the 220-kilovolt overhead transmission lines that are being proposed for part of the Hampshire to Staverton line.
Dec
2020
2
Estimates Reply – Minister Shelton
Although Tasmania Police had commenced an investigation, and it took almost three months for the Working with Vulnerable People card to be revoked.
Nov
2020
26
Fire Minister Refuses to Accept Climate Science
Minister Mark Shelton has repeatedly refused to accept that human-induced climate change is increasing Tasmania’s bushfire risk.