The Country Fire Authority (CFA) submits a written assessment to an inquiry into last summer’s fires outlining what went wrong and raising concerns about funding and staffing. According to multiple reports, the CFA initially provides a response of 33 pages, detailing its views on operational and resourcing issues. After the submission, the CFA’s response is later retracted and revised down, with the assessment cut roughly in half. The change follows discussions with the Victorian state government, which is described as being involved in the process leading to the pared-back version. The reports do not contest the existence of the original submission, but they state that the final document differs from what the inquiry first received. The accounts focus on the discrepancy between the original length and the later version, and on the role of the government in the revision. The revised response continues to address the matters raised, but with less detail than the initial 33-page submission.