Review of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC - May 2018

An independent review of the achievement, the governance and management of the CRC over its first four and a half years has been completed. Commissioned by the CRC Board, the review was carried out to ensure that the CRC understands what it is doing well and not so well, to ensure that steps can be taken to improve the way the CRC operates. The review was also asked to consider plans for the future of the CRC beyond the current funding period.

In general, the independent review panel confirmed that the CRC is progressing well with its research, utilisation and outreach activities and is on the right track to defining its longer-term future.

Led by Professor Mary O’Kane AC and including Euan Ferguson, AFSM and Dr Tracey Arklay, the review panel heard from staff, researchers, end-users and PhD students in May on current work and on the future directions of not just the research, but the centre itself.

The review took place on 9-11 May 2018. While a fourth-year review is no longer an official requirement of the Commonwealth CRC program, the CRC Board felt that an independent review would still be useful as an opportunity for external reviewers to comment on governance and management arrangements, research and outputs, utilisation activities and to provide suggestions for the current operations and on opportunities for its future structure.

Download the report on the review below.