Index of Editions

Hazard News is our periodic communications to our research partners, end users, participants and the general public. The content in each of the editions is actually published here on the website first, and then collected into editions for distribution via PDF.

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25 Jul

Bushfire outlook for northern Austalia

July's Hazard News features the Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018, and has the latest information on new research opportunities, PhD scholarships available in New Zealand and our mental health study with...

22 Jun

Awards and new research opportunities

Award winning research, Queen's Birthday Honours, new research opportunities and case studies on how to use research findings - it is all in Hazard News June 2018.

24 May

CRC focused and engaged: review panel

A summary of our independent review, coastal research focus, strengthening incident management and animal emergency management, and the program launch for our annual conference are all featured in May 2018's Hazard News.

20 Apr

Focus on social science in Sydney

April 2018's Hazard News features all the news from the latest Research Advisory Forum, has a focus on PhD students and their research, showcases utilisation case studies on emergency warnings and using economics to...

21 Mar

Educating young children about disaster reduction

Educating children about disaster reduction, better fire mapping for carbon abatement, measuring resilience and how to understand who owns the risk - find out about all of this and more in March's edition of Hazard News.

15 Feb

Research gives insights into community fire response

The first Hazard News for 2018 is jam-packed full of research news - fire research findings, utilisation case studies on wind engineering and fire mapping, plus information on the independent review of the CRC.

20 Dec

Four years of highlights and achievements

The last Hazard News for 2017 showcases all the best bits of our research, utilisation and engagement activities since 2013.

27 Nov

Fire risk despite La Nina potential

Hear the latest from the CRC with a revised southern bushfire outlook, a wrap up of the Research Advisory Forum and a focus on demonstrating outcomes from the research.

23 Oct

Flood mitigation in Launceston

With a fresh new look, October's Hazard News has the latest research on the economics of flood mitigation, news about PhD completions, a wrap of International Day for Disaster Reduction, and much more.

21 Sep

Warm, dry lead into fire season

Hazard News September 2017 wraps up the CRC's annual conference, AFAC17 powered by INTERSCHUTZ, and has all the details on the southern fire season, understanding risk ownership and assessing resilience.

24 Aug

Science - a feature for Sydney

August 2017's Hazard News has a focus on research at AFAC17, while also highlighting insights from Black Saturday, a survey on cyclone preparedness and audio available to stream from Research Driving Change...

27 Jul

Fire outlook for northern Australia

July 2017's Hazard News wraps up the CRC's major event - Research Driving Change Showcase 2017, the launch of the national priorities for natural hazards research, as well as the northern bushfire outlook 2017 and much...

27 Jun

Key research learnings at Showcase

With the program now available, Research Driving Change - Showcase 2017 on 4-5 July is a must attend event for those working to improve the way Australia prepares for and responds to natural hazards emergencies.

23 May

Research Driving Change in Adelaide

All CRC research findings will be on show at our special event, Research Driving Change, in Adelaide on 4-5 July. Agenda preview out now.

20 Apr

Mental health research to cover new ground

Detailed in April 2017's Hazard News is our research partnership with beyondblue on mental health in emergency services, how emergency volunteering is changing, research during Cyclone Debbie and register now for...

22 Mar

New projects to set direction

March 2017's Hazard News has all the details of our new research projects beginning in July, plus registrations open for our special Research Driving Change Showcase on 4-5 July.

14 Feb

Research driving change

Lots of news to kick off our first Hazard News for 2017 - you're invited to a special event to celebrate our research achievements in Adelaide on 4-5 July, plus research informing flood campaign.

21 Dec

2016 - a rewarding year of research and utilisation

Our Year in Review is out - recap all the highlights, and get all the important 2017 dates in your diary.

15 Dec

Season's Greetings 2016

21 Nov

Mammoth month at the CRC

It has all been happening at the CRC in the last month, with a Research Advisory Forum in Canberra, research on bushfire modelling, more #AFAC16 research papers and a new Board member.

17 Oct

A day for disaster reduction

October 2016's Hazard News wraps up International Day for Disaster Reduction and has research information on flood fatalities, fire safety and bushfire education.

14 Sep

New research, fire outlook and science on show in Brisbane

A huge post-conference edition of Hazard News wraps up the conference, has the details on new research projects and the bushfire outlook for southern Australia.

18 Aug

A review, a refresh and a Research Forum

A focus on science at AFAC16, community engagement and smarter spending for August 2016's Hazard News.

26 Jul

Outlook on northern fire season

July 2016's Hazard News has information on the CRC's northern fire season outlook, utilisation news, how you can help with PhD research and much more.

17 Jun

June 2016's Hazard News has news on the Research Forum earlybird deadline, disaster recovery insights and a focus on floods.

24 May

Bumper research edition

There is a lot going on right now at the CRC, and it is all in the May 2016 issue of Hazard News.

19 Apr

Fire fuels in focus

Fire fuels in focus is the feature of the April 2016 edition of Hazard News.

17 Mar

Out and about with CRC researchers

Out and about with CRC researchers is the focus of the March 2016 edition of Hazard News.

16 Feb

Student opportunities and plenty of research

February 2016's edition of Hazard News has opportunities for students, a chance to be part of research, updates from PhD students and information about conference abstracts and workshops.

19 Jan

Research and mitigation key

Plenty happening to kick off 2016 - opinion, news, research, Hazard Notes, conferences and videos.

18 Dec

Season's Greetings 2015

Season's Greetings 2017.

16 Dec

2015 - a year of highlights, news and activity

In this bumper final 2015 edition of Hazard News we look at some of the highlights of the year, announce a new national disaster resilience institute, and direct the reader to loads of new online research content.

16 Nov

Be part of our research future

This November 2015 edition of Hazard News has information about our research refinement, an update to the Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook and details of our new Quick Response Fund to support research in...

16 Oct

Local knowledge and science to face disasters

The October 2015 edition of Hazard News wraps up our International Day for Disaster Reduction event, highlights our PhD students performing well in Three Minute Thesis competitions, and has news from the wildfire...

15 Sep

Science draws a crowd

It was a big week in Adelaide in the first week of September for our annual conference, with this edition of Hazard News covering the conference from all angles - proceedings, awards, announcements and views from CRC...

17 Aug

Four hundred for Forum

It is National Science Week, and the August 2015 edition of Hazard News showcases the science underway at the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC - estimating bushfire risk post-cyclone, the...

16 Jul

The July 2015 Hazard News has news on the northern Australia fire season, a project on looking out for volunteers, and new videos and podcasts from researchers and end users on how the research is helping...

16 Jun

High honours for researchers

The June 2015 edition of Hazard News highlights the high achievements of CRC researchers. Time has also arrived to get the early bird price for the annual Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC & AFAC conference.

15 May

May 2015 - Science in Adelaide

The May 2015 edition of Hazard News covers the launch of the program for our annual conference with AFAC, and has all the details on a special edition of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management...

16 Apr

April 2015 - From Sendai to Sydney

The April 2015 edition of Hazard News features the experiences of our researchers and end users at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan, wraps up the Research Advisory Forum in Sydney, and...

12 Mar

March 2015 - Proceedings detail research

The March 2015 edition of Hazard News includes the full proceedings from 2014's Research Forum, post-bushfire interview study findings, details of the our representation at the World Conference on Disaster Risk...

10 Feb

February 2015 - Lessons in SA fire

In the first edition of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Hazard News for 2015, we bring you news about research following recent bushfires in South Australia, conference abstracts closing soon, details on the next...

12 Dec

December 2014 - Research fires up at forum

In the final 2014 edition of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Hazard News, we bring you news from our Research Advisory Forum, our updated seasonal bushfire outlook for Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, and...

29 Oct

October 2014 - Resources aplenty

This October 2014 edition of the BNHCRC Hazard News gives a run down of our recent events.

22 Sep

September 2014 - Conference Special

Hazard News - September 2014 - all the conference news and more.

27 Aug

August 2014 - full house for Research Forum

Hazard News August 2014 - one week till the Annual Conference in Wellington.

25 Jul

July 2014 - Fire outlook for northern Australia

July edition of the BNHCRC Hazard News

19 Jun

June 2014 - One year and one CRC

Hazard News - June 2014 edition.

14 May

May 2014 Edition - Conference Program all set

In this edition of Hazard News we tell you about the speakers for our annual conference in Wellington, the Board meeting in Hobart, the transition of Bushfire CRC research, and progress in volunteer research.