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June 2014

June 9, 2014

The NBN and Strata Buildings

Considerable confusion remains about what is going to happen and when and this is not assisted by some of the announcements made in relation to the NBN.

Some support the NBN, on the basis that it is a government business enterprise and more likely to provide an equitable solution for all users than a commercial enterprise. Others remain sceptical about the NBN and are considering other options. There is doubt about how metropolitan connections can be priced equitably if there is significant leakage to the mobile and TPG fibre networks.

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June 9, 2014

Melbourne city apartments have lightbulb moment

The City of Melbourne is offering owners’ corporations of city residential buildings up to $3000 to swap to low-energy lightbulbs and install solar panels as part of efforts to reduce carbon emissions and make the Victorian capital carbon-neutral by 2020.

The subsidy scheme aims to speed up adoption of the national Smart Blocks program that has to date seen 63 of the city’s 1262 residential apartment buildings replace halogen lights with lower-emitting LED lights and install solar generation in the common areas of their buildings.

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