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Delayed report stokes CFA funding row

GOVERMENT funding for the CFA has been boosted for the first time in five years, a delayed report shas shown. Victoria’s State Government has faced scrutiny over bushfire preparedness after rampant blazes tore through communities in catastrophic conditions in early January. Volunteer firefighters accused the Government of cutting funding to the Country Fire Authority, citing […]

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