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The introduction of Rectification Orders (ROs) under the Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) 2025 (Vic) (“the Bill”) represents a significant regulatory innovation. The Bill shifts the burden of defect enforcement from private litigants to the Victorian Building Authority (“VBA”).  Read Article

Rectification Orders and the Reconfiguration of Building Dispute Resolution in Victoria

The Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Bill 2025 (Vic) (“the Bill”) heralds the most significant realignment of Victoria’s building dispute resolution framework since the enactment of the Building Act 1993 (Vic) (“the Building Act”).  Read Article

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Switching on Australia’s first major all-electric public hospital

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s ageing block gave way to a five-storey facility designed for efficiency, infection control and integration with South Australia’s green grid.

Image 5The urgent case to improve engineering registration

Without alignment of  NSW’s engineering registration scheme, the state’s engineers are losing out.

 

 

 

 

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Engineers are stretching the limits of what’s possible

From the world’s tallest buildings to subterranean caverns, and from the most turbulent oceans to the depths of space, extreme engineering demands boundary-pushing thinking.

 

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How the ADF launched this student into space engineering

From high school student to front-row at a Falcon 9 rocket launch in just eight years, Kaylee Verrier’s career has taken her far.

 

 

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