Loch Sport residents who have witnessed travel ban breaches are calling for better enforcement to prevent COVID-19 spreading to their isolated community.
RESIDENTS in one of the Wellington Shire’s popular tourist hot spots are calling for better enforcement of lockdown rules, after dozens of tourists believed to be from Melbourne visited during the travel ban.
Several groups of people are suspected to have spent the past two weekends in holiday accommodation in Loch Sport, and have come to the attention of local shop owners and residents.
One resident, who did not want to be named, said a large group of up to 12 young adults had been heard in several shops boasting about being from the northern suburbs of Melbourne, and had not been wearing masks or socially distancing.
The Forest Fire Management Victoria Macalister fire district in central Gippsland has recently concluded its autumn planned burn program.
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THE nature of bushfire in Victoria is changing, trending towards hotter, drier conditions for longer periods of time.
Living in Victoria means living with fire, and planned burning is an important fuel management tool in reducing bushfire risk to communities and the environment.
As part of Forest Fire Management Victoria’s strategic approach to fuel management, regional FFMVic staff have delivered a number of key asset protection burns around communities under the state-wide Joint Fuel Management Program.
The FFMVic Macalister fire district covers about 1.8 million hectares of private and public land, stretching from Port Albert up through the Alpine National Park, south of Mount Hotham.
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