The Fifth Estate

14/11/2024

Let’s get this straight: did Donald Trump just win the last election or was it Jim Jones come back from the dead in disguise – hoping to expand his cult of 900 people who drank poisoned Kool-Aid at his behest? The US is brilliant at cults. But Australia isn’t. Let’s try to remember that, Mr Peter Dutton, and all the premiers, National Party leaders, bureaucrats and would be dictators (for a day or more)....

Let’s get this straight: did Donald Trump just win the last election or was it Jim Jones come back from the dead in disguise – hoping to expand his cult

14/11/2024

If you think we’re going to double down on strong positive news now that America is going back to the Stone Age, you’d be right....

14/11/2024

The book, Defeating Mr CO2, is an easy to read guide on the practicalities of how to do this, Nathwani had made an outstanding success of his life since migrating to Australia after his family was ousted by dictator Idi Amin from Rwanda.

The book, Defeating Mr CO2, is an easy to read guide on the practicalities of how to do this, Nathwani had made an outstanding success of his life since migrating to Australia after his family was ousted by dictator Idi Amin from Rwanda.

14/11/2024

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has just recently signed a memorandum of understanding, this time with the ING bank.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has just recently signed a memorandum of understanding, this time with the ING bank.

14/11/2024

More than 40% of freestanding Australian houses now have solar. Switching water heaters to charge during the day can soak up solar power going to waste – known as curtailment – and make sure electricity supply and demand match.

More than 40% of freestanding Australian houses now have solar. Switching water heaters to charge during the day can soak up solar power going to waste – known as curtailment – and make sure electricity supply and demand match.

14/11/2024

Cushman & Wakefield snares Stephen Brammer, HIP V. HYPE appoints Simon Blackwell to lead new WA office

Cushman & Wakefield snares Stephen Brammer, HIP V. HYPE appoints Simon Blackwell to lead new WA office

12/11/2024

Jeremy McLeod will no doubt go down in history as the man who managed to shift a truckload of preconceptions about what housing needs to look like – what it should cost and who it is for.

Jeremy McLeod will no doubt go down in history as the man who managed to shift a truckload of preconceptions about what housing needs to look like – what it should cost and who it is for.

12/11/2024

The biggest political context in the world battling for power. Yet the biggest issue of our time – climate change – was rendered into irrelevance.

The biggest political context in the world battling for power. Yet the biggest issue of our time – climate change – was rendered into irrelevance.

11/11/2024

With sustainability at the forefront of business leaders’ minds more than ever before, Circularity will return in 2024 to drive actionable change towards implementing a more circular future as Australia forges on a path to net zero by 2050....

With sustainability at the forefront of business leaders’ minds more than ever before, Circularity will return in 2024 to drive actionable change towards implementing a more circular future as Australia forges on a path to net zero by 2050.

11/11/2024

Is media news truly in the public interest when it causes mental anguish? People today are burdened by accumulating and interconnected crises.

11/11/2024

Early reports from the investment world, post the Trump win in the US last week, seem to vindicate the words we plucked from global climate leaders such as Cristiana Christiana Figueres for our editorial Thursday....

Early reports from the investment world, post the Trump win in the US last week, seem to vindicate the words we plucked from global climate leaders such as Cristiana Christiana Figueres for our editorial Thursday.

08/11/2024

The climate crisis is here. But is our industry ready?

Melbourne School of Design are inviting all built environment professionals to join their Climate Action in Cities.

12–13 November at the Glyn Davis Building, University of Melbourne.
🔗Explore full program and register now → https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/climate-action-in-cities?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=S_All_2024_25_SA_04_SH_2024_AI_GP_EV_ao_abp_tgt&utm_content=evnt_Fifth_EstateFB_rgstr&sfid=701OY000005ofI3YAI

Hear from speakers including Deb Chachra, Sarah Ichioka, Sarah Bell, Jodie Bricout, Karen Cain, Jane Cassidy, Kelly Grigsby, Anna Hancock, Heidi Lee, Trent McCarthy, Toomas Mirlieb, Martin O'Dea, Cathy Oke, Alison Scotland, Jonathan Spear; James Helal, Anna Hurlimann, Dan Hill, Alan March, Sareh M.

Read the full story here: https://thefifthestate.com.au/sponsored/symposium-2024-climate-action-in-cities-articulating-an-ecosystem-approach/

What if there was a way to understand and enable climate action in cities that encompassed many of the other mission-critical agendas of urban sustainability including biodiversity, social equity, housing, First Nations reconciliation, resource depletion and cultural vibrancy?

07/11/2024

There’s new momentum for the property finance instrument that pays for sustainability upgrades on property through the savings on energy to re-emerge.

07/11/2024

While the private sector can be a powerful tool for good, it’s also true that its ability to make a difference has its limits.

07/11/2024

Australia’s fast moving sustainability advisory and investment bank Pollination is on the growth path again, this time snaring a $20 million equity investment from Japan’s Mizuho Bank.

Australia’s fast moving sustainability advisory and investment bank Pollination is on the growth path again, this time snaring a $20 million equity investment from Japan’s Mizuho Bank.

07/11/2024

The White Bay Power Station in Sydney is a gargantuan relic of our dirty energy past. Its physical legacy is a thing of wonder and possibilities, but its toxic legacy has loomed more threateningly over the citizens of the inner west, concerned about the quality of their soil or the dust in their attic. Lead, paint dust and asbestos were just some of the costs of the cheap easy energy that powered our modern world....

The White Bay Power Station in Sydney is a gargantuan relic of our dirty energy past. Its physical legacy is a thing of wonder and possibilities, but its

07/11/2024

Corin Millais: from Greenpeace to Westfield to a Banksia winning bank gigwith Teachers Mutual What’s the secret behind Teachers Mutual Bank Limited’s “banking for good” purpose, including becoming a B Corp? Murray Hogarth talks with self-confessed sustainability nerd Corin Millais, the bank’s head of sustainability and ESG, who has steered its award-winning efforts including the Banksia National Sustainability Awards for…...

Corin Millais: from Greenpeace to Westfield to a Banksia winning bank gigwith Teachers Mutual What’s the secret behind Teachers Mutual Bank Limited’s

07/11/2024

The more benign view of the Trump election is that it’s precisely what to expect in today’s social media/tech addicted o**y of screen time that dominates our world now. He’s an entertainer in a world that can’t be stuffed with anything any more demanding. We’re exhausted. The fight for right and rights, for a decent quality of life, for survival in an extreme climate....

The more benign view of the Trump election is that it’s precisely what to expect in today’s social media/tech addicted o**y of screen time that dominates