Menzies sold the Australian Dream as a path to independence, but he was really building a grid of social control. Today, that blueprint is failing.
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Robert Menzies first served as prime ...
Those of us who have had a lot to do with real estate agents know that they generally have the antenna of finely tuned Stradivarius – or stockbroker. Quick to pick up every nuanced vibration in the atmosphere and transform any slight variation in data inputs into useable performance outcomes.
But on sustainability it’s been far from the ...
Isabella Peppard steps through a range of bio materials, their properties and uses. Some of these will be exhibited at Susty Spec: Biomaterials Exhibition and Launch Party event in Melbourne as part of Melbourne’s Design Week.
Biomaterials may seem futuristic, but the reality couldn’t be simpler. Biomaterials are what they sound like: materials ...
With the Transforming Transport Summit just a few weeks away, the chief executive of Transport Australia asked presenters of the Emerging Leaders session for their take on the key issues for the future. What he found was:
“They want an industry shift toward cities built for people over cars, long term funding that outlasts election cycles, a ...
Hit back at HIA’s ambush of Victoria’s housing minister
As soon as Victoria’s cabinet reshuffle and Nick Staikos were appointed Housing and Building Minister, the Housing Industry Association ambushed the new minister with promises of a “quick win”. Except by winning, they meant delaying the implementation of the National Construction Code 2025, which ...
If you want to read an astounding recap of Australia’s history on gas, how we signed away long term contracts to Japan meaning Australia now has to buy gas on the hugely higher global spot market you need to take a look at this succinct and alarming report from the ABC. What were those government agencies thinking?
Now a Nationals senator decided to ...
COMMENT: The stories coming through from regional Australia and the housing crisis are hair raising. Such as, multiple investors scouring the internet for property sales, buying up places sight unseen, and jacking up rents immediately after.
Why? Because they can. Because demand is so high. So there goes the dream of those quiet country towns where we ...
A homelessness worker in regional Victoria has seen a 200% increase in people living in free campgrounds – and a big increase in families “sleeping rough”, he told the ABC this week. For many people, finding a rental is “nearly impossible”, he said.
At the same time, disputes over homeless encampments are happening across Australia. Lately, local ...
More than 60 per cent of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2 per cent unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The Cheaper Home Batteries Program has proved hugely popular. More than a quarter of a million small-scale battery systems have now been ...
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Shifting more growth into established areas could save Victoria around $41 billion by 2056, compared with the status quo of continuing to rely on greenfield areas.
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Where you live increasingly ...
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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Menzies sold the Australian Dream as a path to independence, but he was really building a grid of social control. Today, that blueprint is failing.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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Robert Menzies first served as prime ...
Those of us who have had a lot to do with real estate agents know that they generally have the antenna of finely tuned Stradivarius – or stockbroker. Quick to pick up every nuanced vibration in the atmosphere and transform any slight variation in data inputs into useable performance outcomes.
But on sustainability it’s been far from the ...
Isabella Peppard steps through a range of bio materials, their properties and uses. Some of these will be exhibited at Susty Spec: Biomaterials Exhibition and Launch Party event in Melbourne as part of Melbourne’s Design Week.
Biomaterials may seem futuristic, but the reality couldn’t be simpler. Biomaterials are what they sound like: materials ...
With the Transforming Transport Summit just a few weeks away, the chief executive of Transport Australia asked presenters of the Emerging Leaders session for their take on the key issues for the future. What he found was:
“They want an industry shift toward cities built for people over cars, long term funding that outlasts election cycles, a ...
Hit back at HIA’s ambush of Victoria’s housing minister
As soon as Victoria’s cabinet reshuffle and Nick Staikos were appointed Housing and Building Minister, the Housing Industry Association ambushed the new minister with promises of a “quick win”. Except by winning, they meant delaying the implementation of the National Construction Code 2025, which ...
If you want to read an astounding recap of Australia’s history on gas, how we signed away long term contracts to Japan meaning Australia now has to buy gas on the hugely higher global spot market you need to take a look at this succinct and alarming report from the ABC. What were those government agencies thinking?
Now a Nationals senator decided to ...
COMMENT: The stories coming through from regional Australia and the housing crisis are hair raising. Such as, multiple investors scouring the internet for property sales, buying up places sight unseen, and jacking up rents immediately after.
Why? Because they can. Because demand is so high. So there goes the dream of those quiet country towns where we ...
A homelessness worker in regional Victoria has seen a 200% increase in people living in free campgrounds – and a big increase in families “sleeping rough”, he told the ABC this week. For many people, finding a rental is “nearly impossible”, he said.
At the same time, disputes over homeless encampments are happening across Australia. Lately, local ...
More than 60 per cent of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2 per cent unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The Cheaper Home Batteries Program has proved hugely popular. More than a quarter of a million small-scale battery systems have now been ...
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Shifting more growth into established areas could save Victoria around $41 billion by 2056, compared with the status quo of continuing to rely on greenfield areas.
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Where you live increasingly ...
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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