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The ACT Emergency Services Agency say cross-border information systems needed improvement ahead of the bushfire season set to start next week, as the Bushfire Royal Comission call for jurisdictions to work more closely together. The ACT will continue to rely on the NSW Rural Fire Service Fires Near Me app for the approaching season but ESA Commissioner Georgeina Whelan said the systems would be better coordinated to avoid confusion brought on by cross-border blazes last year. Commissioner Whelan echoed the findings of the Bushfire Royal Commission as she said there was…