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Presentations |

The following presentations were recorded on 27 February 2007 at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. The gathering was a national forum presented by the Bushfire CRC.


Welcome and introduction

Kevin O'Loughlin
CEO, Bushfire CRC
[audio - mp3 - 1.3 MB]

 

Ian Macdougall
Chairman, Bushfire CRC
[audio - mp3 - 1.2 MB]

The Hon Gary Nairn, MP
Special Minister of State
[audio - mp3 - 5.1 MB]

 

The Hon Sen Eric Abetz
Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation
[audio - mp3 - 4.9 MB]


Keynote Speakers

The Megafire Reality
Jerry Williams
Senior Adviser, The Brookings Institution, USA
part one: [ audio - mp3 - 5mb ]
part two: [ audio - mp3 - 6.8mb ]
[ Speech - PDF- 50kb ]


The Climate Link to Big Fires
Neville Nicholls
Professorial Fellow, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University
[ audio - mp3 - 5.9mb ] [ Slides - PDF- 230kb ]


An Australian Perspective on Big Fires
Phil Cheney
Honorary Research Fellow CSIRO
[ audio - mp3 - 6.5mb ] [ Slides - PDF - 1.6mb ]


Is the Drought Related to Climate Change?
Will Steffen
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), ANU; and Science Adviser, Australian Greenhouse Office
[Slides - PDF - 1.6 Mb]


Speakers

Jerry Williams
Jerry Williams
The Brookings Institution, USA


Eric Abetz
Eric Abetz
Minister for Fisheries, Forestry & Conservation


nairn
Gary Nairn
Special Minister of State


Neville Nicholls & Phil Cheyney

Neville Nicholls & Phil Cheney
Monash University & CSIRO


CRC-12 copy

Ian McDougall
Chairman, Bushfire CRC