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Getting Australian cities back to health
Australia drifted away from the Healthy Cities movement it helped start. It can still get back on track. For residents of ...
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Giant RSK Group snaps up Edge Impact – here’s why
Edge Impact has a new majority owner – the highly acquisitive RSK Group whose business model is to snap us as many promising ...
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Australians’ cars are typically larger, heavier and less efficient than in Europe – here’s why
CO? emissions from new passenger cars have been regulated for more than 15 years, but Australia’s mandatory New Vehicle ...
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‘Stop slamming the brakes’ the National Construction Code is working, says CoreLogic
Leading property data specialist CoreLogic released new data on Monday to show that the National Construction Code had led to ...
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The catch 22 of the NSW Apartment Design Guide for solar access
Chris Johnson argues that the NSW Apartment Design Guide for solar access is creating unintended consequences for the amenity ...
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Recycled materials – how to bridge industry and government responsibility
The transition to a circular economy in the infrastructure sector, where materials are designed to be reused, remanufactured, ...
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On another big week and the launch of a new magazine
The first issue of our new magazine TFE Review focuses on one of the most important issues in the built environment – how ...
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“This isn’t journalism – it’s fossil fuel propaganda”
Last week, The Fifth Estate covered alarmist claims from fossil fuel proponents trying to keep gas in the home and commercial kitchens with claims of extreme costs to disconnect from the grid and ...