REAL ESTATE – NEW SOUTH WALES

NSW bans high-content PE cladding over fire risk

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Original article by Michael Bleby
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 14-Aug-18

The New South Wales Government has cracked down on the use of combustible cladding materials in the construction industry. The use of aluminium panels with a core of more than 30 per cent polyethylene will be banned outright, with the regulation to apply to both new and existing buildings. Building certifier David Blackett has expressed reservations about the government’s decision to give local councils responsibility for the risk assessment process.

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NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF COMMERCE. OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING, VICTORIA. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND, WATER AND PLANNING

Doctors warn against selling hospital land

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Original article by Harriet Alexander
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 10 : 3-Dec-14

Doctors at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital are calling on New South Wales (NSW) Health Minister Jillian Skinner to honour a previously made promise not to divest part of the institution’s grounds. The real estate may generate a gain of $A97m for the NSW Government, but according to the medical practitioners will leave the facility unable to cope with growing demand as the population increases. Medical Staff Council representative Bruce Cooper notes that the hospital will exceed its current capacity in between three and four decades

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ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL, NEW SOUTH WALES. MINISTRY OF HEALTH