5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (999+ words) Those of us who've had a lot to do with real estate agents know that they generally have antenna as finely tuned as a Stradivarius " or stockbroker. Quick to pick up every nuanced vibration in the atmosphere and transform any…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (760+ words) Isabella Peppard steps through a range of bio materials, their properties and uses. Some of these will be exhibited at Susty Spec: Biomaterials Exhibition and Launch Party event in Melbourne as part of Melbourne's Design Week. Biomaterials may seem futuristic,…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (324+ words) Menzies sold the Australian Dream as a path to independence, but he was really building a grid of social control. Today, that blueprint is failing. Robert Menzies first served as prime minister of Australia between 1939 and 1941, during the early years…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (535+ words) With the Transforming Transport Summit just a few weeks away, the chief executive of Transport Australia asked presenters of the Emerging Leaders" session for their take on the key issues for the future. What he found was: "They want an…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (753+ words) Where you live increasingly determines how exposed you are to rising fuel prices. The current fuel crisis lays bare a deeper issue: the way our cities are planned is shaping who is most vulnerable to economic shocks. Like the COVID19 pandemic,…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1639+ words) According to one estimate, there were 13 per cent fewer designated office workplaces in 2023 than in 2019 and 800 billion dollars of office-space value is at risk globally. With a significant volume of real estate in well-serviced, central locations currently unused, there has…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (503+ words) A core promise in the MMC narrative is the built-in pledges of end-of-life recycling. Construction continues with its upward cost trajectory despite modern methods of construction (MMC). More projects become unfeasible. Market and social housing providers face these headwinds. The opportunities…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (739+ words) When Sydney households installed rooftop solar and batteries to keep the lights on during bushfires and floods, they didn't realise they were also building a shield against the fuel crisis now gripping global markets. But that's exactly what's happened, and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (591+ words) After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1139+ words) As Max Chandler-Mather takes over at the Green Institute and Adam Bandt steps in at the Australian Conservation Foundation is this when the environment movement can finally get properly organised? Even The Australian called former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather a…...