12.02

11.00am – 12.00 pm

Integrated Emergency Coordination Centre, East Melbourne

Briefing and discussion on bushfire status with senior emergency services staff

Picfac only/sound grabs

12.00 pm – 2.30 pm

Transit to Yea

Visit to bushfire affected areas (TBA)

Picfac

2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Visit to relief centre and staging ground, Yea

Meeting with victims of bushfires in tent city, volunteers and Red Cross representatives

Sound grabs/

interview opportunity

13.02

09.45am

Ingham airport

Helicopter arrival in Ingham

Picfac only

10.00 – 12.00

Hinchinbrook Shire Chambers

Briefing (no media) on current status of floods, before visit to Disaster Control, SES Call Centre and Council Call Centre

Picfac only/sound grabs

1.00 pm – 5.30 pm

Ingham area

Meeting with Ingham community members/visit to recovery and accommodation centre

Picfac/sound grabs

5.30pm – 7.30 pm

Ingham Shire Hall

Governor-General hosts community sausage sizzle

Picfac/sound grabs/

interview opportunity

14.02

9.10 am – 11.30 am

Cane and cattle properties, Ingham district

Visit to farms affected by floods

Picfac only

15.02

10.00 am – 11.30 am

Christ Church Whittlesea

Church service and morning tea with Kinglake and Whittlesea communities

Picfac

2.00 pm

Whittlesea Oval

Informal and ecumenical community service

Picfac/

interview opportunities