CFA volunteer doubts bushfire royal commission will result in change

Sophie Boyd
Updated June 1 2020 - 8:35pm, first published 7:30pm
HORROR SUMMER: The Upper Murray bushfire devastated properties on both sides of the Murray River, but local Jingellic and Walwa firefighters were unable to communicate. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE
HORROR SUMMER: The Upper Murray bushfire devastated properties on both sides of the Murray River, but local Jingellic and Walwa firefighters were unable to communicate. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Communications issues that prevented CFA and RFS crews speaking despite being just kilometres apart on the Upper Murray fire front should have been addressed years, if not decades, ago, one Walwa volunteer says.

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