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Recognising the best use of research
Research Utilisation Award trophy_teaser
Thu, 03/05/2012
Applications are now being sought for the new Bushfire CRC Research Utilisation Award – is your agency worthy of recognition?

Launch - Diverse Country, Common Ground
Perth 2012 annual conference launch_2
Mon, 30/04/2012
The annual conference program is now available and was launched in Melbourne in April.

Review Panel looks at performance
Performance Review 2012 panel_teaser
Mon, 30/04/2012
In mid-April a three-day Performance Review of the Bushfire CRC was conducted.

Fire in the landscape tour
Fire in the landscape - Tarryn Turnball
Thu, 05/04/2012
A group of fire managers and scientists this month went deep into the forests of north east Victoria to view research sites.

Students track lake fire threat
WPI students Blackburn Lake 2
Thu, 05/04/2012
Three visiting US students sponsored by the Bushfire CRC are looking at the bushfire threat posed by large parklands in urban areas.

Toolbox talk
Fire DST modelling
Thu, 05/04/2012
The science behind an advanced software program that will help fire managers fight bushfires faster and more effectively is clearly explained in a new online video by the Bushfire CRC.

Sharing responsibility for disaster resilience forum
The Vision of Sharing Responsibility for Disaster Resilience workshop was attend
Thu, 05/04/2012
More than 80 researchers, community members and representatives from all levels of government last week met to discuss the broad topic of sharing responsibility.

Time to Perform
Tue, 27/03/2012
The Bushfire CRC has been advised by the Australian Government of an important review that will require the involvement of some of our partners.

In the media...

Fighting fire with fire

ABC Radio National Background Briefing
Mon, 20/02/2012

New form of bushfire found

Science Alert
Thu, 02/02/2012

Bushfire discovery 'will save lives'

ABC News
Wed, 01/02/2012

Bushfire researchers make life saving discovery

Australia Network News
Tue, 31/01/2012

Discovery questions current bushfire mitigation approach

UNSW Newsroom
Tue, 31/01/2012

National bushfire risk

ABC TV 7.30 Report
Wed, 04/01/2012

National bushfire risk

ABC TV 7.30 Report
Wed, 04/01/2012

The burning season

Channel 10 - 6:30pm with George Negus
Fri, 07/10/2011

Fire risk for inland Australia

ABC Radio National
Thu, 06/10/2011

Drought, rain and now grass fire risk

Ninemsn
Thu, 29/09/2011

Summer extremes

The Australian
Wed, 28/09/2011

La Nina returns for another wet summer

ABC Rural
Mon, 19/09/2011

Rainfall threatens large scale bushfires

ABC News
Mon, 19/09/2011

Studies stress importance of preparation in emergencies

702 ABC Sydney
Wed, 31/08/2011

Grasslands a huge bushfire risk

ABC Rural
Mon, 29/08/2011

Review focusses on our strengths
Posted: 3 weeks 3 days ago
Last week we concluded a three-day Performance Review of the Bushfire CRC. The Review was conducted by the Cooperative Research Centre’s Committee on behalf of the federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

The five-member Review Panel spent the last three days looking thoroughly at all aspects of the Bushfire CRC’s governance and...

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Gary Morgan
Gary Morgan
CEO Bushfire CRC

Science to the people
Posted: 10 weeks 2 days ago

Last week I attended the Australian Science Communicators conference in Sydney on behalf of the Bushfire CRC.

The purpose of the event was neatly summed up by Paul Willis, the new Director of the RiAus, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of science which has as its motto “bringing science to people and people to science.”

In a post-...

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David Bruce
David Bruce
Communications Manager Bushfire CRC

An exciting few months ahead
Posted: 2 weeks 1 day ago

With the DIISRTE review now behind us, it is time to focus once more on the ‘normal’ activities of the Centre. It is indeed a busy few months ahead. The Research Advisory Forum (RAF) is immediately ahead of us on 23-24 May in Hobart. This forum is always a great opportunity to hear the progress of half of the research portfolio of the CRC and help to shape the...

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Richard Thornton
Dr Richard Thornton
Deputy CEO and Research Director Bushfire CRC

Media Releases

Climate report prompts call for research funding
Mon, 14/05/2012
Fire at somersby falls
Emergency service agencies and scientists call for more research funding as a Climate Commission report predicts record heatwaves, bushfires and rising sea levels in New South Wales because of climate change.

New book looks at the science of a burning issue
Thu, 17/11/2011
The science and the politics of burning the Australian landscape to reduce bushfire risk and promote biodiversity is the subject of a new CSIRO Publishing book sponsored by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre to be launched in Melbourne next week by the Hon Bernard Teague, AO, Chair of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission.

Perth Hills residents saw bushfire as a general risk
Thu, 22/09/2011
Roleystone fire
Many Perth Hills residents recognised a bushfire was possible in their area before the February fires, but did not see it as a threat to their own lives or properties, a Bushfire CRC study of residents has found.

Above-normal bushfire activity possible coast-to-coast thanks to grass growth
Sun, 28/08/2011
Seasonal outlook map
The middle of Australia from coast to coast has the potential for above-normal bushfire activity this coming southern fire season because of very large areas of drying grass that grew extensively across the continent following the heavy rains last summer.

Follow the conference on the Knowledge Web
Fri, 26/08/2011
Gary Morgan at conference launch
The AFAC & Bushfire CRC Conference in Sydney kicks off next week at Darling harbour. The conference theme this year is New World, New Thinking and you can follow it on the Knowledge Web.

Above-normal bushfire risk looms in much of northern Australia
Wed, 10/08/2011
Outlook map for fire potential in northern Australia
The Bushfire CRC’s Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia and Queensland has been published.

Recent FireNotes

Householders' Survival Decisions Under Threat of Bushfire

Erosion risk to water resources in fire and rainfall regimes

Children's knowledge of bushfire hazards

Defining Community: Debates and implications for bushfire policy

Checklist items for researchers: Householder preparations for bushfires

Southern Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2011-12