Wambelong fire

This inquiry was established on 14 November 2013, to report on the causes and management of the Wambelong fire within and adjacent to the Warrumbungle National Park in January 2013.

Legislative Council Report Debate, 06 May 2015 Legislative Council Report Debate, 11 August 2015 Legislative Council Report Debate, 25 August 2015

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This inquiry was self-referred on 14 November 2013.
Resolution passed 14 November 2013, NSW Legislative Council, General Purpose Standing Committee No 5, Minutes No 54, 14 November 2013.

Terms of reference - Wambelong fire

Date	Milestone
14 Nov 2013	Self-referred
03 Sep 2014	Hearing - Coonabarabran Town Hall, Sydney
04 Sep 2014	Hearing - Coonabarabran Town Hall, Sydney
15 Sep 2014	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
18 Sep 2014	Submissions closed
20 Feb 2015	Final Report
31 Mar 2016	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Mr John Thring
No. 1a Mr John Thring
No. 2 Stephen and Louise Knight
No. 3 Mr Alan Imhoff
No. 4 Mr Perry Wilkinson
No. 5 Ms Lois Wilkinson
No. 6 Mr Vic Jurkis
No. 7 Australian Forest Products Association
No. 8 Mr Trevor Houghton
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 Mr David Packham
No. 11 Confidential
No. 11a Coonabarabran Property Owners Alliance
No. 12 Mrs Jane Judd
No. 13 Mr Max Zell OAM
No. 14 Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14a Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14b Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14c Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14d Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14e Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14f Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14g Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14h Warrumbungle Fire Action Group
No. 14i Carolyn Lyons OAM
No. 15 Mr Peter Hellyer
No. 16 Mr Lawrence B Dawson
No. 17 Confidential
No. 17a Confidential
No. 18 Mr D Williams
No. 19 Mr Wayne West
No. 20 Mrs Kim Noonan
No. 20a Mrs Kim Noonan
No. 20b Mrs Kim Noonan
No. 21 Mr Stephen Wallace
No. 22 Warrumbungle Shire Council
No. 23 Councillor Peter Shinton
No. 24 Mrs Fiona Selmes
No. 25 Mr Llewelyn Selmes
No. 26 Mr Darren and Mrs Lisa De Costa
No. 27 Dr Simon Pockley
No. 28 Gilgandra Shire Council
No. 29 Ms Donna Burton
No. 30 Name suppressed
No. 30a Name suppressed
No. 31 Mrs Margaret-Ann Cook
No. 32 Ms Heather Meldrum
No. 33 Mr John Shobbrook
No. 33a Mr John Shobbrook
No. 34 Mr Chris Commins
No. 35 Confidential
No. 36 Mr Michael Bowman
No. 37 Mr Warren Kimber
No. 38 Mr Rod Young
No. 39 Mrs Juleen Young
No. 40 Confidential
No. 41 Mr Anthony Ellis
No. 42 Dr Christine Finlay
No. 43 Confidential
No. 44 NSW Government
No. 45 100 percent Renewable Energy Group, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics, Australian National University
No. 46 Rural Fire Service Association NSW Inc.
No. 47 Mr Phil Henley
No. 48 Mr Tony Webb
No. 49 The family of Meldrum-Poulton
No. 50 Mr Jason Lawrence
No. 51 Mr James Cameron
No. 52 Name suppressed
No. 53 Mr Ron Nash
No. 54 Mr Adam Clarke
No. 55 Mr Andrew Young
No. 56 Mr Richard Stringer

Date	Venue Details
03/09/2014	Coonabarabran Town Hall, Sydney		Transcript
04/09/2014	Coonabarabran Town Hall, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
15/09/2014	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 41 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Wambelong fire	31/03/2016
	Report No 41 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Wambelong fire	20/02/2015	31/03/2016

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2015-09-11	11/09/2015	Correspondence	Correspondence from Minister Elliott to Clerk of the Parliaments
2015-08-15	15/08/2015	Correspondence	Correspondence from Minister Elliott relating to Government response to report
2015-02-20	20/02/2015	Other	Executive Summary and Recommendations
2015-02-20	20/02/2015	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Media Release - Final report
2014-10-31	31/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice: NSW Rural Fire Service
2014-10-31	31/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice, attachments: NSW Rural Fire Service Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice, attachments: NSW Rural Fire Service Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice, attachments: NSW Rural Fire Service
2014-10-31	31/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Rural Fire Service
2014-10-28	28/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice: Volunteer Fire Fighters Assocaiton
2014-10-21	21/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Australian National University
2014-10-21	21/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice, attachments: Australian National University
2014-10-20	20/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answer to Supplementary Questions on Notice: Warrumbungle Shire Council
2014-10-10	10/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Volunteer Fire Fighters Association
2014-10-08	08/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice, attachments: Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
2014-10-08	08/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
2014-10-08	08/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice: Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
2014-10-08	08/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice, attachments: Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
2014-10-02	02/10/2014	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Warrumbungle Shire Council
2014-09-18	18/09/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Coonabarabran Property Alliance
2014-09-17	17/09/2014	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Media release: Announcing report to be tabled by 20 February 2015
2014-09-04	04/09/2014	Tendered Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Tabled document: Photographs and maps - Mr Rod Young
2014-09-04	04/09/2014	Tendered Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Tabled document: Map of Siding Spring Site Protection Plan and site plan of proposed tree clearing area - Mr Mark Pritchard
2014-09-04	04/09/2014	Tendered Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Tabled document: Map of Warrumbungle National Park and paper about environmental management of Pilliga Forest - Mr John Thring
2014-09-03	03/09/2014	Tendered Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Tabled document: Photographs - Ms Heather Meldrum
2014-09-03	03/09/2014	Tendered Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Tabled document: Glenmore, A brief - Mr Stephen Lill
2014-09-03	03/09/2014	Tendered Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Tabled document: Map showing properties and assets lost to or damaged by the fire - Mr Ross Tuckwell
2014-07-30	30/07/2014	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Media release: Announcing a public forum is planned during the Committee's visit to Coonabarabran
2014-03-25	25/03/2014	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Media release: Announcement of new inquiry timeline
2014-02-13	13/02/2014	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Media release: Inquiry postponed pending further information from Coroner's office
2013-11-19	19/11/2013	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Media release: Announcing the inquiry

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