Submissions to the Inquiry

Submissions to the Inquiry were received from the following individuals/organisations:

Please Note: A small number of respondents requested that their submission remain confidential. These submissions are not listed.

Some respondents named individuals in a critical way. On legal advice such references were deleted.

While the names of respondents have been published their private contact details have been omitted. Where the respondents represented an organisation or body, contact details remain.

The submissions are saved below in Adobe PDF format. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from the Adobe website.

Please contact (03) 9651 5094 if you would like copies of any of these papers.

1	Fred Ward (Covering Letter) (PDF 34KB) Fred Ward Attachment A (PDF 1692KB) Mr F. Ward Attachment B (PDF 662KB)
2	H. Glockemeier (PDF 878KB)
3	Out 'N' About (PDF 826KB)
4	K & M Davies (PDF 178KB)
5	Mr and Mrs Charles & Suzanne Hall (PDF 53KB)
6	Mr Nick Margetts (PDF 607KB)
7	Mr Hugh Aldersey (PDF 60KB)
8	Mr Paul McGowan (PDF 171KB)
9	Mr John Margetts (PDF 331KB)
10	Mrs Beatty Blennerhassett (PDF 3590KB)
11	Mr Ric D T Wilson (PDF 1587KB)
12	Mr Oliver Raymond (PDF 242KB)
13	Mr John Cribbs (PDF 1017KB)
14	W R Taylor (PDF 958KB)
15	M Quest (PDF 932KB)
16	Mr Charles Timma (PDF 96KB)
17	Mr Phil Seymour (PDF 322KB)
18	Firebloka (PDF 1114KB)
19	S Woodberry (PDF 20070KB)
20	Ms Helen M Banks (PDF 430KB)

21	Porepunkah & District Rural Fire Brigade (PDF 41KB)
22	Jersey Strawberry Nominees P/L (PDF 57KB)
23	Mr Arthur Robbins (PDF 75KB)
24	Mr Paul A. Judd (PDF 164KB)
25	Mr Adrian Roberts (PDF 73KB)
26	Ms Rhonda Treasure (PDF 114KB)
27	Mr Roger Mull (PDF 418KB)
28	Mr Arthur A Farn (PDF 4154KB)
29	Mr Craig Ingram MP (PDF 2384KB)
30	The Hon Malcolm Jones JP MLC (PDF 645KB)
31	Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria (PDF 247KB)
32	Mrs Cristin Dunster (PDF 459KB)
33	Mr Karl Jacklin (PDF 2833KB)
34	Sandhurst School Education Board (PDF 1010KB)
35	Mr John Yelland (PDF 577KB)
36	Mr Anthony J. McManus(PDF 545KB)
37	Mr Bruce Lumsden (PDF 37KB)
38	Mr Bruce Carter (PDF 60KB)
39	Chris Dunkley (PDF 91KB)
40	Kim Bucholtz (PDF 2271KB)

41	Mr Chet Cline (PDF 1091KB)
42	Topbike Events (PDF 477KB)
43	Mrs Beverley Jackson (PDF 62KB)
44	Graeme Deveson & Sally Doyle (PDF 51KB)
45	Nicki Stephens (PDF 434KB)
46	Mr Malcolm Tonkin (PDF 1019KB)
47	Councillor Graeme J Bailey (PDF 238KB)
49	J J Farish (PDF 970KB)
52	Ms Eileen Buckland (PDF 70KB)
53	Mr N D Endacott (PDF 1561KB)
54	Mr Edward Free (PDF 38KB)
55	Mr Allan Mull (PDF 1740KB)
56	Mr Athol Hodgson (PDF 850KB)
57	Rocla Poles & Sleepers (PDF 6059KB)
58	Mr Ken Morehouse (PDF 351KB)
59	South West Water Authority (PDF 710KB)
60	Ms Ronda Manhire and Mr Graham Symons(PDF 380KB)
61	H J Semmens(PDF 166KB)
62	Mr John Mulligan (PDF 1261KB)
63	Bruce E Bingham (PDF 428KB)

64	Mr Monty Skehan (PDF 394KB)
65	Mr Neville Watkins(PDF 120KB)
66	Mr Neville Robinson (PDF 474KB)
67	Ms Heather Livingstone(PDF 1760KB)
68	Mr Leo Dignan (PDF 573KB)
69	Cann Valley Landcare Group (PDF 391KB)
70	Mr Michael Chambeyron (PDF 269KB)
71	Stratford Group of Rural Fire Brigades (PDF 1237KB)
72	Mr Grant Nuwell (PDF 100KB)
73	Dr Glen Kile (PDF 1576KB)
74	AMTRA (PDF 435KB)
75	Ms W M Morgan (PDF 463KB)
76	B R & J L Smethurst (PDF 270KB)
77	Mr and Mrs Howard & Christine Reddish (PDF 449KB)
78	Timber Communities Australia (PDF 80KB)
79	Mr Jack Hicks (PDF 180KB)
80	Alpine Conservation and Access Group (PDF 944KB)
81	Mount Beauty and District Chamber of Commerce Inc.(PDF 49KB)
82	Mr Harry Ryder (PDF 114KB)
83	Alpine Shire (PDF 1505KB)

84	Mr Peter Curtis (PDF 315KB)
85	J Rayner (PDF 381KB)
86	Matlock and District Land Management Group (PDF 136KB)
87	Mr Jack Boardman (PDF 848KB)
88	Mr Robert A Horner (PDF 673KB)
89	The Park Orchards Progress Association Inc. (PDF 1613KB)
90	Ms Reneka Hart and Mr Maurice Squirrell (PDF 8713KB)
91	Bush Users Group - Indigo Region (PDF 2183KB)
92	Mr Cliff Brammall (PDF 805KB)
93	Mr Alan Douglas (PDF 205KB)
94	Mr B T Evans (PDF 117KB)
95	East Gippsland Shire Council (PDF 1893KB)
96	The Australian Greens (Vic.) North East Region (PDF 217KB)
97	Mr Alex Hooper (PDF 441KB)
98	Mr Warren P Barnes (PDF 120KB)
99	National Air Support (PDF 755KB)
100	Mr Greg McCarthy (PDF 159 KB)
101	The Wilderness Society (PDF 866KB)
102	Mr Alastair Traill (PDF 483KB)
103	Mr Peter Favalora (PDF 314KB)

104	Ms Beth Mackenzie (PDF 415KB)
105	Mrs Bernece Delaney (PDF 62KB)
106	Cann Valley Rural Fire Brigade (PDF 244KB)
107	Lake Mountain Alpine Resort Management Board (PDF 365KB)
108	Prospectors & Miners Assoc. of Victoria Inc. (PDF 145KB)
109	Cr Robin Weatherald (PDF 863KB)
110	H M Stagg (PDF 190)
111	A & L Brown (PDF 114KB)
112	Robyn and John Scales (PDF 144KB)
113	Mr John Scales (PDF 116KB)
114	The Forest Owners Conference (PDF 472KB) The Forest Owners Conference Attachment 1 (PDF 921KB)
115	Victorian Urban Fire Brigades' Association Inc. (PDF 2658KB)
116	Ms Mary McDonald (PDF 16374KB)
117	Miss Margaret Stevens (PDF 208KB)
118	Miss Lynette Stewart (PDF 299KB)
119	Mr John Cardwell (PDF 2072KB)
120	Mr Nelson Lee (PDF 531KB)
121	Victorian National Parks Assoc.(PDF 16010KB)
122	Ms Carol McDonald (PDF 5198KB)
123	Mr Brian Brewer (PDF 175KB)

124	Mr Brian Fraser (PDF 278KB)
125	Tallangatta Branch V.F.F (PDF 605KB)
126	Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board (PDF 1082KB) Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board Supplementary (PDF 1217KB)
127	Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU)(PDF 615KB)
128	Mr Bruce Vine (PDF 158KB)
129	Mr Jim Noonan (PDF 428KB)
130	Mr Jim Bates (PDF 1093KB)
131	NE Victorian Division of General Practice (NEVDGP) (PDF 116KB)
132	Mrs R L Nicholas (PDF 69KB)
133	Mr Edwin Perry (PDF 255KB)
134	Vic Roads (PDF 54KB)
135	Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) (PDF 76KB)
137	Mr Kevin Broome (PDF 73KB)
138	Heathlands Teahouse & Gallery (PDF 2424KB)
139	Mr and Mrs Robert & Christine Dove (PDF 120KB)
140	Mr David Moore (PDF 376KB)
141	Gippsland Water (PDF 385KB)
142	J & F James (PDF 1119KB)
143	Ms Colleen Hurley (PDF 152KB)
144	Dargo Rural Fire Brigade (PDF 50KB)

145	Mr Walter K Cavill (PDF 150KB)
146	Omeo Fire Brigade (PDF342KB)
147	Mr Kakkib Li'Dthia Warrawee'a (PDF 899KB)
148	Mr David Hurley (PDF 211KB)
149	Country Fire Authority (CFA) Region 24 (PDF 797KB)
150	Victorian Farmers Federation (PDF 1868KB)
151	Mr Ronald J Evans (PDF 820KB)
153	The Eureka Project (PDF 16573KB)
154	Members of the Stanley Rural Fire Brigade (PDF 58KB)
156	E A Gearey (PDF 1341KB)
157	Mr David Melhuish (PDF 111KB)
158	Mr J Gray (PDF 39KB)
159	Mr D Mathie (PDF 41KB)
160	TXU Networks (PDF 118KB)
161	Major Russell Smith (PDF 168KB)
162	Ms Ann Carter (PDF 65KB)
163	Mr Glen Wilson (PDF 74KB)
164	Mr and Mrs Jeffe and Carrie Aronson (PDF 98KB)
165	Mr Donald Matthews (PDF 92KB)

166	Mr Brian Burleigh (PDF 88KB)
167	Mr Charlie Schroeder (PDF 339KB)
168	TXU - Murray Hume Business Enterprise Centre (PDF 414KB)
169	Mr D Packham (PDF 88KB)
170	Albury Wodonga 4WD Club Inc. (PDF 132KB)
171	Mr R Brons (PDF 51KB)
172	Mr N Barraclough (PDF 164KB)
173	Dederang Fire Brigade Management Team (PDF 161KB)
174	Mr Edward G Stuckey (PDF 106KB)
175	North East Catchment Management Authority (PDF 167KB)
176	Towong Shire Council (PDF 129KB)
177	Orbost Secondary College (PDF 58KB)
178	Ms Joan Webster (PDF 809KB)
179	Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) Mitta Mitta Branch (PDF 217KB)
180	Mr David Thompson (PDF 171KB)
181	Country Fire Authority - Toongabbie Fire Brigade (PDF 81KB)
182	Bushfire Task Force Inc. (PDF 101KB)
183	Bush Users Group (BUG) Part A (PDF 356KB)
	Bush Users Group (BUG) Part B (PDF 334KB)
	Bush Users Group (BUG) Part C (PDF 3,934KB)

184	Ms L Rich (PDF 46KB)
185	Forest Owners Conference Part A (PDF 450KB) Forest Owners Conference Part B (PDF 922KB)
186	ExecuJet Australia Pty Ltd (PDF 5691KB)
187	Mr Maurie Killeen (PDF 436KB)
188	Mr Gilbert Rothe (PDF 718KB)
189	Mr Kevin Parker (PDF 1318KB)
190	Gippsland Coastal Board (PDF 440KB)
191	Albury-Wodonga Environment Centre (PDF 80KB)
192	East Gippsland Catchment Mangement Authority (PDF 173KB)
193	Mr David Vile (PDF 77KB)
194	Russell and Robyn Roberts (PDF 41KB)
195	Indigo Shire Council (PDF 3043KB)
196	Seven News, Melbourne (PDF 105KB)
197	La Trobe at Beechworth (PDF 138KB)
198	Mr Glen Thompson (PDF 103KB)
199	North East Water (PDF 108KB)
200	Volunteer with the Victoria State Emergency Service (PDF 68KB)
201	Concerned Residents of East Gippsland (CROEG) (PDF 274KB)
203	J A Speirs (PDF 91KB)

204	Mr Stephen Walls Part A (PDF 184KB) Mr Stephen Walls Part B (PDF 503KB)
205	Ms Helen Ward (PDF 83KB)
206	Mr Bruce Gill (PDF 121KB)
207	Cr Andrew Randell & Cr Bill Best (PDF 74KB)
208	Mr Jack Krohn (PDF 71KB)
209	Gelantipy Bush Nursing Centre (PDF 106KB)
210	Mr Johan Kohlman (PDF 84KB)
211	Ms Shelly Barnes (PDF 90KB)
212	Mr Ross Knudsen (PDF 53KB)
213	Ms Mac Paton (PDF 75KB)
214	Ms Michelle Judd (PDF 282KB)
215	Colac High School (PDF 205KB)
216	Mr Garry Griffin (PDF 188KB)
217	Mr Gary Squires (PDF 127KB)
218	Mr Rodney O'Connell (PDF 84KB)
219	Member for Gippsland Province (PDF 211KB)
220	Mr Peter Bills (PDF 113KB)
221	Wildlife Victoria Inc. (PDF 218KB)
222	Laurie, Edward and Eden Smith (PDF 145KB)
223	Upper Hume Community Health Service, Counselling and Support Team, Rural Recovery and Support Team (PDF 176KB)

224	Bellbird Windfall Timbers (PDF 107KB)
225	Mr Peter Lucas (PDF 190KB)
226	Ms Stewart Stastra (PDF 524KB)
227	On behalf of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (PDF 227KB)
228	SPI PowerNet Pty Ltd (PDF 393KB)
229	Victoria State Emergency Service (PDF 532KB)
230	Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre (PDF 51KB)
231	Mr Ian Murray (PDF 122KB)
232	Ancient Forest Horse Treks (PDF 47KB)
233	Rena Gaborov (PDF 45KB)
234	Mr Ron Briggs (PDF 100KB)
235	Red Eagle Bushfire Protection Services (PDF 84KB)
236	William & Sandra Livingstone (PDF 96KB)
237	Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (PDF 830KB)
238	Ms Angela Turner (PDF 1954KB)
239	Mr Michael Collins (PDF 256KB)
240	Snowy Mountain Rider Tours, Snowy River Expeditions (PDF 124KB)
241	Hancock Victorian Plantations (PDF 120KB)
242	Mr Graham Osborne (PDF 156KB)
243	Ms Suzanne Prober (PDF 105KB)

244	Mr Kevin Tolhurst Part A (PDF 331KB) Mr Kevin Tolhurst Part B (PDF 258KB)
245	Mr Ken Harris (PDF 336KB)
246	Victoria Police (PDF 100KB)
247	Knox Fire Brigades Group (PDF 142KB)
248	National Parks and Advisory Council (PDF 257KB)
249	Victorian Tourism Operators Association (PDF 322KB)
250	Ms Jill Redwood (PDF 149KB)
251	Murrayville Group (PDF 248KB)
252	Licola Fire Brigade (PDF 802KB)
253	Bureau of Meteorology (PDF 612KB)
254	Mr H Pfeifer (PDF 99KB)
255	Aldo & Elena Perri (PDF 84KB)
256	Mallee Catchment Authority (PDF 264KB)
257	Mr Steve Mathews (PDF 310KB)
258	CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (PDF 570KB)
259	Mr Joseph A Henderson (PDF 49KB)
260	Ms Sue Ryder (PDF 129KB)
261	Mr Rob Whamond (PDF 60KB)
262	Melbourne Water (PDF 112KB)
263	Corangamite Shire Council (PDF 66KB)

264	CFA's Response to clarification of Fire Control Priorities (PDF 1043KB) Letter to Neil Bibby, CEO of Country Fire Authority July03 (PDF 95KB) Questions put to CFA (PDF 152KB) CFA's Responses to Questions (PDF 453KB) Country Fire Authority (CFA) Headquarters Submission (PDF 2007KB)
265	Ms Laurie H Reed (PDF 155KB)
266	Mr Gary Weir (PDF 66KB)
268	Brabiin Timber Services (PDF 600KB)
269	Mr Peter White (PDF 204KB)
270	Mr Alf Richardson (PDF 37KB)
271	Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) DSE Letter 25AUG03 (PDF 129KB) DSE Response Part 1 Questions & Answers (PDF 770KB) DSE Response Part 2 Questions & Answers (PDF 162KB) DSE Response Part 3 Questions & Answers (PDF 154KB) Cover Page (JPeg 24) Title pages including contents (PDF 623KB) Section 1 - Introduction (PDF 383KB) Section 2 - Outline (PDF 419KB) Section 3 - Daily narrative days 1-9 (PDF 501KB) Section 3 - Daily narrative days 10-19 (PDF 458KB) Section 3 - Daily narrative days 20-24 (PDF 453KB) Section 3 - Daily narrative days 25-29 (PDF 337KB) Section 3 - Daily narrative days 30-39 (PDF 416KB) Section 3 - Daily narrative days 40-49 (PDF 278KB) Section 3 - Daily narrative days 50-59 (PDF 251KB) Section 4 - Conclusions (PDF 638KB) Section 5 - Acknowledgements and Refs (PDF 188KB) Section 6 - List of Appendices (PDF 122KB) Section 6 - Appendix 1 (PDF 260KB) Section 6 - Appendix 2 (PDF 251KB) Section 6 - Appendix 3 (PDF 173KB) Section 6 - Appendix 4a (PDF 842KB) Section 6 - Appendix 4b (PDF 98KB) Section 6 - Appendix 4c (PDF 193KB) Section 6 - Appendix 5 (PDF 556KB) Section 6 - Appendix 6 (PDF 118KB) Section 6 - Appendix 7 (PDF 135KB) Section 6 - Appendix 8 (PDF 135KB) Section 6 - Appendix 9 (PDF 178KB) Section 6 - Appendix 10 (PDF 247KB)
272	Timber Towns Victoria Part A (PDF 111KB) Timber Towns Victorian Part B(PDF 501KB)
273	Mr Harry Ryder (PDF 130KB)