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New RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers has had little time to celebrate the news as he prepares for the coming fire season.

Fire chief lays out his priorities for next summer

Rob Rogers had his appointment extended indefinitely on Thursday despite the NSW Bushfire Inquiry and the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements having yet to release their findings.

  • Laura Chung and Peter Hannam

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A firebombing helicopter drops water on bushfires in New South Wales on November 8, 2019.

Government rejected major air-tanker expansion

Calls for a national air-tanker fleet to fight fires were rejected four years ago because the Coalition government said it was up to the states to fund firefighting.

  • David Crowe

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