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Woodside Energy has poured roughly $40 billion into oil and gas exploration since 2020, while continuing to market LNG as a bridge fuel for Asia’s power sector. Activist group Market Forces and shareholders argue that this strategy contradicts the company’s own sustainability reports and a 2024 vote that rejected its climate plan. Independent studies from CSIRO, the U.S. DOE, Deloitte and IEEFA suggest that additional gas supply may actually delay renewable adoption and raise emissions. Investor pressure is mounting for Woodside to realign its capital with net‑zero goals.
Across eastern Australia, reactive clay soils are causing increasing slab‑on‑ground failures as climate variability intensifies. A pilot project using high‑cube shipping containers demonstrated a structural approach that isolates the building from soil movement, eliminating cracking and reducing remediation costs. The...
The Housing Industry Association has called for a complete rewrite of the National Construction Code, arguing that its rigidity, cost and complexity are hampering productivity. A high‑profile debate in Sydney will spotlight the code’s shortcomings, including divergent state interpretations and...
Australia’s energy transition appears ready—renewables are mature, capital is flowing, and targets are set—but large‑scale industrial decarbonisation stalls. The core issue is a coordination gap: stakeholders operate in silos, preventing a clear view of how transmission, renewable supply, ports, and...
ARBS’s sponsored briefing, authored by Tony Arnel, spotlights seven building‑services trends set to dominate 2026. The outlook highlights AI‑driven predictive maintenance, digital‑twin simulations, net‑zero carbon targets, health‑focused indoor environments, modular HVAC, IoT sensor networks, and climate‑resilient design. Industry analysts expect...
The Fifth Estate’s Special Report for The Green List maps the rapidly evolving building and energy‑technology landscape aimed at net‑zero targets, covering batteries, EV charging, virtual power plants, power purchase agreements, community solar and data‑center solutions. It spotlights market leaders,...
Australia’s federal budget foresees $11.99 billion annually lost to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, with a projected $193.9 billion revenue shortfall over the next decade if unchanged. In 2025 investors accounted for 39 percent of new housing loan commitments—almost double...
The Port of Newcastle earned a perfect 100 percent GRESB rating, yet 96 percent of its 13 million tonnes of January 2026 exports were coal, highlighting a stark sustainability paradox. In contrast, Kmart announced that every Australian store, distribution centre and office now...
Australia’s construction sector faces chronic productivity loss, fragmented supply chains and slow digital uptake. The article argues that without a dedicated pathway, system‑level innovations disappear before they can be proven at scale. It proposes a national framework to evaluate new...
Australia’s construction sector, especially in New South Wales, continues to lag in productivity, with over 70% of documentation still submitted as PDFs and minimal digital training. The industry’s reliance on analogue processes drives cost overruns, delays, and fragmented supply chains,...
During a Beijing visit, the China Building Materials Federation outlined its aggressive decarbonisation agenda for cement and other building products. The federation’s “six zeroes” framework and a mandatory carbon‑market scheme now cover roughly 1,000 Chinese cement producers, positioning China as...
Private‑equity firms such as Blackstone and Brookfield are refurbishing London office towers, swapping glass façades for green terraces, gyms and resilient construction designed for heavier rain and hotter summers, while installing fully electric HVAC systems. In Australia, the National Building...
Colliers International has completed the purchase of Spain‑based Ayesa, the owner of engineering firm ADP, adding roughly 3,000 employees and bringing its global headcount to about 14,000. The deal deepens Colliers’ engineering, urban‑planning and specialist‑services capabilities across government, institutional and...
Stockland announced it has achieved net‑zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions across its entire portfolio by deploying rooftop solar on more than 50 buildings and retiring a modest amount of nature‑based carbon credits. The initiative installed 75,000 panels, delivering up to 45 MW...
Australian startup Cercle offers a free‑to‑use reusable coffee cup network for offices, cafés and large venues, eliminating the need for customers to bring their own cups. Users take a cup, drink, and return it to smart drop pods that are...
