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    Soaring housing costs are pushing retirees into areas where disaster risks are high

    The impacts of a closed border and recent floods have highlighted the challenges facing older Australians who live permanently in caravan parks and manufactured home estates.


    Timber look façade conceals entrance and garage at Cronulla home

    Lightweight Ever Art Wood battens installed on the façade of a private residence in Cronulla, NSW, provide a low maintenance but elegant timber look finish while concealing both the entrance and a sectional garage door.


    Suzanne Toumbourou becomes new head of Australian Council of Recycling

    The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) has confirmed the departure of Executive Director and Sustainability Awards Judge Suzanne Toumbourou, who has been appointed CEO of the Australian Council of Recycling.


    ATDC expandable security shutters secure IGA stores Australia wide

    Expandable security shutters from The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC) are being installed across the IGA store network in Australia.


    Episode 70: Associate Professor Philip Russo on the importance of infection control in aged & health care facilities

    Philip Russo is Director of Nursing Research, Cabrini Health and Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University.


    Tone on Tuesday: On Big Apple Taxis

    Designing a taxi is an interesting project. Not only are there the hardware problems (an appropriate car and interior) but also software problems (organizing and ordering taxis). Both parts have a long and vexed history worldwide, from London’s black cabs to Bangkok’s Tuk Tuks, but the New York ‘Yellow Cab’ can best illustrate the current issues in western cities.


    Homes Victoria partners with consortium on $500M Melbourne social housing project

    Icon Kajima is part of a consortium that will partner with Homes Victoria on a major project to redevelop three public housing precincts in metropolitan Melbourne.


    Citizens, not climate, the focus of Australian media during bushfires

    The Sydney Morning Herald’s front pages throughout the black summer bushfires have revealed the Australian media’s tendency to place a focus on natural disaster as a humanitarian crisis as opposed to an environmental crisis, according to a University of Queensland study.


    Committed to sustainability

    Trojan recognises their responsibility to protect the environment by sourcing from, and working only with factories that have an accredited Environment Management System.


    Boon Edam revolving doors turn on the charm in premium hospitality spaces

    Heart of America, which engineers, designs, builds and operates several hotels and restaurants for various global hospitality brands, uses Boon Edam TQA automatic and BoonAssist TQ manual revolving doors across all of their properties.


    The best of a clad situation: Talking Australia’s cladding crisis with Alspec

    It’s no secret that Australia has recently endured a cladding crisis - high profile fires like Neo 200 in Melbourne and Grenfell in London firmly turned the spotlight onto the 100% polyethylene core aluminium panels that adorn large numbers of high rise buildings in our cities. But now, years on from these shocking and - in some cases - tragic events, the crisis is far from over. Michael Teys and Craig Penton, from aluminium systems manufacturer Alspec, are experts on aluminium composite panels, with shared experience across the construction industry and academia.


    Albanese's $10bn pledge pushes housing needs back into the limelight

    Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s budget reply speech last night highlighted Australia’s huge unnmet need for social and affordable housing. It’s once again shaping up as a major election issue. Labor is proposing a A$10 billion program to build 30,000 social and affordable homes over five years.


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