Country Fire Authority

A new nationally consistent rating system for bushfire danger applies across Australia from Thursday.

The Victorian government will spend $517 million to deliver bushfire management and prevention measures, including a new office that will collaborate with other agencies and communities, and upgrades to firefighting technology. The funding package is part of the upcoming state budget this month, and aims to help reduce the risk of future bushfires in a […]

The Victorian government has brought in former NSW Nationals deputy leader Niall Blair to oversee improvements to the state’s fire services model. Appointed as the inaugural Fire Services Implementation Monitor, Blair will assess and review how the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and the recently established Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) undertake reforms outlaid in the 2017 […]

Executives at Victorian Public Service agencies could lose their bonuses, four years after the state’s departmental secretaries lost their extra cut.