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Black Saturday
Thu, 09/02/2012
The 2009 Victorian Black Saturday bushfires cost a net $942 million, calculate Catherine Stephenson and John Handmer of the Centre for Risk and Community Safety, RMIT University and Bushfire CRC, and Aimee Haywood, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria.
Mon, 06/02/2012
Scholarship opportunites are open for masters students to complete the research component of their course work studies.
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.

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: 3 days 16 hours ago

It has now been three years since the horrific fires of 7 February in Victoria and still they are very much a part of our industry conversation. There have been large fires before and after Black Saturday but these fires have reshaped the way we all go about our daily business of seeking and applying new knowledge on managing the bushfire threat.

Australian...

Posted: 3 days 11 hours ago

One of the more striking sights at our annual conference is the row upon row of research posters in the main expo area. The range and diversity of style, colour and layout is impressive but the real impact is in the prominent Bushfire CRC branding across the lot. This is visual proof of the first “C” in our name – cooperative national research...

David Bruce
Communications Manager Bushfire CRC
Posted: 3 days 8 hours ago

Happy New Year to everyone! 2012 will be busy, but also a year in which a lot of the promise of the research program will be delivered. It will be an exciting time for everyone, I hope. With the third anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria it is useful to reflect on the reasons that sit behind the current research agenda and why we are all on an important...

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.