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- ↑ "Australians praise NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons as fires rage". News.com.au. 3 January 2020.
- ↑ "Shane Fitzsimmons: 'Tireless' fire chief steering Australians through disaster". BBC. 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "RFS Commissioner Fitzsimmons to lead new Resilience NSW agency". NSW Government. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ↑ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Resilience NSW) Order 2020". NSW Legislation. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ↑ "Resilience NSW boss confirms his position terminated, agency defunct". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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