Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry - Progress Report 2020

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Executive summary

This is the fifth report by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management (IGEM) on the progress of the implementation of recommendations and affirmations from the 2014 and 2015–16 Hazelwood mine fire inquiry reports. This is also IGEM’s first Hazelwood report that is not required to be tabled in Parliament as per the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry: Victorian Government Implementation Plan (Victorian Government Implementation Plan). This report summarises implementation progress (to August 2020) of actions and recommendations that were reported as ongoing in IGEM’s Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry: Implementation of recommendations and affirmations – Annual Report 2019 (2019 IGEM Hazelwood report). Role of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management IGEM is responsible for monitoring and reporting on the progress of the implementation of all recommendations and affirmations from the 2014 and 2015–16 Hazelwood mine fire inquiry reports. Implementation monitoring provides assurance to community members and the Victorian Government that the lessons identified from emergencies are acted on in a timely and sustainable manner. Progress summary Since the commencement of the reform program, significant progress has been achieved to improve emergency management planning and coordination, health outcomes, and mine regulation and rehabilitation in the Latrobe Valley. Appendix A provides a summary of the status of all recommendations, affirmations and actions arising from the Inquiry reports. In summary: •

238 of the 246 actions set out in the Victorian Government Implementation Plan are now either closed or complete 1

all 14 recommendations and affirmations directed to health agencies are complete

25 of the 26 recommendations and affirmations directed to coal mine operators are complete.

This report monitors progress of 11 government actions and 1 recommendation directed to Latrobe Valley coal mine operators that were reported as ongoing in the 2019 IGEM Hazelwood report (refer to Table 1, page 11).

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Five government actions – Actions 200 to 204 – relating to the Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy (LVRRS) were monitored by the Latrobe Valley Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner (LVMRC).


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