Professor Prem Chhetri, Amirreza Hashemi, Dr Fatima Basic, Dr Alex Manzoni, Dr Gaya Jayatilleke RMIT University School of business IT and logistics 239 Borke Street Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia Bushfire, Heat Wave and Flooding Case Studies from Australia Report from the International Panel of the WEATHER project funded by the European Commission’s 7th framework programme Melbourne, March 2012