Last summer brought some of the worst bushfires in modern history. As a dry–climate nation we have some fire damage every year, but why were these particular fires so severe? What can we learn from the history of bushfire in Australia, and how can we use that knowledge to plan for the future?

The Independent Bushfire Group is 12 non-aligned bushfire practitioners, fire managers, land managers, fire researchers and ecologists with over 400 years of collective experience in bushfires, land management and fire ecology across a range of fire landscapes.