Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (13:54): Yesterday I had a briefing from the emergency services commissioner, and I would like to thank the government for that. The emergency services commissioner has said that, particularly for western Victoria, there is going to be a very early start to the fire season. The message was very clear: make sure that you are prepared, and make sure that you are prepared early, because the onset of fire season is coming a lot earlier for us than it otherwise would. Obviously, depending on the weather and, in particular, rainfall, what happens in January and February could see those extreme warnings apply also to those two months. That, of course, will be weather dependent. But for the month of December the message was clear: make sure that you've done all the work that's necessary to protect your house, and, if you're a volunteer, make sure that you do your minimum skills training so you'll be able to continue to volunteer with the local CFA. For professionals, we want to work with you to make sure we get the message out there that we are in for a very, very difficult fire season in western Victoria.