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8:52am Thursday 1 September 2011 - ACT bushfire season to start 1 October 2011
ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) Commissioner Mark Crosweller has made a decision not to bring forward the start of the official Bushfire danger period in the ACT.
The Bushfire season will commence in the ACT on 1 October 2011.