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Home battery installations surge to record highs as households chase energy independence
Australian households installed almost as many home batteries in the six months to the end of 2025 as they did in the previous five years combined, ... -
Construction safety improves, but AIHS warns industry must not lose focus
Australian construction workers are returning to safer sites, according to new work-related fatality data from Safe Work Australia, but industry leaders are being warned that progress ... -
Three key directions in decorative lighting
The bora.herke.palmisano style agency has developed three lighting trends through global research into materials, colours and product innovation ahead of Light + Building, a global trade ... -
EA Technology backs Solar Sharer Scheme but warns local network conditions will determine success
EA Technology has backed the Federal Government’s proposed Solar Sharer Scheme, saying its success will depend on how well it reflects local low-voltage network conditions as ... -
UNSW researchers develop self-healing silicon solar cells
Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW) have developed a monitoring method that reveals how ultraviolet (UV) radiation damages silicon solar cells and ... -
Queensland builder says migration delays are worsening the construction skills shortage
A Queensland construction company has warned that Australia’s migration system is making it too difficult to bring in skilled tradespeople at a time when the housing ... -
Energy Safe Victoria warns complacency is driving lithium-ion battery fires as new year routines set in
Safety experts are warning that complacency, rather than a lack of awareness, is increasingly behind lithium-ion battery fires in Victorian homes, as familiar charging habits lead ... -
UNSW researchers achieve world-record efficiency for emerging antimony chalcogenide solar cells
Photovoltaic researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have achieved the highest independently verified efficiency ever recorded for solar cells made from antimony chalcogenide, ... -
Standards Australia backs prison welding program to address national skills shortage
Standards Australia has partnered with Weld Australia and Corrections Victoria to help address Australia’s welding skills shortage by supporting vocational training for people in prison. The ... -
EV sales surge 38% in 2025 as December sets record market share
The Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) has released its annual new-car sales data showing record growth in EV uptake across Australia in 2025, including a 38% increase ...
