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The NSW government’s industrial dispute with rail unions over the new intercity trains is tipped to add hundreds of millions of dollars to costs on Australia’s largest infrastructure project that has already blown out by billions.
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There are ways investors can spot companies misrepresenting their climate change credentials, say experts from UNSW Sydney.
One in four Australian adults feel lonely, and the impacts can be dire. Loneliness increases our risks of depression, diabetes, dementia, self-harm and suicide. But likening it to a disease and proposals to treat it with a pill miss the point: we’ve been building for loneliness over many decades and decision-makers have been asleep at the wheel.
Do Australian beds have different standard dimensions to the rest of the world?
Metal cladding is a durable and high-strength choice of exterior protective material which encompasses a broad range of products.
Developer Thrive Construct recently announced the world’s tallest steel-timber hotel to be built at Victoria Square, Adelaide. Australia has caught onto the trend of building taller in timber, with other plans for three buildings 180-220 metres high submitted in Perth and Sydney. These would more than double the current world record for a timber building.
UNSW is partnering with Riverwood Community Centre in Canterbury Bankstown and Georges Riverkeeper through the Georges River Combined Councils’ Committee for the research.
The redevelopment of the 22-hectare Barangaroo precinct on Sydney Harbour has long been a masterclass in poor urban development governance and lack of due process.
Steel decks are rapidly replacing timber as a standard pool deck frame due to their extreme durability.
Australia is recognised around the world as a leading global force in architecture. Here are the best examples of Australian design innovation in action.
People joke about the Boston accent, made famous by the Wahlberg brothers, reruns of Cheers on TV and the MIT genius janitor in Good Will Hunting. There’s Boston chowder, and Boston Red Sox and their pretty extreme weather (Massachusetts has two season: Winter and construction). What is never mocked is Harvard; the epitome of elite education.
New analysis this week found strong fuel efficiency standards would have saved Australia A$5.9 billion in fuel costs and emissions equal to a year’s worth of domestic flights if the policy was adopted in 2015.
