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Dec 19, 2024 · Also, on TFE’s radar this year was the big fuss her organisation kicked up about MasterChef’s “renewable gas” claims, which were referred to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. In response to a recent query from The Fifth Estate about week-long advertorial campaign in the Murdoch Press that was funded by big oil and gas companies, Nobel said she was in France to ...
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Dec 19, 2024 · 3. Urban design has a dark side to its creativity – two projects in Brisbane show how. This OpEd from QUT and UQ academics argued why aggressive forms of “hostile architecture” like Howard Smith Wharves and Brisbane’s new …
Data centres are sleeping giants and AI is making them wake up …
Dec 17, 2024 · That could have something to do with the need to signpost “sustainable” energy-sharing precincts that have the data centre at its front and centre, according to industry observers who attended the Sydney Cloud & Datacenter Convention earlier this year.. Read more about energy sharing precincts in TFE’s special report from our Festival of Electric Ideas
‘Stop slamming the brakes’ the National Construction Code is …
Dec 10, 2024 · Leading property data specialist CoreLogic released new data on Monday to show that the National Construction Code had led to the vastly improved quality of new housing in Australia. So why is the Coalition pushing to freeze the NCC?
Local councils are the hidden powerhouse of the net zero and ...
Sep 19, 2024 · We have the large behemoth councils of Brisbane (1.32 million population), Gold Coast (647,000) and Moreton Bay (460,000) all the way to the Shire of Peppermint Grove in Western Australia with its 1524 residents covering 1.4 square kilometres, the smallest local government area in the land.
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Dec 5, 2024 · The organisation said less than 2 per cent of global philanthropy is directed towards addressing climate change, and it hopes to engage with companies to achieve systemic change at an economy-wide scale to focus on climate change, the biodiversity crisis, human rights abuse, and industrialised animal cruelty.
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New lease on life for Junglefy | Construction & Development | The …
May 17, 2023 · Vertical Gardens hired ex-Junglefy general manager Nicholas Barr to head its newly-expanded New South Wales division. Vertical Gardens managing director Jamie Papalia said the Melbourne-based company would concentrate on renewing service agreements with former Junglefy clients.
White Bay Power Station’s new risk is creative
Nov 7, 2024 · The White Bay Power Station in Sydney is a gargantuan relic of our dirty energy past. Its physical legacy is a thing of wonder and possibilities, but its toxic legacy has loomed more threateningly over the citizens of the inner west, concerned about the quality of their soil or the dust in their attic.
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