Property developers, chefs, doctors and climate scientists joined up this week to convince homeowners to swap out their gas stoves for electric. The Global Cooksafe Coalition launched in Sydney to push back against the gas industry’s marketing, with the aim…
Households with LG solar batteries were this week warned again of potential fire risk. The ACCC will be directly contacting almost 5,000 households that are likely to have energy solar systems with dangerous LG solar batteries. The batteries, which may…
Work of art or a necessary part of the traffic flow, a gate is a versatile tool for the landscape gardener. Traditionally built to keep out marauding armies, gates are nowadays often used more for ornamentation than deterring even the…
There were an estimated 10.9 million dwellings in Australia as of June 2022, according to a publication released recently by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Daniel Rossi, ABS Construction Statistics Director said the estimated dwelling stock grew 1.4% over…
We might fill our fridges with an abundance of fresh produce, yet far too many fruits and vegetables lose their freshness before we get around to consuming them. Like a life-coach for garden-goodness, an interesting new Kickstarter project, cutely named…
Does your lawn have perennially bare patches? Grow potatoes! Planting potatoes thickly into bare earth then later digging to harvest them breaks down and cultivates the soil, a process which creates optimum conditions to start putting in a lawn. Plant…
Around half of Australia’s population moved house in the five years leading to the last Census, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed. The latest release of Census data shows that just over half (53.1%) of Australia’s population lived at…
Frogs are often heard but not seen, so we are being asked to record the sounds of our neighbourhood croakers this week, as part of a project to locate and count Australia’s frogs. The Australian Museum is calling on citizen…
Sales of new homes tumbled in October, according to a new survey of Australia’s largest home builders. The latest HIA New Home Sales report, released this week, shows that sales of new homes fell by 22.8% during the month of…
Pools and granny flats have made a resurgence in favour with homebuyers over the last twelve months, new data shows. A study of keywords entered into multi-listing site realestate.com.au shows that property buyers and renters alike have shifted their preferences…
