Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief. On Friday 11 September, the Energy and ...

True infrastructure sustainability starts at the foundation level, as demonstrated by the Selfs Point Sewage Treatment Plant expansion over challenging former landfill and soft alluvial soils.

For landlords striving for net-zero emissions, diverting organic waste from landfills seems like an obvious win - until complex Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) ownership rules dictate who ...

Five years ago, during my second term as mayor of Paris, our urban planning agency projected the city would experience 20.5 tropical nights – where temperatures stay above 20 degrees by 2050. This ...

Short order cook at Taronga Zoo Cafeteria. Mid-80s Taronga Zoo catering was full of John Cusack-type figures languishing in their last school holiday job at 28. It was a classic closed shop; you ...

My family has been developing property for two generations, and I cannot remember a time when it was harder to make a mid-rise apartment project work in Melbourne, write David Besser.

Transition Risk at the Melbourne Town Hall on Tuesday was a standout deep dive on what’s at risk for buildings that don’t ...

Rethinking Transport Policy Reform in Australia and New Zealand set out an agenda to prioritise rail in government ...

What are the major motivations behind sustainability upgrades by investment house Ashe Morgan? Is it big partners such as Mitsubishi’s MEC, its multiple smaller private investors, or tenants?

Whaddaya know – while the built environment has been bemoaning the lack of serious attention to its sector – amid its huge potential to reduce climate impact – it turns out that people in other ...

For sustainability advocates such as the TEC, the framework meets a much needed call for a structural approach to managing ...

My first real encounter with a genuinely inclusive space happened at the State Library of Queensland. Coming from a Middle ...