Waverley Council is seeking a sustainability and resilience manager to lead the development, delivery and continual improvement of innovative environmental sustainability and resilience programs for Council and the community.

Waverley Council is looking for a sustainable precincts coordinator to lead the development, delivery and measurement of programs that contribute to Council’s community targets in relation to greenhouse gas emissions, mains water use and waste recycling.

OPINION: The recent debate on the Greater Sydney Commission’s policy on the management of Sydney’s industrially-zoned lands is welcome as it means this issue is finally getting the attention it deserves.

OPINION: The NSW government’s recent announcement that Roads and Maritime Services – until now the state’s standalone roads agency – will be integrated into Transport for NSW could not have come at a more opportune time. 

OPINION: The debate about industrial and urban services land continues with the head of property development industry organisation Urban Taskforce Chris Johnson challenging the Greater Sydney Commission “troika” and arguing for a “new Sydney” that embraces mixed-used precincts.

The NSW Department of Family and Community Services is seeking an Environmental Sustainability Analyst.

There’s unlikely to be any brightly-coloured plastic slippery dips at the new nature-inspired park to be built on the Leagues Club Field site in the NSW city of Gosford.

There have been more brickbats than accolades in response to the band aid solutions and ministerial tag team that has followed last week’s Opal Tower press conference.

Australia is on the road to a more sustainable heavy construction materials industry, with the Victorian government handing out grants worth over $1.5 million this year for innovative road surface projects.

A medieval disdain for evidence… fetid swamps of arrogant stupidity, up from which deranged buffoons now bubble up to be leaders.

The next generation of urban planners and problem solvers are using the popular electronic building blocks game Minecraft to solve the design challenges faced by the Western Sydney Airport.

The NSW state’s construction industry is out of control. We need a NSW Commission of Inquiry. And we need Rowena Orr to run it. And we need it to be state based so that the politicians and bureaucrats can’t hide behind national inquires. 

Max Van Biene and Rachel McGinley have joined the team at sustainable consultants Edge in Sydney.

If Byron can’t make good planning and a healthy environment stick, with its lush history of hippies and deep greens, then it’s going to be a lot harder for anyone else.