Fire suppression on public land, dirty tricks campaign.

Since Black Saturday (7th Feb 2009) factually incorrect public statements have been made about fire management strategies used for forested public land in the Otways.

Unfortunately some people have been quick to use the inferno disaster of Black Saturday as an opportunity to scapegoat conservation minded people as a means to push their own political ideology.

Public statements made by Bill Middleton (Geelong Advertiser 16/2/09) and former Liberal MLC Richard de Fegely (Geelong Advertiser 14 February 2009) that the Otways has been locked up so no control burns are occurring, is factually incorrect.

All the Otway fire suppression strategy information is publicly available, yet those pointing the finger conveniently ignore this.

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