Email Posted August 27, 2019 16:36:36 Volunteers from across Australia helped to restore the historical Patterson House. ABC North and West: Gary-Jon Lysaght Topics: industry, building-and-construction, community-and-society, history, sa, lyndhurst-5731, marree-5733 Source link
Posted August 27, 2019 16:36:36 Chairman of the Farina Restoration Group, Tim Paine, took over the position from ex-project convener Tom Harding. ABC North and West: Gary-Jon Lysaght Topics: volunteers, community-and-society, industry, building-and-construction, rural, history, sa, lyndhurst-5731, marree-5733 Source link
Email Posted August 27, 2019 16:36:36 One by one the buildings of Farina are coming back to life with the help of hundreds of volunteers. ABC North and West: Shannon Corvo Topics: community-and-society, history, volunteers, building-and-construction, industry, sa, lyndhurst-5731, marree-5733 Source link
Posted August 27, 2019 12:12:14 Photo: The Pelican Point gas power station near Port Adelaide. (ABC News) The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has launched legal action against the operator of a gas power plant in Adelaide, alleging it failed to notify authorities it had spare generator capacity which could have helped South Australia avoid widespread
Updated August 27, 2019 10:32:56 Photo: Rain has not been a regular sight in Sydney this winter. (AAP: David Gray ) Here’s what you need to know this morning. Rain on the way Sydney could get up to 25 millimetres of rain today — and possibly more than 100mm over the week — saving the
Posted August 25, 2019 13:39:30 The Foreign Minister denies Australia is being dragged into a larger conflict against Iran, as it joins a US-led mission to stabilise shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz. Source: ABC News | Duration: 34sec Topics: defence-and-national-security, world-politics, trade, agreements-and-treaties, oil-and-gas, defence-forces, navy, air-force, security-intelligence, treaties-and-alliances, australia, united-states, iran-islamic-republic-of
Email Posted August 24, 2019 13:16:55 Samuel Waisbren was pinned by the elevator between the basement and first floor of a Manhattan high-rise building. Source: ABC News | Duration: 20sec Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, accidents—other, home, building-and-construction, united-states Source link
Posted August 23, 2019 18:35:35 Photo: An emergency evacuation order was issued giving residents 48 hours to leave. (ABC News: Chris Le Page) Residents have been ordered to leave an apartment building in Melbourne’s south-east which is covered in combustible cladding. Key points: Authorities ruled the building had a number of defects including combustible cladding
Updated August 23, 2019 08:19:10 Photo: The Mascot Towers development was evacuated in June. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi) Unit owners in Sydney’s evacuated Mascot Towers building have learnt the repair bill could blow out to $20 million as construction engineers zero in on what caused the complex to crack. Key points: Unit owners voted to
Updated August 23, 2019 08:51:57 Photo: The fire came within 200 metres of properties. (Keiron Pritchard, NSW RFS) Here’s what you need to know this morning. Fire near Newcastle downgraded A bushfire that threatened homes last night in Belmont, south of Newcastle, has been brought under control and downgraded to advice level. The blaze, which
