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To Display Honesty & Courage... (posted at the request of Mick Macfarlane)

The first of the media arrived after lunch on the Monday, just one car with a reporter and cameraman,… Continue

Posted by SMP on March 25, 2010 at 8:33 — 1 Comment

EMMV circa 2010

The Emergency Management Manual Victoria (EMMV) has been updated (see all the link to documents at the bottom of the page): http://bit.ly/9PskOQ

Posted by SMP on September 24, 2010 at 10:25

Flight with the PM

On the evening of the Australian bicentenary I boarded a Council Bell 412 with one very experienced pilot and, at the time, one very inexperienced pilot with minimal hours under his belt. We headed off to Tullamarine and landed on the apron outside… Continue

Posted by Mick Macfarlane on January 27, 2010 at 22:00

Look at what the Indians have done...

Does that reminds something to anyone?…

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Posted by SMP on December 9, 2023 at 9:37

Bushfire Royal Commission

Posted by SMP on October 30, 2020 at 13:30

 

Rationale

We have set up this Network for the purpose of sharing information on a number of issues surrounding the closure of the National Safety Council of Australia (Victorian Division) and giving the opportunity for all involved to have their say in what really happened at the time. Looking back, there seems to have been real haste in shutting down this extraordinarily purposeful organization. There are many, many questions that remain unanswered despite the noise made by the media at the time (with so little answers as it transpired).
Here are a few:

• Did anyone in the public know the full extent of the good work NSCA (Vic) was doing and involved with?
• With so much goodwill from the hundreds of people involved in search-and-rescue and firefighting - to name a couple of services they provided - why did the government chose not to keep it going?
• Would it have made a difference having this organization today, particularly in view of disaster like "Black Saturday" bushfires (with respect to the great work many did on and since that day)?
• Who really was John Friedrich? Was he really just a conman or a visionary?
• Why did all investigations stop after his death, that occurred only a few days before his day in court and did he really pulled the trigger?

Reminder

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The Chase... and the many loose ends

Now for the media circus and the police chase following John Friedrich disappearance. And there are of course many many loose ends...
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John Friedrich: The Chase... and loose ends

Now for the media circus and the police chase following John Friedrich disappearance. And there are of course many many loose ends...More info: https://www.s...
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Sep 14
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John Friedrich: To be or not to be?

The mystery and speculations surrounding John's death... with a quirky post-script from Rick.
Sep 14
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John Friedrich: To be or not to be?

The mystery and speculations surrounding John Friedrich's death... with a quirky post-script from Rick.More info: https://www.stellamotion.com.au/wordpress/j...
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Sep 10
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John Friedrich: Containers... What containers?

You guest it, the story about the shipping containers (and other bits...). As the saying goes, it takes two to tango... and the banks seem very good at it.
Sep 5
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John Friedrich: Containers... What containers?

You guest it, the story about the shipping containers (and other bits...). As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. See trailer if you missed it: https://w...
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