Defence is supposed to provide ‘cradle to grave’ costings for proposed capability before a procurement is approved. That doesn’t seem to have happened for AUKUS nuclear waste storage and disposal. Transparency Warrior Rex Patrick is pursuing answers. A simple request Imagine for a moment that you were the defence minister,
The 2nd year of Safeguard Mechanism data shows only one fifth is genuine emissions abatement. David McEwen finds the devils in the detail. Behind the government’s headline claims of falling emissions at Australia’s largest industrial facilities lies a more complicated reality, one driven more by closures, accidents and accounting than
Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has condemned his “sensational arrest” last week as an “unnecessary spectacle”, and has restated his innocence.
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University of Sydney’s appointment of pro-Israel academic Michael Abrahams-Sprod as antisemitism adviser has exposed management to an embarrassing conflict in its approach to freedom of expression. Wendy Bacon reports. While antisemitism adviser Michael Abrahams-Sprod works in the Vice-Chancellor’s Mark Scott’s office as its “resident expert” ...
Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith was granted bail despite the seriousness of his alleged crimes, potentially being a “high flight risk”, and the risk of him interfering with justice, writes legal expert Professor Melanie O'Brien.
The post Why was Ben Roberts‑Smith granted bail? appeared first on The Klaxon.
A report titled ‘Another Genocide Behind Walls’ was published this week, bearing witness to unspeakable atrocities committed by IDF soldiers. Andrew Brown reports. Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. A report published just days ago by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor documents testimony from a Palestinian woman detained at
A $6.9B annual subsidy supports a model for private health insurance that’s losing consumer confidence. There’s a proven alternative. Claudia Weisenberger reports. Bupa CEO Nick Stone recently described private health insurance as “discretionary spend” while revealing that almost one in ten customers (440,000 people) have downgraded in two years. Former
Both Ché Wall from Flux and Maria Atkinson from Atkinson Consultancy outlined some aggressive challenges to the building codes and rating tools. Their texts and responses from CSIRO on NatHERS and from the Green Building Council of Australia are extensive so are reproduced separately here for ease of presentation.
According to Ché Wall in terms of ...
The QandA kicked off with Sarah Turner who had worked at the Green Building Council in its early days.
Back then, she said, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) “wasn’t allowed; PVC wasn’t allowed. Carbon offsets were not permitted in Green Star, now they are.”
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The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose an impermissible burden on political communication and are invalid. Stephanie Tran reports. In a landmark decision on Thursday, the court declared key provisions of the anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi terrorist
No sooner had the Victorian Premier reshuffled the cabinet on Thursday than the Housing Industry Association called for the National Construction Code to be delayed. Following precisely on the heels of Tasmania confirming this week that it would delay implementation of the latest edition of the code.
Lobbying target for the HIA in its eternal ...
Defence is supposed to provide ‘cradle to grave’ costings for proposed capability before a procurement is approved. That doesn’t seem to have happened for AUKUS nuclear waste storage and disposal. Transparency Warrior Rex Patrick is pursuing answers. A simple request Imagine for a moment that you were the defence minister,
The 2nd year of Safeguard Mechanism data shows only one fifth is genuine emissions abatement. David McEwen finds the devils in the detail. Behind the government’s headline claims of falling emissions at Australia’s largest industrial facilities lies a more complicated reality, one driven more by closures, accidents and accounting than
Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has condemned his “sensational arrest” last week as an “unnecessary spectacle”, and has restated his innocence.
The post Alleged war criminal condemns his “sensational arrest” appeared first on The Klaxon.
University of Sydney’s appointment of pro-Israel academic Michael Abrahams-Sprod as antisemitism adviser has exposed management to an embarrassing conflict in its approach to freedom of expression. Wendy Bacon reports. While antisemitism adviser Michael Abrahams-Sprod works in the Vice-Chancellor’s Mark Scott’s office as its “resident expert” ...
Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith was granted bail despite the seriousness of his alleged crimes, potentially being a “high flight risk”, and the risk of him interfering with justice, writes legal expert Professor Melanie O'Brien.
The post Why was Ben Roberts‑Smith granted bail? appeared first on The Klaxon.
A report titled ‘Another Genocide Behind Walls’ was published this week, bearing witness to unspeakable atrocities committed by IDF soldiers. Andrew Brown reports. Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. A report published just days ago by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor documents testimony from a Palestinian woman detained at
A $6.9B annual subsidy supports a model for private health insurance that’s losing consumer confidence. There’s a proven alternative. Claudia Weisenberger reports. Bupa CEO Nick Stone recently described private health insurance as “discretionary spend” while revealing that almost one in ten customers (440,000 people) have downgraded in two years. Former
Both Ché Wall from Flux and Maria Atkinson from Atkinson Consultancy outlined some aggressive challenges to the building codes and rating tools. Their texts and responses from CSIRO on NatHERS and from the Green Building Council of Australia are extensive so are reproduced separately here for ease of presentation.
According to Ché Wall in terms of ...
The QandA kicked off with Sarah Turner who had worked at the Green Building Council in its early days.
Back then, she said, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) “wasn’t allowed; PVC wasn’t allowed. Carbon offsets were not permitted in Green Star, now they are.”
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Speakers
Maria Atkinson, Atkinson Consultancy
Simon Croft, HIA
Adrian Piani, Australian Building Codes Board
Haico Schepers, Arup
Alison Scotland, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council
Philip ...
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose an impermissible burden on political communication and are invalid. Stephanie Tran reports. In a landmark decision on Thursday, the court declared key provisions of the anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi terrorist
No sooner had the Victorian Premier reshuffled the cabinet on Thursday than the Housing Industry Association called for the National Construction Code to be delayed. Following precisely on the heels of Tasmania confirming this week that it would delay implementation of the latest edition of the code.
Lobbying target for the HIA in its eternal ...