395:. Frecklington said the report failed to address key disaster prevention concerns, while Millar said it was unacceptable the report didn't make any recommendations relating to issues surrounding the alleged mismanagement of state-controlled land and the timely approval of fire permits. Littleproud said the state government needed to apologise to farmers as the report had found landholders couldn't clear appropriate fire breaks without breaking the government's vegetation management laws.
380:, for a review into the effectiveness of the Queensland disaster management system in its preparation and response to the bushfires, the Inspector-General of Emergency Management, Iain Mackenzie, delivered the independent 2018 Queensland Bushfires Review Report in June 2019. The Queensland Government accepted, or accepted-in-principle, all 23 recommendations made in the report.
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1089:Littleproud launches inquiry into Qld bushfires
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1049:Bushfires: When Qld government policy goes bad
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