Australia’s housing market lost some steam in May, with national values falling for the first time since 2020, new data revealed this week. Values continued to rise across most capitals, but the growth was not enough to offset the depreciation…
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When is a bookcase not a bookcase? When it becomes an integral part of the interior design of your home. No longer are bookcases simply shelves for storing musty tomes that never get moved, let alone re-read. With a little…
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New home building was down in the first months of 2022, but industry bodies suggest it was due more to the season and Covid than lack of work. According to ABS data released this week, the value of new residential…
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In what might be a first for Australia, a regional town in NSW is reportedly considering investing in 3D-printed houses to allay the local housing crisis. Dubbo Regional councillor Matt Wright told the ABC this week that he has proposed…
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Approvals to build new homes continue to oscillate, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest figures show that the total number of dwellings approved fell 18.5% in seasonally adjusted terms in March,…
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking feedback about ways to reduce the dangers posed by toppling furniture, which has killed at least 28 people in Australia since 2000 and causes close to 20 injuries every week. ACCC…
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Australia’s prolific rooftop solar panels could soon be gathering power overnight, following innovative research showing Earth’s radiant heat can be used to generate electricity, even after the sun has set. UNSW researchers have made a major breakthrough in renewable energy…
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This Friday (May 20) is World Bee Day, when we get to celebrate the hard-working little pollinators to whom we owe so much. Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities.…
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The iconic suburban house immortalised in the television series Kath & Kim has been demolished this month to make way, no doubt, for something that is more ‘the bee’s knees, puh-lease’. Set in the ‘effluent’ suburb of ‘Fountain Lakes’, the…
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LEGO Masters 2022 finished this week, but if you are keen for more, you might like to invest in stackable, life-size LEGO furniture. LEGO has joined forces with Danish homeware design company Room Copenhagen to produce giant wooden building blocks…
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