Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

With summer approaching, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind my constituents in Menzies—and indeed the constituents of other electorates around the country where it's relevant—about bushfires. We've had a very wet winter and a very wet spring, and we can be complacent about the consequences that can have for bushfires. But, with all the growth that we have in many parts of Australia, the dry winds and the hot days, when we get them, can dry out the undergrowth, and that can be the fuel on the forest floor, so to speak, for bushfires.

I remind residents, particularly those in Warrandyte, Wonga Park, Eltham, Research and surrounding areas where bushfires have occurred in the past—I remember the bushfires of 1983, which swept into Warrandyte—to prepare their bushfire plan now. If they go to the cfa.vic.gov.au website, there are plans there. On that note, I also take this opportunity, briefly, to commend all the voluntary firefighters from the CFA, not just in my electorate but throughout Victoria, for the wonderful work they do in helping us to preserve our communities.

Sharon Claydon (Newcastle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.