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New EV models to change the game for Australia’s transition
The EV market is set to boom over the mid-term despite the Tesla backlash, and Australian consumers will be the first to ...
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‘We see shiny office blocks and luxury hotels, but they are deeply flawed buildings and bad neighbours’
Australia sees itself as having one of the most sustainable commercial property sectors in the world, but a new analysis from ...
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Building/Unbuilding – what construction needs now
We interviewed Karl-Heinz Weiss, Lendlease’s former guru on modern methods of construction, on Monday. It was in preparation ...
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The backlash begins – momentum builds against Trumps’ anti climate agenda
Climate policies and programs in the US continue to take a thumping under President Trump, but already there’s been a major ...
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Vale Brian Seidler: tributes flow
The sustainability industry has just lost a bright light that came from an unexpected quarter with the death of Master ...
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‘We don’t need to gold plate the grid, we need to give businesses power to see what’s going on’
David Naismith sold Solgen Energy to AGL back in 2021 when it was the largest developer and integrator of commercial PV ...
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GoZero Group hits some potholes on the road to electrify its green bus fleet
Australian green bus firm, GoZero group, has hit multiple bumps in its goal to electrify all of NSW’s 8000 buses, after its ...
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‘A serious wake-up call’: Cyclone Alfred exposes weaknesses in Australia’s vital infrastructure
Thousands of residents are mopping up in the wake of ex-Cyclone Alfred, which has damaged homes and cars, flooded roads and ...
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TODs and olds: a perfect match or a missed opportunity?
Governments are all on board the transit oriented development train, and NSW is ahead, being the first to focus on housing ...
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What’s nature worth? ABS releases national ecosystems accounts
There’s a lot of fluffy stuff written about nature, like it’s good for our wellbeing to have it around or spend time within it. But when the bean counters say to show them the money in terms of its ...
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New apartment regulations on the table in Victoria
Victorian apartment buyers in buildings higher than four storeys may soon be able to benefit from the proposed new buyer ...
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Construction defects – who pays when things go wrong?
In 2024, there were 2832 construction sector insolvencies, leaving large developments unfinished and families with incomplete ...