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In the aftermath of highly publicised terrorist attacks, since 2001 terrorism has emerged as a key concern for police and the community, according to a three-year Victorian study on counter-terrorism policing and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities (Pickering et al. 2007). People from CALD or distinct religious backgrounds are often the focus of counter-terrorism strategies. The study showed that the attention paid to CALD communities can make them feel vulnerable to increased police attention.

The Australian Productivity Commission has calculated that between 2001–02 and 2006–07, the number bushfires in Australia varied from approximately 46,000 to 62,000 per year, with an average of nearly 54,000 fires per year (SGRSP 2008). This agrees quite closely with the average of nearly 52,000 fires per year calculated by the Australian Institute of Criminology (Bryant 2008) using data from fire agencies from 1995–06 to 2005–06. It is estimated that 50 percent of fires are either deliberately lit or suspicious in origin as shown in Figure 1.

Loss of human life and serious injury

Loss of life and serious injury. It has been calculated that 552 people have perished in bushfires in the past century (Haynes et al 2008) making it one of the leading causes of deaths from disasters. More people are injured from bushfires than all other natural disasters combined (AIC 2004).

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Australian Criminology Information Bulletin

ISSN 1034-6627

Vol. 1 No. 1 March 1990 - Vol. 5 No. 6 February 1995

This Information Bulletin is produced by staff of the Institute's JV Barry Library.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
  • The Commonwealth Fraud Prevention Centre
• Abstract
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Key terms and definitions
• Key findings
• Background
  • What is fraud against the Commonwealth?
  • What the report covers
  • Participating entities
  • Extent of potential fraud
  • Commenced investigations
  • Estimated fraud losses from investigations commenced
  • Finalised fraud investigations
  • Economic and other impacts
  • Recoveries

"Scoping studies and baseline data collection for an evaluation of best-practice policing interventions augmented by collaboration with emergency medicine and local community agencies to reduce alcohol-related assault".

"A discussion paper prepared at the request of the Conference of Commissioners of Police of Australasia and the South West Pacific Region."

2nd edition

Produced in association with New South Wales Police Historical Society.