❓ Hon Steve Martin asked about prescribed burning and fire mitigation spending in Lake Magenta Nature Reserve. The response indicates no prescribed burning occurred, and $32,000 was spent on mitigation in 2022-23, with none in the other years.
AnsweredQoN 1281Legislative Council
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I refer to the Lake Magenta Nature Reserve, and I ask: (a) for each of the below financial years, how many hectares of prescribed burning have been undertaken: (i) 2024-25; (ii) 2023-24; and (iii) 2022-23; and (b) for each of the years in (a), what was spent on fire mitigation specifically within the reserve (not the broader region)?
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Answered
14 April 2026
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
6 days
(a) Prescribed burning is not a suitable standalone indicator of bushfire mitigation in the mallee vegetation of Lake Magenta Nature Reserve, as broad-scale prescribed burning is not undertaken in this landscape. Instead, bushfire mitigation is primarily achieved through the establishment and maintenance of fuel-reduced buffers, typically created using mechanical scrub rolling.
Hectares of prescribed burning undertaken within Lake Magenta Nature Reserve for each financial year was:
(i) 2024-25 – 0 hectares
(ii) 2023-24 – 0 hectares
(iii) 2022–23 – 0 hectares
(b) Amount spent on bushfire mitigation within Lake Magenta Nature Reserve for each financial year was:
(i) 2024-25 – $0
(ii) 2023-24 – $0
(iii) 2022–23 – $32,000
Hectares of prescribed burning undertaken within Lake Magenta Nature Reserve for each financial year was:
(i) 2024-25 – 0 hectares
(ii) 2023-24 – 0 hectares
(iii) 2022–23 – 0 hectares
(b) Amount spent on bushfire mitigation within Lake Magenta Nature Reserve for each financial year was:
(i) 2024-25 – $0
(ii) 2023-24 – $0
(iii) 2022–23 – $32,000
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