Updated August 16, 2019 22:14:11 Photo: David Chandler said he visited Mascot Towers on Thursday and had not seen many buildings as “poorly built”. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi) The newly appointed NSW building commissioner has slammed the company behind Sydney’s trouble Mascot Towers, but he said the industry did not need further regulation at this
Updated August 16, 2019 17:27:16 The proposed state-controlled corridor between Loganholme and Nerang would run parallel to the Pacific Motorway. Source: ABC News | Duration: 24sec Topics: industry, road-transport, building-and-construction, qld, coomera-4209, upper-coomera-4209, logan-central-4114, pimpama-4209, ormeau-4208, stapylton-4207 Source link
Updated August 14, 2019 08:42:29 Photo: Pro-abortion supporters outside NSW State Parliament during the Lower House debate last week. (ABC News: Jonathan Hair) Here’s what you need to know this morning. Abortion bill debate kicks off The Standing Committee on Social issues will examine the draft legislation to decriminalise abortion, after the bill passed through
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Posted August 13, 2019 17:29:26 Photo: Minister Dale Wakefield (right) and Territory Families manager Brent Warren (left) at the new youth detention centre site. (ABC News: Jacqueline Breen) The Northern Territory Government has conceded a site next to Darwin’s adult prison is not the best option for its new youth detention centre, but Minister Dale
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Updated August 13, 2019 00:28:57 Photo: Australia’s population was becoming increasingly urbanised with more Australians moving to inner city areas. (AAP: Andy Brownbill) Related Story: ‘We’ve done an abysmal job’: Australia is struggling to handle its swelling population Related Story: How Australia can build ‘healthy, sustainable’ high-density cities The cost of congested roads and over-crowded
Updated August 12, 2019 08:29:48 Photo: The Theia-1 exploration well in the Great Sandy Desert, drilled in 2015. (Supplied: WA Department of Mines and Petroleum) Related Story: WA fracking ban lifted, but different rules for north and south keep some areas ‘frack free’ A network of oil wells that involve fracking in the Great Sandy
Posted August 09, 2019 10:56:22 Photo: Chief Minister Michael Gunner has questioned why unit buyers weren’t told of structural flaws. (ABC News: Alan Dowler) Prospective buyers of units in nine buildings in the Northern Territory found to be in breach of the National Construction Code should have been told of the structural issues, Chief Minister
Posted August 09, 2019 11:12:31 Once the carriage is almost restored, the team will have to move it about 20 metres down the track so it sits in front of the waiting area. ABC North and West: Shannon Corvo Topics: community-and-society, history, building-and-construction, industry, rail-transport, community-development, rural, community-organisations, burra-5417, sa Source link
