UniSuper members have started a mass divestment campaign against the fund, citing investments in weapons companies and organisations complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide and occupation. Stephanie Tran reports. UniSuper, which manages approximately $166B on behalf of more than 680,000 members, is the industry superfund for employees in Australia’s ...
Israel’s ambassador, Hillel Newman, spoke at the National Press Club today, and walked into something he may not have expected: journalists doing their job. Joshua Barnett reports. Hillel Newman was a controversial – but not surprising – choice as Israel’s new ambassador in Australia. He is a vocal supporter of
Despite the avalanche of fossil propaganda, decarbonisation is happening, and the Iran War will only speed it up. Michael West reports. “World energy markets have changed forever. You cannot put the genie back in the bottle.” Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says Australia’s energy security has been exposed by the war
What happened to Labor and Australia, the ‘Land of the Fair Go’? In the 4th of his Light on the Hill series examining the party’s retreat from reform, Andrew Brown looks at housing inequality. The consequences of political retreat are not abstract. They are lived. They arrive as rent notices
The US war on Iran has exposed Australia’s incompetent defence and procurement. Rex Patrick reports implications for AUKUS submarine program. A tense moment USS Charlotte was at periscope depth, but the periscope was down, reducing the chance of it, or the wake it creates, being seen by the enemy. It
Police brutality, intimidation, harassment, free speech attacked. NSW Premier Chris Minns was groomed for Israel, writes Andrew Brown. Chris Minns did not arrive at this moment by accident. He was built for it. In 2003, before he held any significant office, Minns was selected for the AIJAC Rambam Israel Fellowship
The Australian Urban Design Awards were unveiled in Canberra on Tuesday, honouring people and projects who have contributed to better cities and quality of life for communities across the nation.
In their 30th year, the awards are co-convened by peak design bodies, the Planning Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Architects and the ...
Mass Timber Central also opens
Vistek Structural Engineers will open its Mass Timber Central hub on 16 April, as the nation’s first dedicated space that allows architects, engineers, developers and builders to gain hands on experience with engineered timber systems and technologies of modern timber buildings. The hub is at 8 Bank Place in ...
If you want to know what our panellists are fired up about, ahead of the Big Debate next week, here’s a hint!
Ché Wall does not like the format of our Big Debate. The four minutes we’ve allocated for each speaker is simply not enough time to explain the complex problems he’s got with the National Construction Code and green building rating tools. Even ...
As the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is set to be expanded to existing homes, RMIT housing and planning expert Ralph Horne has warned it must not be a voluntary scheme, and that it also needs to be independent and not be left to commercial interests.
An article Horne and his co-researchers wrote earlier this week on the topic is ...
RESEARCH PULSE: Planning and housing guru Ralph Horne has been busy – mostly in his big role as associate deputy vice chancellor at RMIT. But also on a five-year research project with the Australian Research Council into how low-carbon retrofits might integrate into 161 households, without the mention of the words “low-carbon homes”.
“We just asked ...
The energy crisis is a massive opportunity for renewable energy to provide security and slash costs.
The current oil crisis, triggered by disruption to Middle East shipping routes, has sent Australians into panic buying and authorities into new security planning, with fuel prices soaring and interest in electric vehicles surging.
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UniSuper members have started a mass divestment campaign against the fund, citing investments in weapons companies and organisations complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide and occupation. Stephanie Tran reports. UniSuper, which manages approximately $166B on behalf of more than 680,000 members, is the industry superfund for employees in Australia’s ...
Israel’s ambassador, Hillel Newman, spoke at the National Press Club today, and walked into something he may not have expected: journalists doing their job. Joshua Barnett reports. Hillel Newman was a controversial – but not surprising – choice as Israel’s new ambassador in Australia. He is a vocal supporter of
Despite the avalanche of fossil propaganda, decarbonisation is happening, and the Iran War will only speed it up. Michael West reports. “World energy markets have changed forever. You cannot put the genie back in the bottle.” Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says Australia’s energy security has been exposed by the war
What happened to Labor and Australia, the ‘Land of the Fair Go’? In the 4th of his Light on the Hill series examining the party’s retreat from reform, Andrew Brown looks at housing inequality. The consequences of political retreat are not abstract. They are lived. They arrive as rent notices
The US war on Iran has exposed Australia’s incompetent defence and procurement. Rex Patrick reports implications for AUKUS submarine program. A tense moment USS Charlotte was at periscope depth, but the periscope was down, reducing the chance of it, or the wake it creates, being seen by the enemy. It
Police brutality, intimidation, harassment, free speech attacked. NSW Premier Chris Minns was groomed for Israel, writes Andrew Brown. Chris Minns did not arrive at this moment by accident. He was built for it. In 2003, before he held any significant office, Minns was selected for the AIJAC Rambam Israel Fellowship
The Australian Urban Design Awards were unveiled in Canberra on Tuesday, honouring people and projects who have contributed to better cities and quality of life for communities across the nation.
In their 30th year, the awards are co-convened by peak design bodies, the Planning Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Architects and the ...
Mass Timber Central also opens
Vistek Structural Engineers will open its Mass Timber Central hub on 16 April, as the nation’s first dedicated space that allows architects, engineers, developers and builders to gain hands on experience with engineered timber systems and technologies of modern timber buildings. The hub is at 8 Bank Place in ...
If you want to know what our panellists are fired up about, ahead of the Big Debate next week, here’s a hint!
Ché Wall does not like the format of our Big Debate. The four minutes we’ve allocated for each speaker is simply not enough time to explain the complex problems he’s got with the National Construction Code and green building rating tools. Even ...
As the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is set to be expanded to existing homes, RMIT housing and planning expert Ralph Horne has warned it must not be a voluntary scheme, and that it also needs to be independent and not be left to commercial interests.
An article Horne and his co-researchers wrote earlier this week on the topic is ...
RESEARCH PULSE: Planning and housing guru Ralph Horne has been busy – mostly in his big role as associate deputy vice chancellor at RMIT. But also on a five-year research project with the Australian Research Council into how low-carbon retrofits might integrate into 161 households, without the mention of the words “low-carbon homes”.
“We just asked ...
The energy crisis is a massive opportunity for renewable energy to provide security and slash costs.
The current oil crisis, triggered by disruption to Middle East shipping routes, has sent Australians into panic buying and authorities into new security planning, with fuel prices soaring and interest in electric vehicles surging.
Sign up for ...
