On creative accounting and why it’s always worth looking under the hood The Fifth Estate - our view Think we’re running out of time to save the world from catastrophic warming? Well, it seems much of the corporate world might have given up on the tight timeline needed to meet the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. 1
Construction needs to avoid social value smokescreens Professor Martin Loosemore, University of NSW Social value can be up to 15 per cent of non-price assessments in construction tenders, but are the metrics genuine? If not, it’s a huge missed opportunity for this sector with so many multiplier effects in the economy.
Driverless cars: dream or dystopia? Cameron Jewell | 14 October 2016 Imagine fast, efficient transport for all; denser, more liveable cities that largely do away with the need for car parking – in buildings and on the street; greatly reduced greenhouse…
Berejiklian – the built environment industry offers advice Cameron Jewell | 23 January 2017 The appointment of Gladys Berejiklian as NSW Premier has been accompanied by an avalanche of advice from the built environment sector regarding just what her priorities should be. Ms Berejiklian…
Housing: It’s not affordable housing we need to build but communities David Thorpe | 7 February 2017 The British Government is this week floating a new policy initiative to create affordable housing, with, for the first time for a Conservative government, an emphasis on renting rather than…
News from the front desk: Issue No 325 – On why we don’t care about ScoMo’s coal antics 10 February 2017 So federal treasurer Scott Morrison has been showing off what he got for Christmas in parliament today – a big chunk of coal gifted to him by none other than…
Lords slam UK government over lack of post-Brexit environment plan David Thorpe | 14 February 2017 The UK government has been criticised for not having a plan to manage how leaving the European Union will affect Britain’s environmental laws and its reputation as a world-leading country…
History repeats as toll road becomes key issue for WA election Cameron Jewell | 9 March 2017 All signs point to the Labor Party winning Western Australia’s state election this weekend, even with an eyebrow-raising preference deal struck between the Liberal Party and One Nation.
News from the front desk: Issue No 329 – On leadership and raising the bar – two out of the starting blocks 9 March 2017 The news from AMP Capital on Wednesday was good. Excellent in fact. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation, being the good corporate citizen that it needs to be, and following the…
Value Capture: how do we stop Value Escape? Martin Locke, Emerge Capital Partners | 27 March 2017 There seems to be almost unanimous and vigorous agreement that the pursuit of value capture is a worthwhile initiative in helping us to augment scarce infrastructure funding. However, we seem…
Empirical evidence of human-induced climate change? Here you go Marcus Gibson | 28 March 2017 One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts is at it again, banging on about climate change denial.
City of Melbourne taps global talent to help cut travel times Cameron Jewell | 28 March 2017 Entrepreneurs, tech geeks and anyone else with a creative mind are being invited by the City of Melbourne to enter a challenge seeking to reduce transport congestion while also improving…
Grey and green: how older people are the perfect climate allies Cameron Jewell | 30 March 2017 Older adults are an untapped resource of climate activism, according to a new edition of the Gerontological Society of America’s Public Policy and Aging Report. The climate change-focused issue features…
