data andsorgaudataimpact Analysis of over 100 years of data about Australian bushfire deaths S ignificantly changed government and emergency services thinking in this area Enabled new understanding about decisions made by victims caught in bushfires ID: 660973
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Stories about the real-life impact of Australian research data
ands.org.au/dataimpactSlide2
Analysis of over 100 years of data about Australian bushfire deaths
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ignificantly changed government and emergency services thinking in this area
Enabled new understanding about decisions made by victims caught in bushfires
Directly influenced the ‘stay and defend or leave early’ response advice
Risk Frontiers (based at Macquarie University)
RMIT University
Bushfire Cooperative Research CentreSlide3
Research into the folate intake of mothers, data contributed to worldwide research
Discovered that mothers who took folate
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uring pregnancy were less likely to have babies with NTDs
In 2009 Australian Government implemented the mandatory folic acid fortification of flour
Since then, NTDs have dropped by 14.4%
University of Western AustraliaSlide4
Testing the use of perennial flora on farmland in high rainfall zones in southern Australia
Helped farmers improve soil health, ultimately increasing livestock profitability
4,400 producers made changes to their farms as a result of the research, positively
impacting on nearly one million hectares of Australian farmland
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$33 million project has returned $306 million in benefits to the industry to date (9:1 return)
Charles Sturt University
Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre
State departments in Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia