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ABC 730 Report 4 Jan 2012 - Gary Morgan
Wed, 04/01/2012
ABC TV talks to the Bushfire CRC about the summer bushfire season.
Scene from the  Li’l Larikkins children's fire safety commercial
Mon, 19/12/2011
Bushfire CRC research was associated with three winning projects in the 2011 Australian Safer Communities Awards presented by the Commonwealth Attorney General in Canberra.
Wed, 14/12/2011
The formal proceedings of the Science Day held as part of the Bushfire CRC and AFAC 2011 Conference in Sydney are now available. These papers have been anonymously reviewed and published as formal proceedings.
Gary Morgan at the November 23 Stakeholder Council and AGM
Tue, 06/12/2011
A busy and informative program occupied attendees at the Bushfire CRC Stakeholders Council Annual General Meeting in Melbourne on 23 November.
Tue, 06/12/2011
A Call for Papers is out for the 2012 AFAC and Bushfire CRC Conference.
Tue, 06/12/2011
Bushfire CRC research is helping Fire and Rescue NSW managers to better understand the symptoms and health effects of smoke exposure and appropriate mitigation strategies.
The Hon Bernard Teague AO (left) Professor Mark Adams and Gary Morgan
Thu, 24/11/2011
The Hon Bernard Teague, AO, has launched Burning Issues, the new book by Professor Mark Adams and Dr Peter Attiwill on the controversial history and practice of controlled burning in Australia.
Tue, 22/11/2011
The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre is making available three grants a year of up to $3000 to support end-users of the organisation’s research to attend major international conferences to discuss and promote the use of the research.

In the media...

Science Alert
Thu, 02/02/2012
ABC News
Wed, 01/02/2012
Australia Network News
Tue, 31/01/2012
UNSW Newsroom
Tue, 31/01/2012
ABC TV 7.30 Report
Wed, 04/01/2012
ABC TV 7.30 Report
Wed, 04/01/2012
Channel 10 - 6:30pm with George Negus
Fri, 07/10/2011
ABC Radio National
Thu, 06/10/2011
Ninemsn
Thu, 29/09/2011
The Australian
Wed, 28/09/2011
ABC Rural
Mon, 19/09/2011
ABC News
Mon, 19/09/2011
702 ABC Sydney
Wed, 31/08/2011
ABC Rural
Mon, 29/08/2011
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mon, 29/08/2011
Posted: 8 weeks 5 days ago

A year ago I wrote about how the new research program was starting up with great promise. A year on and we find ourselves planning for the final outputs of the three year program. As distinct from the first years of the Bushfire CRC, in this research program we have all had to hit the ground running in what we all knew was going to be extremely tight timelines. It is...

Posted: 9 weeks 1 day ago

The Annual Reporting process is mostly a dry and formal process that provides our Federal funders with the data it needs to know we are performing acceptably in research outputs, finance and a range of other measurements.

On the other hand, the written Annual Report is also an annual stop-and-think about the main achievements of a hectic year. What is immediately...

David Bruce
Communications Manager Bushfire CRC
Posted: 8 weeks 5 days ago

As 2011 draws to a close the Bushfire CRC can look back on a highly productive year of establishment and delivery. This has been marked by a significant change in the tenor of the Research Advisory Forums: thinking back to the meeting held in Adelaide in November 2010, which was really a discussion about what the research was going to achieve; whereas the most recent...

Richard Thornton
Deputy CEO and Research Director Bushfire CRC

Media Releases

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thu, 05/05/2011
Launch of 2011 conference in Sydney - Minister with group
The NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services has launched the conference program for the upcoming Bushfire CRC and AFAC annual conference.