Orroral Valley fire: Safety of life was MRH-90 crew's first priority

Harley Dennett
Updated January 21 2021 - 6:10pm, first published 5:47pm
The Australian Defence Force has released photos of the helicopter which accidentally sparked the Orroral Valley fire. Pictures: ADF

Emergency services may not have been able to be alerted any earlier to the Orroral Valley fire in January last year, with new details emerging about the circumstances.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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