❓ Hon Steve Martin asked about prescribed burning and fire mitigation expenditure in Dunn Rock Nature Reserve. The answer revealed no prescribed burning or specific fire mitigation spending occurred in the reserve during the specified years, with mechanical scrub rolling being the primary method.

I refer to the Dunn Rock Nature Reserve, and I ask:(a) for each of the below financial years, how many hectares of prescribed burning have been undertaken:(i) 2024-25;(ii) 2023-24; and(iii) 2022-23; and(b) for each of the years in (a), what was spent on fire mitigation specifically within the reserve (not the broader region)?

(a) Prescribed burning is not a suitable standalone indicator of bushfire mitigation in the mallee vegetation of Dunn Rock Nature Reserve, as broad-scale prescribed burning is not undertaken in this landscape. Instead, bushfire mitigation is primarily achieved through the establishment and maintenance of fuel-reduced buffers, typically created using mechanical scrub rolling. Hectares of prescribed burning undertaken within Dunn Rock Nature Reserve for each financial year was: (i) 2024-25 – 0 hectares (ii) 2023-24 – 0 hectares (iii) 2022–23 – 0 hectares (b) Amount spent on bushfire mitigation within Dunn Rock Nature Reserve for each financial year was: (i) 2024-25 – $0 (ii) 2023-24 – $0 (iii) 2022–23 – $0