Torches News
CFA chief - the man who knew too little
Saturday July 4, 2009
CFA chief Russell Rees has spent days giving evidence with lawyers' blow-torches to his belly. Much of what has come out of his own mouth has been damning: he didn't know fire experts were doing predictive maps in a back office, he can't explain why communications broke down between two CFA centres over who would manage the Kilmore fire - and he didn't see it as his job to oversee warnings on Black Saturday.