Chris Banffy tells the NSW coroner that he had his plane land so that he could speak directly to RFS personnel after seeing signs that a back-burn was threatening to jump containment lines.
A Rural Fire Service commander tells an inquest into the 2019-20 bushfire disaster that he did not ignore concerns raised by a pilot about the decision to conduct a back-burn that jumped containment lines when the weather changed.
A Sydney company and two of its executives have admitted failures in their duties before a fatigued truckie killed four police officers in Melbourne. A third person is fighting the charges.
A Sydney company, and two executives, admit failures in their duties before a fatigued driver killed four police in Victoria. A third person is fighting the charges.
With the prosecution now on its ninth indictment since 2018 and a six-month jury trial likely to be pushed out to 2021, it is surely time to bury this mess.