20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra's suburbs, and bushfire science was never the same

Today, we know much more about how extreme bushfires behave, we have computer models to show where they might move to, and our communications and warnings have vastly improved. We have now had 20 years of a coordinated national research effort on bushfire, and developing this science has made all Australians safer.

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