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Environment Archive
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Council tackles Phillip Island foreshore land grab
Posted on 22/01/2012 | No CommentsPHILLIP Island residents have been accused of annexing coastal land by illegally extending gardens, parking caravans and even building sheds and fences outside their property boundaries, as well as destroying... -
Top marks for Barangaroo clean-up – now to agree on a spot for hotel
Posted on 20/01/2012 | No CommentsAN INDEPENDENT review of the work done to clean up contaminated land at Barangaroo has given the project the green light, leaving the final location of the hotel the developer... -
Planning for sustainability
Posted on 31/10/2011 | No CommentsIncreasingly in councils across Australia, planners are now requiring an integrated assessment of environmental sustainability for buildings as part of the planning and development process. Authors: Dr Mirek Piechowski is... -
Environmental offsets available for WA developers
Posted on 09/10/2011 | No CommentsIn response to development industry concerns over planning and environmental approvals duplication the WA Government has taken another important step towards streamlining processes by releasing the Environmental Offsets Policy. The... -
Green apartments for Sydney CBD
Posted on 23/09/2011 | No CommentsWithin the City of Sydney area, 75% of residents live in apartment buildings. These vertical villages consume close to 40% of the City’s water, 10% of its energy and create... -
Report proves there is more money in green buildings
Posted on 16/09/2011 | No CommentsIf there were any green building deniers still out there in property world, Monday’s release of the latest research by the Australian Property Institute and the Property Funds Association of... -
Melbourne judged world’s most liveable city
Posted on 31/08/2011 | No CommentsMelbourne has vaulted Vancouver to become the best city in the world to live, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Survey. Click hereto see the top and... -
Greenpeace halts Central Park development
Posted on 24/08/2011 | No CommentsConstruction work was stopped yesterday when a group of protesters from Greenpeace scaled a 50-metre crane in protest of the use of illegal rainforest logged timber on one of Sydney’s... -
GPT launches new 6 star office space, with an eye on driving change
Posted on 19/08/2011 | 1 CommentGPT officially launched its new offices on three high rise floors at Sydney’s MLC building on Wednesday with a panel discussion that delved into some of the complex thinking that... -
Are huge homes irresponsible?
Posted on 16/08/2011 | No CommentsHuge houses on the urban fringe are an irresponsible drain on the environment, according to this opinion piece by Dr Robert Crawford from Melbourne University. There are two charges here...