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    Queen’s Birthday Honours for dwp Chair
    Queen’s Birthday Honours for dwp Chair

    Brenton Mauriello, dwp chairman has been appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia (General Division) by the Governor-General of Australia for ‘significant service to Australia-Thailand and Australia - ASEAN business relations’ in The Queen’s Honours List, 2022.


    Tone on Tuesday 127: The Minister for the Environment
    Tone on Tuesday 127: The Minister for the Environment

    Anthony Albanese raised some eyebrows with the appointment of Tanya Plibersek to the Ministry of Environment and Water, rather than Education, the portfolio where she had developed detailed policies during the long years of opposition.


    Tone on Tuesday 126: How design can help political journalism
    Tone on Tuesday 126: How design can help political journalism

    If you were disappointed in the quality of political journalism during, and after, this election you are not alone. Barry Cassidy and Laura Tingle, elders of the profession, bemoaned the gotcha questions, the poverty of analysis and the pro-LNP / anti-Labor bias. It needs some drastic fixing, and might I suggest that two or three design ideas could help the ‘Fourth Estate’.


    Dodson headlines list of AIA award winners in ACT
    Dodson headlines list of AIA award winners in ACT

    The Australian Institute of Architects has announced Melinda Dodson is the recipient of the ACT President’s Medal for 2022.


    Studio Nine creates new leadership tier to nurture practice growth
    Studio Nine creates new leadership tier to nurture practice growth

    Studio Nine Architects have created a new tier within their leadership team, with Keith Dougal and Nigel Howden becoming the Adelaide-based practice’s inaugural Principals.


    Double Director announcement at m3architecture
    Double Director announcement at m3architecture

    Coinciding in 25 years of architectural practice, m3architecture has announced longtime architects Elan Barr and Jonathan Goh have both been elevated to the position of Director.


    Fry practice expands to Victorian high country
    Fry practice expands to Victorian high country

    Luke Fry Architecture & Interior Design has expanded its operations into Mansfield, which is something of a homecoming for Fry himself.


    Tone on Tuesday 125:  Homes: One Policy to Rule Them All
    Tone on Tuesday 125: Homes: One Policy to Rule Them All

    Throughout the federal election campaign most political commentators (‘journalists’ is too kind) banged on continuously about personalities and politics, not policies. All surface, no substance.


    Former Development Victoria Director handed global sustainability role
    Former Development Victoria Director handed global sustainability role

    Samantha Peart, an internationally renowned Australian sustainability leading light has been appointed as the global Head of Sustainability at Hassell.


    Remembering the architect responsible for designing the Death Star
    Remembering the architect responsible for designing the Death Star

    American architect Colin Cantwell, most famously known for his design of the Death Star in George Lucas’ Star Wars series, passed away last week at the age of 90.


    Robbins announced as inaugural Principal of new Brisbane studio
    Robbins announced as inaugural Principal of new Brisbane studio

    National landscape architecture practice TCL has expanded its operations to Brisbane, with Deb Robbins appointed as Studio Principal.


    Tone On Tuesday 124: Architecture of Inequality
    Tone On Tuesday 124: Architecture of Inequality

    I wrote that three months ago on palindrome day, 22/02/2022, in palindrome column 111, discussing political hope in ‘The Tipping Point of Sustainability’. I think it’s a more accurate prediction than any professional pollster I’ve seen; I’m adding psephologist to my CV. And now, as an expert futurist, let me continue (pulls tongue out of cheek).


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