Victoria’s new housing and building minister and HIA; Safeguard Mechanism; plastics; CRREM; degraded land

Victoria’s new housing and building minister and HIA; Safeguard Mechanism; plastics; CRREM; degraded land

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 ...
Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 658

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 658

I’ve been reading Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book 1929. It follows some of the leading players on Wall Street and Washington during the 1920s bull market, the crash, and the subsequent economic and political fallout. Markets are complex and there is seldom a single factor that leads to a crash. Yet Sorkin shows that the magnitude of the crash and ...
CleanPeak Energy on a growth path

CleanPeak Energy on a growth path

CleanPeak Energy Holdings co-founder Philip Graham who’s appeared at some of our events in recent times must be feeling chuffed right now. According to news on Wednesday his company has “hit the M&A trail, after securing a $500 million strategic investment from private equity juggernaut KKR last year,” which invested in the company as part of its ...

Victoria’s new housing and building minister and HIA; Safeguard Mechanism; plastics; CRREM; degraded land

Victoria’s new housing and building minister and HIA; Safeguard Mechanism; plastics; CRREM; degraded land
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 ...

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 658

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 658
I’ve been reading Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book 1929. It follows some of the leading players on Wall Street and Washington during the 1920s bull market, the crash, and the subsequent economic and political fallout. Markets are complex and there is seldom a single factor that leads to a crash. Yet Sorkin shows that the magnitude of the crash and ...

CleanPeak Energy on a growth path

CleanPeak Energy on a growth path
CleanPeak Energy Holdings co-founder Philip Graham who’s appeared at some of our events in recent times must be feeling chuffed right now. According to news on Wednesday his company has “hit the M&A trail, after securing a $500 million strategic investment from private equity juggernaut KKR last year,” which invested in the company as part of its ...