Australia's dedicated bushfire research centre on the brink of closure despite deadly summer fires. The future of Australia's only dedicated bushfire research centre remains in limbo after the worst fire season on record.
The Bushire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) was funded after the devastating Black Saturday fires in Victoria in 2009.
It works with state emergency service agencies, universities and governments to help Australia better prepare itself for fire seasons, which are expected to become longer and hotter.
But it runs out of federal funding after June next year, and the Government has said it cannot have its funding extended under the legislation that governs CRCs. (read on)