Just as we pull together the final strands in our revised and enhanced Q3 and Q4 events program, there’s been a stream of stories that shows how bang on target our topics are.
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First up – and soon to be revealed in detail – will be the next Big Debate. It’s called Carbon Triggers ...
Opportunities for strata apartments in Melbourne
The Electrifying Apartment Buildings Program in Melbourne is calling for expressions of interest to electrify. Up to 10 medium and high-rise strata titled apartment buildings will be provided with grants to owner’s corporations to carry out energy efficiency upgrades and work to slash common area energy ...
Mirvac has completed the electrification of its EY Centre at 200 George Street in Sydney, which it co-owns with M&G Real Estate, making it the fifth fully electric office building in its portfolio.
The developers are expecting upgrades to the building’s current 6 Star Green Star and 5.5 star NABERS Energy ratings now that gas based systems have ...
The New York Times made a bold and powerful statement this week. It says we need to retrofit the entire planet to survive the coming heat waves. In Australia, we already knew what to expect.
Right now, it feels like the entire northern hemisphere is facing dangerous heat and humidity. Australians are bracing for the impending climate nasties a Super ...
A joint initiative by Landcom and Orange City Council will set a new sustainability benchmark, combining net zero ready, all electric homes with water-sensitive urban design, affordable housing, and biodiversity protection. The project is leveraging its location, designed on a water catchment site, to boost green development goals and meet ...
More than 530 tonnes of food scraps from apartments are set to be diverted from landfills under a $4 million trial funded by the South East Queensland Council of Mayors and participating local councils.
The Multi-Unit Dwellings (MUDS) Food Organics Pilot Program aims to use a mix of on-site processing technology and community-based collection methods ...
The federal government is set to offload about $3 billion of land thanks to surplus defence sites and a CSIRO Ginninderra site near Canberra that’s past its use by date. What a great opportunity to change the game on housing, according to reasoned independent Australian Capital Territory senator David Pocock and his supporters.
Around the world ...
CSIRO will close down its North Ryde Fire Technology Laboratory in NSW once its lease expires in December, and the Housing Industry Association (HIA) and Australian Institute of Building Surveyors say it’s bad news for construction.
According to the HIA, the facility is used extensively for fire resistance testing of construction materials and ...
The Essential Services Commission has banned solar panel and energy upgrades provider Ecosaver Australia from the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program for a swathe of misconduct. This includes allegedly providing falsified photo evidence for its energy efficiency projects and breaching consumer protections.
The program works by allowing consumers ...
PROJECT FILES: The completion of the 6-Star Green Star Design redevelopment marks the first mass-timber social housing project in New South Wales, and one of the state’s earliest Class 2 timber apartment buildings.
Completed in April 2026, the redevelopment by Homes NSW in partnership with The King’s Trust Australia delivers 75 new social homes for ...
In an age where we work across cities, shop online, order food to the door, socialise through digital networks and maintain friendships across suburbs, states and even continents, what does community mean in a city as large as Sydney?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed ...
Australia is losing $11 billion to landowners capitalising on windfall gains every year, thanks to upzoning (or government funded infrastructure). We need better value capture systems, argue Tim Helm and Henry Williams in a report produced for Prosper Australia on a topic also canvassed at the recent Planning Institute of Australia Congress in ...
Just as we pull together the final strands in our revised and enhanced Q3 and Q4 events program, there’s been a stream of stories that shows how bang on target our topics are.
Carbon Triggers
Sign up for our free newsletter.
First up – and soon to be revealed in detail – will be the next Big Debate. It’s called Carbon Triggers ...
Opportunities for strata apartments in Melbourne
The Electrifying Apartment Buildings Program in Melbourne is calling for expressions of interest to electrify. Up to 10 medium and high-rise strata titled apartment buildings will be provided with grants to owner’s corporations to carry out energy efficiency upgrades and work to slash common area energy ...
Mirvac has completed the electrification of its EY Centre at 200 George Street in Sydney, which it co-owns with M&G Real Estate, making it the fifth fully electric office building in its portfolio.
The developers are expecting upgrades to the building’s current 6 Star Green Star and 5.5 star NABERS Energy ratings now that gas based systems have ...
The New York Times made a bold and powerful statement this week. It says we need to retrofit the entire planet to survive the coming heat waves. In Australia, we already knew what to expect.
Right now, it feels like the entire northern hemisphere is facing dangerous heat and humidity. Australians are bracing for the impending climate nasties a Super ...
A joint initiative by Landcom and Orange City Council will set a new sustainability benchmark, combining net zero ready, all electric homes with water-sensitive urban design, affordable housing, and biodiversity protection. The project is leveraging its location, designed on a water catchment site, to boost green development goals and meet ...
More than 530 tonnes of food scraps from apartments are set to be diverted from landfills under a $4 million trial funded by the South East Queensland Council of Mayors and participating local councils.
The Multi-Unit Dwellings (MUDS) Food Organics Pilot Program aims to use a mix of on-site processing technology and community-based collection methods ...
The federal government is set to offload about $3 billion of land thanks to surplus defence sites and a CSIRO Ginninderra site near Canberra that’s past its use by date. What a great opportunity to change the game on housing, according to reasoned independent Australian Capital Territory senator David Pocock and his supporters.
Around the world ...
CSIRO will close down its North Ryde Fire Technology Laboratory in NSW once its lease expires in December, and the Housing Industry Association (HIA) and Australian Institute of Building Surveyors say it’s bad news for construction.
According to the HIA, the facility is used extensively for fire resistance testing of construction materials and ...
The Essential Services Commission has banned solar panel and energy upgrades provider Ecosaver Australia from the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program for a swathe of misconduct. This includes allegedly providing falsified photo evidence for its energy efficiency projects and breaching consumer protections.
The program works by allowing consumers ...
PROJECT FILES: The completion of the 6-Star Green Star Design redevelopment marks the first mass-timber social housing project in New South Wales, and one of the state’s earliest Class 2 timber apartment buildings.
Completed in April 2026, the redevelopment by Homes NSW in partnership with The King’s Trust Australia delivers 75 new social homes for ...
In an age where we work across cities, shop online, order food to the door, socialise through digital networks and maintain friendships across suburbs, states and even continents, what does community mean in a city as large as Sydney?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed ...
Australia is losing $11 billion to landowners capitalising on windfall gains every year, thanks to upzoning (or government funded infrastructure). We need better value capture systems, argue Tim Helm and Henry Williams in a report produced for Prosper Australia on a topic also canvassed at the recent Planning Institute of Australia Congress in ...
