2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

2010 Planned Hearing Timetable

Please note that the schedule listed below may change at short notice.  A more detailed schedule for the current week is available here.

Date
Planned Hearing Topics
 
HEARING BLOCK 5
Mon 1/02/10
Oral Submissions regarding Kilmore East, Beechworth, Coleraine, Pomborneit and Horsham fires
Tues 2/02/10
Oral Submissions regarding Murrindindi, Redesdale, Bendigo and Churchill fires
Wed 3/02/10
Oral Submissions regarding Delburn, Bunyip, Narre Warren and Upper Ferntree Gully fires
Thu 4/02/10
Non-Hearing Day
Fri 5/02/10
Non-Hearing Day
 
 
Mon 8/02/10
Planning (incl. Defendable Space)
Tues 9/02/10
Planning (incl. Defendable Space)
Wed 10/02/10
Planning (incl. Defendable Space)
Thu 11/02/10
Planning (incl. Defendable Space)
Fri 12/02/10
Non-Hearing Day
 
 
Mon 15/02/10
Planning (incl. Defendable Space) – Expert Forum
Tues 16/02/10
Planning (incl. Defendable Space) – Expert Forum
Wed 17/02/10
Fuel Management
Thu 18/02/10
Fuel Management
Fri 19/02/10
Fuel Management
 
 
Mon 22/02/10
Fuel Management – Expert Forum
Tues 23/02/10
Fuel Management – Expert Forum
Wed 24/02/10
Fuel Management
Thu 25/02/10
Roadside Clearing
Fri 26/02/10
Roadside Clearing
 
 
Mon 1/03/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Tues 2/03/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Wed 3/03/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Thu 4/03/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Fri 5/03/10
Non-Hearing Day
 
 
Mon 8/03/10
Labour Day Public Holiday (Break from Hearings until Wednesday 17 March 2010)
 
HEARING BLOCK 6
Mon 15/03/10
Non-Hearing Day
Tues 16/03/10
Non-Hearing Day
Wed 17/03/10
Insurance
Thu 18/03/10
Insurance
Fri 19/03/10
Non-Hearing Day
 
 
Mon 22/03/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Tues 23/03/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Wed 24/03/10
Mapping; Fire-fighter safety and welfare
Thur 25/03/10
Kinglake Backburn
Fri 26/03/10
Oral Submissions 
 
 
Mon 29/03/10
Oral Submissions
Tues 30/03/10
Information Sharing
Wed 31/03/10
Municipal Fire Prevention Scheme
10.00 am start
Thu 1/04/10
Oral Submissions
Fri 2/04/10
Good Friday Public Holiday
 
HEARING BLOCK 7
Mon 5/04/10
Easter Monday Public Holiday                                     
Tue 6/04/10
Implementation Issues and related witnesses; Emergency Management and Recovery
Wed 7/4/10
Implementation Issues and related witnesses; Emergency Management and Recovery                                
Thu 8/04/10
Non-Hearing Day
Fri 9/04/10
Non-Hearing Day
 
 
Mon 12/04/10
Non-Hearing Day
Tues 13/04/10
Non-Hearing Day
Wed 14/04/10
Emergency Management; Mapping; Oral Submissions
Thu 15/04/10
Oral Submissions; Information Sharing
Fri 16/04/10
Oral Submissions
10.00 am start
 
 
Mon 19/04/10
Aerial fire-fighting
Tues 20/04/10
Communications; Resource Management and Tracking
Wed 21/04/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Thu 22/04/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Fri 23/04/10
Bushfire Research & Education
 
 
Mon 26/04/10
ANZAC Day Public Holiday
Tue 27/04/10
Stay or Go revisited
Wed 28/04/10
Stay or Go revisited
Thu 29/04/10
Stay or Go revisited
Fri 30/04/10
Organisational Structure 
9.00 am start
 
 
Mon 3/05/10     
Organisational Structure                                                
Tues 4/05/10
Organisational Structure
Wed 5/05/10
Organisational Structure
Thu 6/05/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Fri 7/05/10       
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
 
 
Mon 10/05/10
Organisational Structure
8.00am start

Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
9.30am start: Annexe
Tue 11/05/10
Non-Hearing Day TBC
Wed 12/05/10
Non-Hearing Day TBC
Thu 13/05/10
Oral Submissions
Fri 14/05/10
Non-Hearing Day TBC
 
 
Mon 17/05/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Tue 18/05/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
Wed 19/05/10
Inquiry into the Causes and Circumstances of Deaths - Kilmore East Fire
9.00am start
Thu 20/05/10
Non-Hearing Day TBC
Fri 21/05/10
Oral Submissions
 
 
Mon 24/05/10
Non-Hearing Day TBC
Tue 25/05/10
Non-Hearing Day TBC
Wed 26/05/10
Oral Submissions
Thu 27/05/10
Oral Submissions
(HEARINGS COMPLETED)
Transcripts of proceedings are posted to this site as quickly as possible, usually by 9.30am the following day.  On occasion, they may contain minor typographical errors.  Where these have been identified, they have been noted and recorded in the attached table.

Terms of Reference



Download Terms of Reference (PDF, 389kb)


Practice Notes



Download Practice Notes


Opening Remarks



Download Opening Remarks


Closing Remarks



Download Closing Remarks