Overlooking Melbourne’s skyline at night, I can see at least four high-rise buildings with digital media. They become vibrant and almost flash like diamonds. We see this on a global scale: buildings now seem to be the most incredible look. Buildings have unprecedented opportunities, and urban policies need to keep up with these developments. Buildings…
The Australian Infrastructure Department has called for metropolitan scale governance in Australia’s largest city. The new report of the Commonwealth Statutory Infrastructure Institutions aims to determine the prospects for Sydney and Melbourne over the next 25 years, and identifying integrated governance and leadership is key to success. The report identifies the role of state governments…
NAB’s online banking Ubank launches artificial intelligence mortgage assistant UBank launched a virtual assistant for home loans, providing users with 24-hour loan advisory services on websites and mobile applications through artificial intelligence technology. National Bank of Australia’s digital bank UBank and New Zealand technology company FaceMe launched the world’s first artificial intelligence assistant in the…
The interest rate hike helped Westpac’s profit in the last quarter exceed 2 billion yuan. Thanks to the expansion of the interest spread and the reduction in the cost of compensation, West Pacific earned more than 2 billion in the last three months of 2018, an increase of 6.8% over the previous quarter. The second-largest…
Melbourne needs more affordable housing close to public transport and services. In the past two years, the rough sleep time in Melbourne, Inner Mongolia has increased by 74%. This may be the most obvious result of the lack of affordable housing options. For families dependent on government aid, only 1% of advertising rental properties in…
If the energy market regulator can accept the federal government’s request to change the rules, then the late payment of late fees on the electricity bill will become a thing of the past. Energy Minister Angus Taylor has asked the Australian Energy Market Board to terminate the practice of charging high late fees if the…
The recent Ipsos poll showed that the Labour Party led the Morrison government at 51:49 after the two parties voted. The result of the previous Ipsos poll in December was that the Labour Party led by 54:46. The most recent poll was conducted last week from Tuesday to Friday, when politicians in Canberra debated a…
In 1980, the feminist journal sign published a visionary essay asking readers to imagine non sexist city. A then junior professor of urban planning at the University of California, Dolores Hayden, wrote the essay. Hayden argued that architects and urban planners worked off the implicit understanding that a woman belonged in the home. She believed…
The Federal Opposition has accused Liberal MP Tim Wilson of unethical behaviour and called on him to resign as the head of a parliamentary committee examining a contentious Labor policy. Key points: Tim Wilson has used a parliamentary committee to examine a Labor policy He has led town-hall style meetings seeking feedback on a plan…
Stunning new details have been revealed about the lawyer whose role as a Victoria Police informant sparked a royal commission, including that she was registered as an informant 10 years earlier than previously thought. Key points: The commission has been told the informant was first registered in 1995, not 2005 as previously understood The scope…