THE GLOBAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED AFTER THE 2004 BOXING DAY TSUNAMI KILLED 230,000 PEOPLE IN 14 COUNTRIES. LOCALISED WARNING SYSTEMS HAD EXISTED SINCE THE 1920’S AND EXPANDING TO COVER THE PACIFIC IN THE 1940’S BUT IT TOOK A DISASTER OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS FOR THERE TO BE A HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO THIS INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM. […]
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AT A RECENT UDIA BREAKFAST, STUART DEVENISH, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR TOWN PLANNING AT RPS OUTLINED HIS IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN WA. Stuart believes that there has to be a better way to bring land and housing to the market. Over decades our planning processes have evolved in response to […]
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Business News ABN Group head Dale Alcock has slammed the federal government’s IR reforms, calling the changes “a load of s**t” while predicting the construction industry’s woes will remain. Federal Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke’s second tranche of the Closing Loopholes legislation today passed the Senate, which will allow millions of employees to ignore work communications after hours and giving casual […]
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