New technology and a better understanding of fire behaviour has changed bushfire management practices over the last two decades. As Australia comes out of the latest wet period, experts say more can be done to decrease the likelihood of a tragedy on the scale of the 2003 Canberra bushfires.
Simon Butt came off nightshift on the morning of January 18 after having spent the evening in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve trying to protect wildlife and in Corin Forest trying to save the resort.
