Source: ABC (Australia) Online
This autumn more than a quarter of a million hectares of Victoria's high country has been ablaze. Though all deliberately lit the hundreds of fires have barely made a mention in the media. Unlike the devastating summer bushfires that annually make scre ...
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Source: Design Build
Developed for the Alpine Shire Council in Victoria’s northeast, a new iPad application will assist in building safer, more fire-resilient homes. Planning Minister Matthew Guy launched the new app, which uses cloud technology to determine the lowest b ...
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More like this 2 days ago, 2:06am CDT
Source: ABC (Australia) Online
The long-awaited clean-up of contaminated land burnt by the Black Saturday bushfire in Bendigo is expected to start soon, following a review of the proposal. Authorities held a meeting with nearby residents on ...
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More like this 2 days ago, 8:27pm CDT
Source: ABC (Australia) Online
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan says a new $28 million hotel and conference centre in Marysville will help guarantee the town's economic recovery following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Construction will start today on t ...
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Source: The Age
A former SP AusNet engineer says that in the lead-up to Black Saturday the company did not keep records about power poles and lines he considered ''imperative'' to deciding how maintenance should be performed. Anthony Walley h ...
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Source: ABC (Australia) Online
A former employee of electricity company SP AusNet has told the Victorian Supreme Court, a vibration damping device could have prolonged the life of an electricity line which failed, causing the deadly Kilmore East fire on Black Saturd ...
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More like this 4 days ago, 4:39am CDT
Source: Big Pond News
A former senior engineer at the electricity company blamed for sparking the deadly Kilmore East Black Saturday bushfire says the company had a 'somewhat limited' understanding of the condition of its power lines and poles. Anthony Walley told a class a ...
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Source: TVaholic
Tonight, ABC has a 20/20: Rock n’ Royalty: Billboard’s All-Stars specials and NBC has the 38th season finale of Saturday Night Live. Over on cable, BBC America has the seventh season finale of Doctor Who and HBO has the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of F ...
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