The inquiry,which will start the first round of hearings on Monday,has attracted almost 1700 public submissions.
Logging native forests increases the severity and risk of bushfires and likely had a significant effect on Australia's summer fires,new research shows.
A decade ago,Victoria moved ahead with setting standards for personal bushfire shelters but NSW is still wary of following suit.
Agencies need to modernise and take advantage of technology that allows them to operate at night.
Long-term impacts are expected in children who experienced the summer bushfires because of a lack of support services after the disaster.
Doctors say the lack of recognition of GPs as frontline health providers meant they were"held up by red tape"during the summer's catastrophic bushfires.
People who live in the fire zones say the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has shifted governments'attention away from bushfire relief efforts.