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Was Your Water System Built for Yesterday’s Climate?
Infrastructure
Tuesday June 2 2026

Was Your Water System Built for Yesterday’s Climate?

Yesterday, did your water system troubles seem so far away?

Seismic Design in Victoria: Still a Blind Spot?
Structural
Thursday May 28 2026

Seismic Design in Victoria: Still a Blind Spot?

I recently came across the structural drawings for a childcare centre in Victoria.

Infrastructure is the quiet backbone of Australia’s prosperity
Infrastructure
Thursday May 28 2026

Infrastructure is the quiet backbone of Australia’s prosperity

Infrastructure is often described as the quiet engine of prosperity. 

Small business is critical for Australia’s clean energy future
Energy
Monday May 25 2026

Small business is critical for Australia’s clean energy future

Australia's energy landscape is shifting faster than at any point in our history.

Australian Government pumps $45 million to speed up energy and housing environmental approvals
Environment
Thursday April 30 2026

Australian Government pumps $45 million to speed up energy and housing environmental approvals

Approvals for critical energy, housing and resource projects are set to be expedited after the Federal Government announced new funding to eliminate duplication between the Commonwealth...

Australia’s apartment buildings are sitting on a fire safety time bomb
Buildings
Monday April 20 2026

Australia’s apartment buildings are sitting on a fire safety time bomb

More than 2.5 million Australians call an apartment home, a figure that has grown steadily as urban density increases. Yet for many of them, the regulatory...

How AI is shaping fire safety in Australian transport hubs
Buildings
Thursday March 26 2026

How AI is shaping fire safety in Australian transport hubs

Across Australia, transport hubs - often referred to as Transit-oriented developments (TODs) - have become a defining feature of contemporary urban growth

Australia’s highest priority infrastructure projects have been unveiled
Infrastructure
Thursday March 12 2026

Australia’s highest priority infrastructure projects have been unveiled

Major projects across transport energy, water, communications and social infrastructure have been revealed as critical priorities for Australia over the next decade.

World’s steel industry can move to decarbonise
Structural
Tuesday March 10 2026

World’s steel industry can move to decarbonise

Technologies and strategies across several areas can help to reduce the carbon footprint of the world’s steel industry, a webinar has heard.

Infrastructure
18 May, 2020
Shower a 'sanctuary' from virus: Syd study

Sydneysiders are using enough water to fill 155 Olympic-sized swimming pools each day as they spend more time at home.

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Mining
7 May, 2020
Five miners burned in underground blast

Four mine workers are fighting for life and a fifth is in a serious condition after an underground blast at a Queensland coal mine.

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Infrastructure
18 Mar, 2020
Murray Basin rail project fails to deliver

The Murray Basin Rail Project has failed to improve rural freight outcomes for Victoria despite a $440 million public spend, according to the state's auditor-general.

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Infrastructure
28 Feb, 2020
Qld flood class action win to be appealed

A second Queensland water provider is appealing a class action decision on the 2011 floods potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 

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Infrastructure
21 Feb, 2020
Trade Worker Demand Hotspots Unveiled

Train drivers refused to travel on the section of track where two people died in a Sydney-Melbourne XPT derailment, the rail union says.

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Infrastructure
21 Feb, 2020
NSW rail project cost to blow out by $3b

The cost of a major construction project to build a rail line that will run under Sydney Harbour is likely to blow out by up to...

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Mining
14 Jan, 2020
Qld mining death eighth in two years

WHAT HAPPENED?

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Infrastructure
10 Jan, 2020
Sydney desal plant could double in size

The NSW government is going ahead with plans to expand Sydney's desalination plant to ensure the state isn't left "flat-footed" should the drought continue.

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Environment
9 Dec, 2019
No threat to Sydney water quality for now

Sydney's drinking water won't be impacted by emergency bushfires burning near Warragamba Dam and elsewhere around the city, authorities say.

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