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 ...
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When Sydney households installed rooftop solar and batteries to keep the lights on during bushfires and floods, they didn’t realise they were also building a shield against the fuel crisis now gripping global markets.
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A core promise in the MMC narrative is the built-in pledges of end-of-life recycling.
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Construction continues with its upward cost trajectory despite modern methods of construction (MMC). ...
What the Brisbane greenslide reveals about protest politics, engagement theatre and state capture.
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Aircraft noise is usually dismissed as a mere annoyance – the sort of issue caricatured as NIMBY politics. Yet in recent years it has revealed something far more interesting: understanding its ...
South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
The abolition will apply ...
As Max Chandler-Mather takes over at the Green Institute and Adam Bandt steps in at the Australian Conservation Foundation is this when the environment movement can finally get properly organised?
Even The Australian called former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather a “wunderkind” as he announced on Wednesday that, after being dumped by the electorate of ...
UK based engineers’ association CIBSE is known for its high standards and strong reputation, so taking the helm of this outfit was quite the challenge, you’d think.
Yet for Ruth Carter, who took over as chief executive officer five years ago, after a varied career that included an executive role with London’s Telegraph newspaper, there are all the ...
Curtin University’s Professor of Sustainability, Peter Newman, hit the airwaves on Wednesday night with his six-point plan for Australia to become independent of oil.
On the war
He told ABC Sydney’s evening radio program that while Australia was trying to get more oil, it was “not wrong”, but it was “not enough” either.
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BOOKS: Nearly 10 builders are collapsing every single day; the fuel crisis didn’t cause this, it just made it impossible to hide, says Kurt Hegetschweiler, founder of Builders Coach and author of Million Dollar Builder 2.0. The book is available FREE to the first three new members to join TFE – from $10 a month. Following is an excerpt.
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One of the key questions shaping Australia’s housing debate today is: how do we make housing more affordable?
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It is an urgent question, but it is also an incomplete one. When housing is ...
Below is an extract from Adapt! Designing New Lives for Old Buildings by Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan. Thanks to Uro Publications we have 5 copies to give away to new members of The Fifth Estate. Sign up here.
According to one estimate, there were 13 per cent fewer designated office workplaces in 2023 than in 2019 and 800 billion dollars of ...
$6.15 billion investment for net zero, resilience and materials as war rages
The Australian government on Thursday said it would bring forward the $5 billion funding for the Net Zero Fund, $1 billion for the Economic Resilience Program and $150 million through the Forestry Growth Fund.
This would form part of it $6.15 billion package to “keep ...
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 ...
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
When Sydney households installed rooftop solar and batteries to keep the lights on during bushfires and floods, they didn’t realise they were also building a shield against the fuel crisis now gripping global markets.
Sign up for our free ...
A core promise in the MMC narrative is the built-in pledges of end-of-life recycling.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
Construction continues with its upward cost trajectory despite modern methods of construction (MMC). ...
What the Brisbane greenslide reveals about protest politics, engagement theatre and state capture.
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Aircraft noise is usually dismissed as a mere annoyance – the sort of issue caricatured as NIMBY politics. Yet in recent years it has revealed something far more interesting: understanding its ...
South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
The abolition will apply ...
As Max Chandler-Mather takes over at the Green Institute and Adam Bandt steps in at the Australian Conservation Foundation is this when the environment movement can finally get properly organised?
Even The Australian called former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather a “wunderkind” as he announced on Wednesday that, after being dumped by the electorate of ...
UK based engineers’ association CIBSE is known for its high standards and strong reputation, so taking the helm of this outfit was quite the challenge, you’d think.
Yet for Ruth Carter, who took over as chief executive officer five years ago, after a varied career that included an executive role with London’s Telegraph newspaper, there are all the ...
Curtin University’s Professor of Sustainability, Peter Newman, hit the airwaves on Wednesday night with his six-point plan for Australia to become independent of oil.
On the war
He told ABC Sydney’s evening radio program that while Australia was trying to get more oil, it was “not wrong”, but it was “not enough” either.
Sign up for our free ...
BOOKS: Nearly 10 builders are collapsing every single day; the fuel crisis didn’t cause this, it just made it impossible to hide, says Kurt Hegetschweiler, founder of Builders Coach and author of Million Dollar Builder 2.0. The book is available FREE to the first three new members to join TFE – from $10 a month. Following is an excerpt.
Sign ...
One of the key questions shaping Australia’s housing debate today is: how do we make housing more affordable?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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It is an urgent question, but it is also an incomplete one. When housing is ...
Below is an extract from Adapt! Designing New Lives for Old Buildings by Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan. Thanks to Uro Publications we have 5 copies to give away to new members of The Fifth Estate. Sign up here.
According to one estimate, there were 13 per cent fewer designated office workplaces in 2023 than in 2019 and 800 billion dollars of ...
$6.15 billion investment for net zero, resilience and materials as war rages
The Australian government on Thursday said it would bring forward the $5 billion funding for the Net Zero Fund, $1 billion for the Economic Resilience Program and $150 million through the Forestry Growth Fund.
This would form part of it $6.15 billion package to “keep ...
