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Info and sites that help with building a sustainable and green home in Australia and useful government agencies to be aware of. Also advice on dealing with architects and builders.

When did the national leaders figure out it was probably a leak from a Chinese bioweapon laboratory?

UN officials, British and US politicians are urging Aussies to take Australia's alleged ongoing climate devastation more seriously.

The Humelink transmission line does not connect a single large city. Just another hidden renewable subsidy. Boy O boy, that bill blew out fast: Households could be up for $2b electricity transmission cost blowout Peter Hannan,...

… It’s a new horror to scare the kiddies: Animals ‘shape-shifting’ as climate warms: study Paris: Some animals are “shape-shifting” and have developed bigger tails, beaks and ears to regulate their body...

Nestled in the forests of Australia's Blue Mountains, Anderson Architecture's Off Grid House is an experimental dwelling that pushes the limits of sustainable living in remote regions.[...]

For people wondering when this pandemic will end, the fastest way out is with drugs we already have, but they are too cheap. Luckily Big Pharma is here to save the day. Who knows when an extra methyl group, or a hydroxy add-on...

Google searches in Australia for “ivermectin”. Word about Ivermectin is spreading in Australia, so much so that our Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly, and “news” outlets felt the need to fire shots...

Tony Thomas has been reading academic papers so you don’t have to. Dr Blanche Verlie at the Uni of Sydney explores “the affective geographies of eco-anxiety” and seems to help create victims to study at...

Major coal generators say the proposal will achieve this aim. But renewables operators and others oppose the plan, saying it will pay coal plants for simply existing and delay the clean energy transition.

In Australia, the subsidy bandaids are piling up. … We subsidized weather-controlling generators in the hope that our electrical infrastructure could not only provide electricity but would also stop storms, floods and...

Most of Australia is living with freedom, not the virus. “Living with the virus” means long lockdowns in NSW. Who wants that? The Australian Federal government wants to “open up the nation” when we...

Armed with a thoughtful combination of natural light, garden outlooks and angled design, this copper-clad townhouse in Australia manages to achieve compact, multi-level living with a deep sense of privacy — despite...

PS: From Jo. Rafe Champion has been posting at the lost Catallaxy site for years so I offered him a home to try to fill the vacuum on Australian blogs for discussion on energy issues. The dilemma Australia faces is that if...

The Energy Security Board, chaired by Kerry Schott, has at last delivered a report to the Federal Government with proposals for market reforms to resolve a looming crisis in the national power supply or at least the NEM,...

Floods are devastating. They rip asunder communities, wipe out neighborhoods, force the evacuation of thousands of people every year, and recovering them can take years — assuming recovery is possible at all. The U.S. government...