Hansard debates

Mrs McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (12:44): My constituency question is for the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. The build-up of fuel loads in the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve is of significant concern to the local community. The reserve spans over 350 acres and is surrounded by suburban blocks but is full of dead vegetation, logs and tree branches. Mulching that has taken place has only accumulated more fuel, with virtually none of it being removed after being mulched. It is frankly a bushfire waiting to happen. I raised this matter in February, and the situation has arguably worsened since then, so I ask the minister: what fuel load reduction is planned for the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve prior to the bushfire season, before we have the whole of Ocean Grove burnt out?