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    Australia needs permanent supportive housing to end homelessness – and it will pay for itself
    Australia needs permanent supportive housing to end homelessness – and it will pay for itself

    Australia needs to provide permanent supportive housing for many reasons. The most compelling reason is simple: it permanently ends homelessness for our most marginalised citizens.


    Will Victoria’s new recycling proposal be a step forward?
    Will Victoria’s new recycling proposal be a step forward?

    This year, Australia’s second most populous state, Victoria, is trying to improve matters with a proposed waste system using four bins across all 79 council areas and its alpine resorts.


    More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows
    More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows

    Since European colonisation, 29 million hectares (54%) of the forests and woodlands that once existed in New South Wales have been destroyed. A further 9 million ha have been degraded in the past two centuries. This amounts to more than 60% of the state’s forest estate.


    Tone on Tuesday 223: The Athlete's Village in Three Australian Olympics
    Tone on Tuesday 223: The Athlete's Village in Three Australian Olympics

    Last week we looked at the Athlete’s Village at the Paris Olympics, 100 years apart. Two key issues in the 2024 edition are the drive for innovation and the post-Olympic use.


    Giving Indigenous Australians a seat at the table when it comes to conservations
    Giving Indigenous Australians a seat at the table when it comes to conservations

    Globally, many Indigenous people want to help protect their traditional lands and waters, drawing on knowledge stretching back millenia. Indigenous people have an obligation to look after species and habitat which are culturally important to them.


    Kids’ sport always cancelled due to rain-soaked grounds? Green infrastructure can help
    Kids’ sport always cancelled due to rain-soaked grounds? Green infrastructure can help

    It’s been a rainy winter in many parts of Australia, wreaking havoc on kids’ sporting competitions. As mums, it has been frustrating to see so many of our kids’ sport matches (and training sessions) cancelled because of waterlogged grounds.


    Vertical schools could revitalise our cities
    Vertical schools could revitalise our cities

    When we think of what Australian schools look like, we probably think of large grounds with single or double storey buildings. They’re usually in suburban areas on relatively flat blocks.


    Here’s how the arguments against EVs stack up
    Here’s how the arguments against EVs stack up

    So you’re thinking of buying an electric car. Perhaps you want to save money on fuel, or reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, or both. After all, for Australia to reach net zero it needs to electrify vehicles (and expand public transport use).


    Tone on Tuesday 222: The Athletes Village in Two Paris Olympics
    Tone on Tuesday 222: The Athletes Village in Two Paris Olympics

    Paris has held two Olympic Games, exactly 100 years apart. The 1924 games were the first ever to introduce an Olympic Athletes Village. The 2024 Village is more like a mini city, intended to be the most socially and environmentally yet.


    Australia’s environment is on a depressing path but $7 billion a year would transform it
    Australia’s environment is on a depressing path but $7 billion a year would transform it

    The condition of Australia’s environment continues to decline. Many Australians wonder if it’s possible to reverse this depressing trajectory – and our landmark assessment released today shows the answer is yes.


    How old, inefficient housing and time-of-use electricity rates are leaving some households worse off
    How old, inefficient housing and time-of-use electricity rates are leaving some households worse off

    Australia was slow to introduce minimum building standards for energy efficiency. The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) only came into force in 2003.


    The unhealthy symptoms of Sydney’s transport system
    The unhealthy symptoms of Sydney’s transport system

    As toll prices continue to rise quarter on quarter, traffic congestion only seems to be getting worse.


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