THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS SHOULD DELIVER GREATER SURETY FOR BOTH URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OUTCOMES THAN THE CURRENT PROJECT BY PROJECT ASSESSMENT PROCESS. Last week I spoke at a national Biodiversity Conference to highlight some of the challenges of trying to manage Western Australia’s rapid population growth within an ecologically sensitive footprint. The South West […]
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West Real Estate – The West Australian Despite a sharp dip in the December quarter, recent data from UDIA WA has revealed 2020 was an unprecedented year for land sales in Western Australia. Sales almost doubled year on year, according to the UDIA WA Urban Development Index, with 10,035 new lots sold in 2020 compared […]
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THE RECENT UDIA PRESIDENTS’ SUMMIT PROVED BOTH INFORMATIVE AND USEFUL WITH DELEGATES AGREEING THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE AN OVERARCHING SET OF STANDARDS FOR ENGINEERING TO ENABLE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE. Of course these standards can be varied with the agreement of local government and the developer as there are […]
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