In the news this week, innovative materials celebrated in 2021 GreenSmart awards; 5-step plan for the fire season; and Australian cities rank among the safest in the world
A house that is comfortable year-round with minimal energy consumption has been named winner of the Housing Industry Association (HIA) GreenSmart Awards this week.
It’s one of many homes being built using innovative design and sustainable materials to benefit their owners…
Summer might still be a couple of months away, but homeowners are being warned to prepare now for another season of potentially fierce bush fires.
Not only should anyone building or renovating homes on the urban fringe or in rural and regional areas take increasingly extreme weather into account, but there is a need for all households to have an ongoing fire and storm protection plan operating permanently.
Interest rates are at all-time lows, yet many borrowers are missing out on the full potential of refinancing, research suggests.
ABS data reveals that of the 6 million active mortgages in the market, only 445,000 have been refinanced in the last financial year. So, why the hesitancy?
International border closures have had an impact on Australia’s population growth, but babies are booming, new research shows.
Restrictions in overseas migration resulted in Australia’s population growth slowing to a near stand-still in the year to March 2021, according to official data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
If you’re looking for somewhere different to visit when we can finally leave home, why not a BearBnB in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Located inside England’s Ashdown Forest in East Sussex – the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh’s house has been built with exposed tree branches that wrap around the doorway. Inside, guests can find shelves full of 'hunny' pots, which according to house rules, ‘hands are to be kept out of’. Multiple naps, however, are permitted.
Two cities in Australia are considered among the safest in the world, a new report shows.
Copenhagen was named the world's safest city for the first time, scoring 82.4 points out of 100 on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities annual Index (SCI), which ranks international destinations on digital, health, infrastructure, personal, and environmental security.
With 80.1 points, Sydney came fourth in the overall rankings, and topped the digital security category. Melbourne made eighth place with 78.6 points.