IBG in the Media

‘Hazard reduction shouldn’t be hazardous. So why the escaped fire at Oxford Falls?’ – Sydney Morning Herald (25 September 2024)

‘Bushfire inquiry: Mt Wilson backburn to blame’ – Blue Mountains Gazette (2 April 2024)

‘RFS not supportive amid calls for emergency oversight’ – The Northern Daily Leader (28 March 2024)

‘NSW coroner calls for overhaul of firefighting systems after black summer bushfires’ – The Guardian (27 March 2024)

‘Coroner hands down report on Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season’ – SBS News (27 March 2024)

‘We could not hold it’: Can you fight fire with fire? – Sydney Morning Herald (December 24 2023)

‘Backburn threatened Upper Mountains’ – Blue Mountains Gazette (September 7 2021).

‘Greater Urgency is needed in learning lessons from 2019 bushfire’ – Sydney Morning Herald (July 13 2021)

‘Backburn Report kept secret’ – Blue Mountains Gazette (July 6 2021)

‘The Bushfire Investigation the Government wants to stay secret‘ – Sydney Morning Herald (June 29 2021)

‘Blue Mountains, Gondwana of ‘significant concern’ to International Union for Conservation of Nature’ (December 9 2020)

‘The hidden bushfire: inside the Blue Mountains backburn’ (November 19 2020)

‘Bushfire royal commission recommendations must address climate change, say survivors, firefighters’ (October 30 2020)

‘Remote firefighter force needed’ (October 16 2020)

‘Independent Bushfire Group calls for unemployed to work in fire hazard reduction’ (October 13 2020)

‘Independent Bushfire Group: Time for radical rethink on bush firefighting’ (August 26 2020)

‘Homes in Blue Mountains most at risk from bushfires, insurer says’ (August 22 2020)

Bushfires Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 – Second Reading Debate