On Wednesday, Victorian premier Dan Andrews moved a condolence motion to acknowledge the impact of the summer's bushfires on the state, with members of parliament reflecting on the devastation wreaked across the state.

During a ten minute speech Mr Tilley, who was praised by colleagues for his role in a fire-fighting strike team, accused the government of ignoring recommendations made in the Black Saturday Royal Commission.

He said the commission recommended a minimum of five per cent of public land be burnt annually through prescribed burning programs.

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Mr Tilley said prior to Christmas, the government refused to detail fuel loads within the state forests.

"At the same time people in the Upper Murray were saying that the fuel load was beyond Black Saturday," he said. "People within the department, people at the coal face responsible for fuel reduction burns were telling me that the state government had lost the will to undertake these prescribed burns.

"Labor will no doubt, and the government will no doubt, defend the approach, as "strategic"...

"I say they are wrong - the proof is in the fires that roared out of the forests, taking lives, destroying livelihoods, farms, animals, fences, powerlines, communication towers, plantations and which have also scarred entire communities and perhaps the state of Victoria."

Mr Tilley called for regional sittings of parliament, starting in the North East and Gippsland, and criticised the recovery effort for not delivering benefits to those on the coal front.

"I find that most do little to put cash in the hands of those most affected at present do little to offset the cash flow crisis affecting businesses and individuals...," he said.

"I would hate to think that some consultant sucking on the government teet, would have you believe that a bike marketing campaign is the answer."