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Many local communities know how to communicate during disasters. Let’s learn from them

By Susan Atkinson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Environmental Governance, University of Canberra

It was a frightening time.

On a hot, gusty day in January 2003, I found myself on the hill behind my Canberra home, watching as billows of black smoke rolled through neighbouring suburbs.

Many of my friends and family members were left scrambling during the Canberra bushfires of 2003, which destroyed almost 500 homes and claimed the lives of four…

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