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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2017-03-28" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Pinery Bushfires</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Pinery Bushfires</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4364" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.L. VINCENT</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2017-03-28">
            <name>Pinery Bushfires</name>
          </question>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4364">the Hon. K.L. VINCENT </by>(29 November 2016).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2017-03-28">
            <name>Pinery Bushfires</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="2017032825842dbc1efb44c880000608">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="5084">The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety):</by>  I am advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2017032825842dbc1efb44c880000609">
          <inserted>The Country Fire Service (CFS) has a commitment to provide preparedness information in accessible formats. The CFS website meets web accessibility guidelines and information is available in various formats, including large print, audio, languages other than English, and Easy English.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2017032825842dbc1efb44c880000610">
          <inserted>A number of changes have been implemented as a result of the Pinery Fire, including changes to how warning messages are communicated, after advice was sought through an independent review of the CFS warning messages by the Bushfire Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2017032825842dbc1efb44c880000611">
          <inserted>Warning text and community calls to action have been simplified and graphic maps which show the fire location and the warning area have also been included in messages. The CFS continues to provide information through multiple sources, including Emergency Broadcast Partners and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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