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On the small but important power of getting onya bike

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On environmental lawlessness and the dodgy global supply chain

by The Fifth Estate - our view 25 August 202225 August 2022
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On the winds of change and the push for more energy efficient buildings

by The Fifth Estate - our view 18 August 202218 August 2022
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On why all the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put faith back into the political process again – unless we have a chat to Jeremy McLeod

by The Fifth Estate - our view 11 August 202211 August 2022
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On rolling stones pushing dead weights, Chandler on his NSW work & and how it might just go national

by The Fifth Estate - our view 4 August 20225 August 2022
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On how the built environment sector is about to be disrupted – $2 trillion a year for climate startups

by The Fifth Estate - our view 22 July 202222 July 2022
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On why we need the property industry to fight for the planet (and give the greenies a break)

by The Fifth Estate - our view 13 July 202214 July 2022
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On the NSW floods and the great big new tax that’s coming to all of us

by The Fifth Estate - our view 7 July 20227 July 2022
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On the looming uninhabitable cities, and how to avoid them

by The Fifth Estate - our view 30 June 202230 June 2022
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On why even governments are starting to understand we need new measures of success

by The Fifth Estate - our view 23 June 202223 June 2022
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On why we will not be like the Easter Islanders

by The Fifth Estate - our view 16 June 202220 June 2022
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On why it’s time for the transition we have to have – and why the HIA and pals should help and not hinder

by The Fifth Estate - our view 9 June 20229 June 2022
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On why a sustainable built environment means retrofitting some permaculture principles to our cities

by The Fifth Estate - our view 2 June 20222 June 2022
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On our “frightening” future: how this election shows young people are taking back their voice

by The Fifth Estate - our view 26 May 202226 May 2022
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On the horse that always wins the race – this election needs to be ours

by The Fifth Estate - our view 19 May 202220 May 2022
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On the pre-election hot air from the gas industry, as building electrification turns up the heat

by The Fifth Estate - our view 12 May 202212 May 2022
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On why it’s time for the new feds to take a leaf out of Bob Hawke’s playbook and get involved in land-use planning

by The Fifth Estate - our view 5 May 20225 May 2022
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On the deep differences between Teal and Green

by The Fifth Estate - our view 28 April 202229 April 2022
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On SEPP-Gate and why it’s a national issue

by The Fifth Estate - our view 22 April 202222 April 2022
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On the election issues that really matter, and the ongoing policy disasterpiece of cladding

by The Fifth Estate - our view 14 April 202214 April 2022
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On how it’s not so hard to avoid the inequity of bad planning

by The Fifth Estate 7 April 20227 April 2022
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On Green Buildings 2.0, GBCA’s Transform and this “crazy” idea to save the planet through the built environment

by The Fifth Estate - our view 25 March 202225 March 2022
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On war profiteering, smart Queensland and breaking the back of the fossil fuel mafia

by Tina Perinotto 17 March 202218 March 2022
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On recovering titans, property and the Living Future Institute

by The Fifth Estate - our view 10 March 202221 March 2022
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On lessons from the four horsemen and all that’s around us

by The Fifth Estate - our view 4 March 20222 February 2023
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On shaking up our thinking – Ukraine, Cannon-Brookes, David Yates, ESG, Clarence Slockee and Aunty Donna Ingram

by The Fifth Estate - our view 24 February 202224 February 2022
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On Nicolette Boele and why she’s running for Bradfield as an independent

by The Fifth Estate - our view 17 February 202217 February 2022
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On old rivalries, new blood (Dan Hill) in Melbourne, and bright thinking in housing

by The Fifth Estate - our view 11 February 202211 February 2022
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On why oil and gas won’t be the only stranded assets – watch out for sub-prime property

by The Fifth Estate 4 February 202222 February 2022
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On why you may not want to look up – but should

by The Fifth Estate - our view 28 January 202228 January 2022

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