Are you considering painting a room in your home but don’t want to have to move out until the VOCs (volatile organic compounds) reduce to safe levels? If you are the homeowner and can buy VOC-free paint, great. For tenants,…
Solar lights offer a novel, environmentally-friendly way to illuminate our paths and gardens at night. But when they stop working, the least environmentally-friendly thing we could do is put them in the garbage bin, as the batteries contain lead, mercury…
The December quarter of 2023 saw property prices in the Australian residential housing market increase overall, according to a report released this week by the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA). REIA’s latest Real Estate Market Facts has revealed that…
If you are looking for something to entertain the kids over Easter and the school holidays, maybe you could set them to seeing how many living creatures they can find around your home and garden. Three UQ scientists who share…
Sales of new homes lifted in February, a recent survey of Australia’s home builders has revealed. The data shows that nationally, new home sales increased by 5.3% in February 2024. HIA Chief Economist Tim Reardon noted, however, that despite the…
Vacant land is rare in the city of Bengaluru, India, but that hasn’t prevented a local magnate from building his dream house – 122 metres in the sky. Sitting on top of a 33-story luxury apartment complex, Vijay Mallya’s incongruous…
Australia’s population grew by 2.5% to 26.8 million people over the year to 30 September 2023, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said this week. Western Australia had the fastest-growing population, up 3.3% compared with the previous year. This was followed…
The average price of a home in Australia is now $933,800, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The latest figures show that the total value of residential dwellings in Australia in the December quarter…
This Saturday, 23 March, Earth Hour will bring millions of people together at 8:30 pm local time for one hour in a symbolic call for more action on climate change. Every year since 2006, the hour of no power has…
In another no-surprise decision, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has elected this week to leave the official cash rate on hold at 4.35%. Yet while economists have been widely predicting that interest rates could start coming down in a…
