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Romans' Riddle

jakeho wrote 1 day ago: Christine: “Penguin” pet or black widow? American Morning guest co-host Christine Romans … more →

Tags: American Morning, Cable news beauties, Christine Romans, CNN, Black widow, Ed Tobin, Joe Johns, John Roberts, Penguin

Confronting the bushfire season

The Editor wrote 2 days ago: By Anthony McIntosh As Victoria confronts another fire season, the tourism industry, the State Gover … more →

Tags: Community, Environment, Victoria, Anthony McIntosh, bushfire

Code Red Chaos is on the way25 comments

Ray Dixon wrote 2 days ago: What should tourism operators say to their guests when a 'Code Red Catastrophic' fire warnin … more →

Tags: Alpine Shire Council, Bright Australia, Bushfires, catastrophic fire warnings, CFA, Code Red

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jbrowley wrote 6 days ago: In Alexandra, librarians reach out to nurture communities With stories, rhymes and dinners and fun f … more →

Tags: Alexandra, barnes-rowley, Black Spur Inn, Bushfires, Buxton, Castellà, eildon, Flowerdale, healesville

Epicormic Growth and Flowering Xanthorrhoea at Kinglake3 comments

Cain Doherty wrote 1 week ago: If you’ve ever been bushwalking in Australia you will have surely come across the damage cause … more →

Tags: Victoria, Australia, bushfire, epicormic growth, grass tree, Kinglake, Medium Format, national park, Pentax 67

Summer - stay or go

lindyschneider wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday it was 28 gorgeous degrees and after a long stretch of rainy days, it seemed everyone I en … more →

Tags: Life, Cafe, Fire, river, summer

Schools and working parents impacted by bushfire precautions2 comments

The Editor wrote 1 month ago: By Kristina Burke The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has announced that sch … more →

Tags: Workplace, Environment, News, Victoria, Bushfires, Policy

Regional reception: improved mobile coverage essential for bushfire season

The Editor wrote 1 month ago: Anthony McIntosh Both Tourism Alliance Victoria and VECCI participated in the 2007-08 State Parliame … more →

Tags: Environment, Tourism, Victoria, VECCI, Anthony McIntosh, bushfire

Russian water-boming jets 'refused' on Black Saturday

pdalbury wrote 1 month ago: Victoria refused a Russian government offer of two advanced, jet-powered water-bombing aircraft as t … more →

Tags: fire, Politics, International, Ilyushin 76

BLACK SATURDAY--Tailgate at the ROCK!

meisnerarmstrong wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: Appalachian State University, Tailgate at the Rock, tailgating

Blackest Saturday

blazenkabrysha wrote 1 month ago: They call it Black Saturday but that is not particularly accurate. I call it Inferno Saturday becaus … more →

Tags: Blazenka Brysha, bushfire, Ash Wednesday, natural disaster, Drought, bushfire stories, melbourne bushfire, Australian bushfire, living with bushfire in urban Australia

Victoria’s regional business event sector – will it survive?

The Editor wrote 1 month ago: By Anthony McIntosh Victoria’s regional business events sector is facing arguably the toughest opera … more →

Tags: Environment, Tourism, Victoria, Anthony McIntosh, Business, GFC

Red Tape Watch: Charities tangled up in bureaucratic web

The Editor wrote 1 month ago: By The Editor   A report in The Australian indicates that even charities are getting tangled up in a … more →

Tags: Community, Red Tape Watch, News, the editor, Victoria, VECCI, bushfire, Charity, Commission

No hard questions for a difficult situation!1 comment

veridianmedia wrote 1 month ago: Russell Rees and Mick Bourke from the CFA speak at the Melbourne Press Club I am a proud member of t … more →

Tags: bushfire, David Warwick, Melbourne, press, Victoria, CFA, Commission, Fires, King Lake

Bushfire-affected towns: a long road ahead1 comment

The Editor wrote 1 month ago: By Anthony McIntosh On 1 October, VECCI’s Tourism & Events Unit toured bushfire-ravaged areas of … more →

Tags: Community, Environment, Tourism, Updates, Victoria, Anthony McIntosh, bushfire, Kinglake, Marysville

Spend the money3 comments

Ray Dixon wrote 2 months ago: According to this report from ABC Online,  the lawyer representing power company SP AusNet has told … more →

Tags: Bright Australia, Bushfires, SP Ausnet, ugly powerlines

Black Saturday - The Not so Clever Country

Matthew Squair wrote 3 months ago: Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it George Santayana Fire has been an inte … more →

Tags: Decision Making, heuristics & biases, Risk, Safety, 2009 Victorian Fires, absurdity bias, affect heuristic, Availability Heuristic, biases

Is Bright safe from bushfires?24 comments

Ray Dixon wrote 3 months ago: The huge fire on 10 Dec 2006 was very close to Bright but did not really threaten the town ~ click t … more →

Tags: Bright Australia, Alpine Shire Council, Bushfires, The List

Are we about to make post-Ash Wednesday mistakes again?6 comments

clubwah wrote 3 months ago: After Ash Wednesday the Victorian Government implemented plenty of new measures to ensure such a dis … more →

Tags: Politics, Community, Policy, Ash Wednesday, "New Measures"


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