PRESCRIBED BURNING —CONDITIONAL
BURN AREAS AND FIRE EXCLUSION REFERENCE AREAS
1462. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the answer to question on notice 1461 from 20 June 2023, which
included tabled paper 2316, The Department of Biodiversity,
Conservation and Attractions Parks and Wildlife Service: Prescribed burn
planning manual 2018. Will the minister please table the following
documents referred to in the prescribed burn planning manual —
(a) DBCA's bushfire risk
management framework;
(b) DBCA's current regional
fuel management plans; and
(c) DBCA's current regional
burn programs?
Hon DARREN WEST replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Environment, I provide the
following answer.
(a) See the
tabled document titled Parks and Wildlife Service bushfire risk management
framework — Managing fuel hazards on public lands to control bushfire
risk.
Do I need to table
that, President, or is that automatically tabled?
The PRESIDENT:
Continue and I will —
Hon DARREN
WEST: Yes.
(b) The
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions regional fuel
management plans are currently in draft form and will be finalised and approved
by 30 June 2024. The nine plans can be tabled upon finalisation.
(c) DBCA's burn options program is available
publicly on DBCA's website. There is a link. This burn options
program covers all nine of DBCA's regions. As this website is interactive
and contains live updates, a physical copy is unable to be tabled with this
answer.
[See paper 2827.]