New bushfire shelter standards released

3 May 2010 | The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has announced the release of a Performance Standard for the design and construction of private bushfire shelters.

Fire standards made survival 'three times more likely'

4 February 2010 | Houses built under current wildfire standards were three times more likely to survive the Black Saturday fire conditions, a university study has found.

Queensland leads the pack with bushfire standards

15 September 2009 | The sunshine state leaps ahead by adopting the new national bushfire standard seven months before other states.

Urgent need for bushfire standards, commission told

25 August 2009 | Australia must urgently develop bushfire standards in the aftermath of the devastating February bushfires, says Victoria's building commissioner.