Christine Nixon hospitalised

Christine Nixon has been hospitalised after an early morning ambulance dash.
The departing head of Victoria's bushfire reconstruction authority was taken to
hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning with a non-life threatening illness.
She is expected to undergo surgery on Monday.
It's believed Ms Nixon's concerned husband called an ambulance when she fell ill
during the night.
"She has been admitted and will have surgery early tomorrow," a spokeswoman for the
reconstruction authority said.
"The illness is not life threatening."
The hospital admission caps off a dramatic two days for Ms Nixon, who announced on
Saturday she would step down as chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and
Recovery Authority.
Ms Nixon will quit her $345,000 a year job on August 16 after a contentious 18-month
tenure.
The announcement came on the same day the federal election was called and two weeks
before the bushfires royal commission is due to hand down its final report, which is
expected to be critical of Ms Nixon's actions on Black Saturday.
The former Victoria Police chief commissioner was lambasted for having a haircut and
working on her memoirs on Black Saturday, then leaving to have dinner at a pub with
friends at the height of the disaster in which 173 people were killed.
A spokeswoman for Ms Nixon said she remained committed to working with bushfire
affected communities in the long term, particularly the bereaved.
"Christine understands people have been critical of the timing of her announcement
but stands by her decision to make sure the people from Community Recovery
Committees and the bereaved gathering at a development weekend were the first to
know of her change in role.
"This was the first time those community representatives had come together to talk
about their futures."