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#Breaking: Queensland’s deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie says Brisbane 2032 will have no emissions target, citing "costs" and "federal government" as reasons. Via @guardian: theguardian.com/australia-news… #ClimatePolicy #NetZero #Infrastructure #Olympics2032 #Sustainability

Michael Janeke on big architectural projects and leadership challenges thefifthestate.com.au/business/inves…

Sydney needs more housing. But what happens when it loses its story? thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spinif…

Great to get architectural insights from the very interesting @ShaunCarter70 on tall apartment buildings, the cost of not being sustainable, and more thefifthestate.com.au/videos/shaun-c… via @FifthEstateAU

Check out my latest article: 7 questions to ask at the Codes Red debate on 31 March linkedin.com/pulse/7-questi… via @LinkedIn

Among the gems that Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan revealed last week at Gleebooks for the launch of their book, Adapt, Designing New Lives for Old Buildings, is a novel concept – that a value capture mechanism could be applied to areas with old ... thefifthestate.com.au/arts-and-lette…

PODCAST: Shaun Carter’s architectural company, Carter Williamson, is expanding from designing mainly homes to tall apartments. But what’s more interesting is the work to better understand sustainability from a cost benefit point of view. thefifthestate.com.au/videos/shaun-c…

Voluntary home energy ratings won’t drive retrofits for all, but these solutions will thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spinif…

On the new challenge for energy thefifthestate.com.au/articles/on-th…

At Transform, the Green Building Council of Australia’s big yearly event in Sydney this week we couldn’t help taking a pulse of the mood was in relation to the National Construction Code and other green rating tools in the lead up to our Big ... thefifthestate.com.au/columns/news-f…

Codes Red: how the GBCA reads the landscape right now thefifthestate.com.au/business/inves…

Among our favourite highlights from the Green Building Council of Australia’s TRANSFORM conference this week were some pointed explosions. thefifthestate.com.au/business/inves…

Codes Red – what the architects are saying thefifthestate.com.au/events/tfeeven…

With a background in small business, Anthony Galimi is used to taking chances, but the biggest risk of his career is when he and his family backers at Novon Lighting took the plunge to invest in new state of the art Swiss robotic equipment. thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/eng…

Hyper Karting at Sydney Entertainment Quarter faces closure over City of Sydney car park priorities smh.com.au/national/nsw/i…

Developers and their contributing professionals and consultants are on notice. While the built environment has largely mastered the art of how to get to net zero – at least in theory and at least at the top end. thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/rat…

Climate investment agitators at Market Forces have again taken aim at oil and gas miner Woodside with a missive on Monday that challenges its narrative that gas can help swing to clean energy in Asia. thefifthestate.com.au/energy-lead/wo…

The case for radical transparency thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spinif…

In less than 12 months AESG has gone from kick starting its Australian operations, headed by Devan Valenti in Sydney and Douglas Sum in Melbourne, to a staff of 11 in Australia and more than 15 across Australia and Southeast Asia. thefifthestate.com.au/the-green-list…