Current Media Launches & Campaigns

  Date   Company   Headline
 

3/07/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Australian Institute of Architects

 

Climate Change Green Manuals for Australian Home Owners

 

New home buyers in the future should receive a housing performance manual which will provide them with information to maximise the environmental management of their new home or renovation.

 

3/07/2008 

 

Kidsafe Victoria

 

Kidsafe Warns on Pram and Stroller Safety

 

Kidsafe today urged all parents buying prams and strollers to ensure they complied with new consumer legislation which came into force on 1 July 2008.

 

2/07/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Organ Transplantation Funding a Major Boost for Kidney Patients

 

Around 60% of all organ transplants carried out in Australia relate to the kidney. Kidney Health Australia today said the strategy and funding announcement by the Federal Government to improve organ donation would provide a major boost for Kidney Patients who are forced to wait an average of four to six years on dialysis for a transplant

 

30/06/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

De-Clutter Homes and Raise Funds for Kidney Disease

 

Does the thought of sorting through items or opening up that overstuffed closet overwhelm you? What do you do with these unwanted belongings? Gobuygosell and Kidney Health Australia has launched Australia's first national online Anti Clutter website to help Australians purge items that they no longer need or use and de-clutter their homes, offices and their lives.

 

30/06/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Start the new Financial Year with a Health Check Up

 

One third of all admissions to public hospitals - 2000 patients every day is due to dialysis and the amount of kidney patients is growing at 8.5%. Kidney Health Australia is urging people to start the new financial year with a personal health audit.

 

27/06/2008 

 

Sandhurst Club

 

EastLink Cuts Two Years off Suburb's Development Schedule

 

The completion of the golfing residential suburb Sandhurst has been shortened by two years following a revised construction program to cope with the opening of EastLink on the weekend.

 

24/06/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Back to Basics - Don't get a Huge Repair Bill with the Mortgage

 

With property clearance rates at an all time low, home buyers have been urged not to drop their guard on taking basic precautions when purchasing a home.

 

24/06/2008 

 

Federation Square Pty Ltd

 

Fed Square Targets Cold and Grumpy Melburnians

 

Fed Square, Melbourne's most visited precinct with over eight million visits a year and famous for its big screen and major public events, has launched its winter campaign focusing on its indoor facilities and services.

 

22/06/2008 

 

Kidsafe Victoria and Archicentre

 

Is Your Home Safe for the School Holidays?

 

Kidsafe and Archicentre are urging home owners throughout both metropolitan and country Victoria to conduct a safety audit on their homes for the upcoming school holidays.

 

22/06/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Housing Affordability - a Chronic Disease

 

Housing affordability in Australia is a major threat to Australian's health and should be re-defined as a Chronic Disease requiring a major coordinated response from Federal, State and Local Government, similar to that being mounted for Chronic Diseases in Australia.

 

22/06/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Running for Pierre

 

The spirit and memories of Pierre Gaspard who died in October 2007 after living with kidney disease, including two kidney transplants and more than a year on dialysis, was carried today by eleven runners in the Run Melbourne event this morning which started at Fed Square.

 

12/06/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Angels Recognised in Queensland Parliament

 

The Queensland Parliament will be filled with Angels today when Kidney Health Australia releases its 2008 Operation Angel Awards to honour people and organisations who have made a significant contribution to helping people with Chronic Kidney Disease.

 

11/06/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Rudd Government Should Do A Toyota Camry on Solar Panels

 

The Federal Government should undertake a war effort on the introduction of solar panels and establish a national manufacturing industry to mass produce solar panels in Australia.

 

5/06/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Angels Honoured in New South Wales

 

The New South Wales Health Minister, Reba Meagher, will be surrounded by Angels tonight at the Sydney Cricket Ground when she officially presents Kidney Health Australia's Operation Angel Awards.

 

5/06/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

Gould Recognises Australian Firefighters over Bird Habitat Protection on World Environment Day

 

Firefighters throughout Australia will be honoured today for their protection of hundreds of millions of hectares of Australia's native bird habitats over the past century at a special ceremony at Federation Square Melbourne for World Environment Day.

 

1/06/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Victorian Government Launches Free Fire Safety Program for Older Victorians

 

The recent fire related deaths of elderly Victorians has prompted a fire safety awareness initiative for older Victorians to be launched by the Minister for Housing, Richard Wynne, in Melbourne today as part of the State Fire Services annual Winter Fire Safety Campaign. The Minister will be joined by Maria Doria, aged 79 of Altona, who suffered third-degree burns to 20% of her body when she knocked over a candle in her home and her clothes caught fire. Mrs Doria will speak of her ordeal to help promote fire safety in the home.

 

30/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Smoking can Triple the Risk of Kidney Disease

 

Kidney Health Australia today said smoking triples the risk of Kidney Disease. Kidney Health Australia Medical Director, Dr Tim Mathew speaking on the eve of World NO Tobacco Day, said the simplest, most important lifestyle habit to change to reduce the risk of kidney disease is to stop smoking.

 

30/05/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

Gould Recognises Australian Firefighters for 100 years of Bird Habitat Protection

 

Volunteer firefighters throughout Australia will be honoured for their work to protect hundreds of millions of hectares of Australia's native bird habitats over the past century on World Environment Day Thursday 5 June 2008.

 

28/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Week Launched with Angels in Tasmanian Parliament

 

The Deputy Premier and Tasmanian Minister for Health and Human Services, Lara Giddings, will be surrounded by Angels at Parliament House this afternoon when she officially launches Kidney Health Week which focuses on detection, prevention and management of kidney disease to lower the number of dialysis patients.

 

28/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Week Launched with Angels in Victorian Parliament

 

The Victorian Minister for Health, Daniel Andrews, will be surrounded by Angels at Parliament House this morning when he officially launches Kidney Health Week which focuses on detection, prevention and management of kidney disease to lower the number of dialysis patients.

 

26/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Angels Recognized in Fight Against Kidney Disease

 

Barbara Harvie, a renal nurse working at Canberra Hospital who has made a significant contribution for indigenous health, nursing education programs and resources, and Sheila Perryman a kidney patient who for forty six years has managed to avoid dialysis through diet and lifestyle changes, will both become part of Kidney Health Australia's Operation Angel Program.

 

26/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Week Launched with Angels in Perth

 

The Western Australian Minister for Health, the Hon. Jim McGinty will be surrounded by Angels this evening when he officially launches Kidney Health Week which focuses on detection, prevention and management of kidney disease to lower the number of dialysis patients.

 

26/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia Targets Dialysis Blow Out With Prevention Strategy

 

Over 2000 Australians every day are admitted to hospital with kidney disease. One third of all admissions to public hospitals - 2000 patients every day, is due to dialysis. The amount of kidney patients is growing at 8.5%.

 

24/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Sky Rocketing Petrol Prices Threaten Kidney Dialysis Patients in Regional and Country Areas

 

Kidney Health Australia at the beginning of Kidney Health Week today called for a review of the petrol safety net for Australia's dialysis patients who need to travel to hospitals up to three days a week to stay alive.

 

23/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia to Rock Western Australia

 

Kidney Health Week, which commences tomorrow, will see the debut of a new unique rock band KHAOS - Kidney Health Australia On Stage. Every member of the unique band has a connection to kidney health and includes doctors, transplant recipients, dialysis patients and Kidney Health Australia staff.

 

23/05/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Online Auctions and Drive By Valuations On A Par - Buyer Beware

 

Online auctions and drive buy valuations have one thing in common, they ultimately can leave buyers at severe financial and legal risk if they have not had the property professionally checked for faults.

 

22/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Billy Kidney Starts the Race for Healthy Kidneys

 

Kidney Health Australia is using Kidney Health Week 2008 to promote kidney health awareness to schools with a program aimed at alerting people to the amazing role their kidneys play and by also promoting water as nature's choice of drink.

 

20/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Harley Davidson's Roar of Support for Tasmanian Hospital Renal Units

 

A roar of support from over two hundred finely tuned and gleaming motor bikes including the famous Harley Davidson machines that were part of the third annual Kidney Fundraising Bike Ride on February 23rd has raised thousands of dollars for Kidney Disease in Tasmania.

 

20/05/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Vendors Pay for Home Certification in Hunt for Buyers

 

With the property market changing from a sellers market to a buyers market, some vendors are starting to market their properties with structural and termite guarantees.

 

16/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia to Attack Binge Drinking

 

Kidney Health Australia today said binge drinking needed to be attacked at an early stage and will begin promoting the importance of drinking water "NATURE'S CHOICE" to quench thirst to schools.

 

15/05/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Archicentre Warns of Bogus Rip Off Tradesmen

 

Archicentre today has issued a warning over bogus tradesman ripping off older persons in the south eastern suburbs saying that older citizens and pensioners can get a free inspection of the home from Archicentre as part of the Victorian Home Services program funded by the Victorian Government through the Department of Human Services.

 

15/05/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Petrol Prices Add Fire to Reform Local Government Planning Systems

 

Sky rocketing petrol prices will fuel action on confused local government planning systems and processes throughout Australia, which in some cases is adding up to $10,000 to $15,000 per dwelling for no reason, and need to be urgently overhauled by State Governments, according to Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

 

13/05/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

Gould Launches Nestbox Book to Protect Birds as Australia's Backyards Disappear

 

Millions of tree hollows - vital homes for many of our native bird and mammal species - have been lost through land clearing and habitat destruction as Australia's backyards disappear.

 

13/05/2008 

 

Astral Pool Australia

 

New Generation Prefabricated Swimming Pools Cut Council Costs

 

They take three to four weeks to build, are 20% to 30% cheaper than traditional swimming pools, can save hundreds of thousands of dollars on maintenance costs, and can help councils avoid major public uproar and community distress of forced public swimming pool closures because of leaks.

 

12/05/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Zone Homes

 

Many homes in the future will be designed to accommodate two completely separate living areas which will allow people to build a home and rent part of it as a way of funding the great Australian Dream.

 

12/05/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

World's First Online Climate Change Education Program Goes Live on Budget Eve

 

The Prime Minster Kevin Rudd, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Climate Change Penny Wong and the Leader of the Opposition Brendan Nelson are among the first people to be briefed about the World's first online climate change education program which has been created in Australia.

 

8/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Local Hospitals Play Key Role in Kidney Patients Survival

 

Kidney Health Australia today said Chronic Kidney Disease was responsible for the highest number of hospital visits to public hospitals in Australia.

 

6/05/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Housing Minister Launches Archicentre Joint Venture in Malaysia

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) is set to expand its operations into Malaysia.

 

5/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia Says No To Kidney Trading

 

Kidney Health Australia has rejected any moves to buy and sell kidneys in Australia

 

2/05/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia Back Alcohol Labelling

 

Kidney Health Australia has today backed moves by the Western Australian Government to implement warning labeling on Alcohol.

 

1/05/2008 

 

Archicentre and Kidsafe Victoria

 

Call for Pool Gate Week

 

The rising drowning toll of toddlers, which is forecast to increase by 20% in a new report by the Royal Life Saving Society, has prompted a call for a special week in Australia's calendar to promote Backyard Swimming Pool Safety.

 

29/04/2008 

 

Fed Square Pty Ltd

 

Sculptural Installation Inspired by the International Year of the Potato Launched at Fed Square

 

The humble spud will take centre stage today at Fed Square with the official launch, by the Victorian Minister for Agriculture Joe Helper, of a large scale sculptural installation titled 'The Potato' inspired by the United Nations' International Year of the Potato.

 

24/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Kurnell Tunnelling Dispute Puts Focus on Dilapidation Reports for Sydney Home Owners

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects says the current dispute between home owners and builders of the Kurnell Desalination Plant over vibrations during construction will put a focus on the need for dilapidation reports to protect home owners.

 

23/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Federal Government 2020 Challenge to Reform Tax on Housing

 

The reality is that housing affordability is being taxed out of existence for this and the next generation by Governments with taxes and charges increasing by 40% since the introduction of the GST.

 

22/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Give Your Mum a Free Home Safety Check and Some Flowers - Mother's Day Sunday 11 May 2008

 

A FREE home safety check aimed at protecting senior Victorians in their own homes has been described as a life saving Mother's Day Gift which could prevent serious injury.

 

21/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Climate Change Risk in Building and Planning

 

The Federal Minister for Climate Change Penny Wong should be implementing a coordinated approach to Australia's building and planning legislation which includes the research and risk assessment of the Australian Insurance Industry.

 

16/04/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

Gould Calls the Community to Action Over Australia's Native Birds

 

Gould, formerly the Gould League Australia's oldest environmental education organisation, has turned to the internet to launch a national campaign to protect Australia's native birds against the impact of climate change.

 

15/04/2008 

 

Spowers Architects

 

Williamstown High School Design Wins National 2008 Environmental Design Award

 

The newly built Williamstown High School, designed by Melbourne based Architects, Spowers, has taken off a third major award in the past six months. On Saturday night in Sydney, Spowers were awarded the 2008 Environmentally Sustainable Design Award for the design of Williamstown High School at the National Interior Design Awards.

 

14/04/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Community Seeks Information on 'Silent Killer'

 

Kidney Health Australia today said a 20% increase in the calls to the National Kidney Health Information Service (KHIS) 1800 helpline is due to increased public awareness of kidney disease known as the 'silent killer'. People can lose up to 90% of their kidney function and not even know it.

 

13/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Home Buyers Warned on Termites

 

Home buyers have been warned that termites can be just as fatal as rising interest rates, with termites biting much quicker and more severely. The warning comes after finding a home, recently purchased without an inspection for over $500,000 in Wandin Victoria, having close to an estimated $100,000 worth of termite damage.

 

10/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Free Senior's Housing Safety Check for Dangerous Suburbs

 

With 7 out of 10 houses in the suburb of Glen Waverley having a trip and slip fault, Archicentre has implemented a community awareness campaign about the availability of FREE safety Housing Checks for seniors to prevent serious injury and death.

 

9/04/2008 

 

Unity Foundation

 

Homelessness Youth

 

The number of homeless teenagers aged 12 to 18 has doubled to 22,000 in the last two decades, according to the National Youth Commission's (NYC) Australia's Homeless Youth report released yesterday.

 

8/04/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

Gould Launches Search for Past Members to Protect Native Birds

 

Gould, formerly the Gould League, has turned to the internet to launch a national campaign to re-connect with the millions of Australians who signed the famous Gould League Bird Pledge to protect Australia's native birds.

 

7/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Renovators Rate Kitchens and Bathrooms as Top Priorities

 

Kitchens and bathrooms have been rated as the top priorities by renovators in a survey conducted by Archicentre, the building advisory service for the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

 

3/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Planning and Building Practices Increase Termite Risk

 

The move by governments to increase housing densities and the failure of many builders to clean up their building site is increasing the risk of termite attacks in Australia.

 

2/04/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

High Winds puts focus on Leaky Roofs

 

Melbourne home owners have been urged to be aware of any damage caused to their roofs today by high winds and storms by Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

 

28/03/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Supermarkets the Next Apartment Boom

 

The hundreds of single storey supermarkets that are dotted throughout Australia's suburbs with large car parks could become the next target for Australia's apartment developments.

 

27/03/2008 

 

Fed Square Pty Ltd

 

Fed Square Centre Stage for Australia's Earth Hour

 

Fed Square will be centre stage as the only Melbourne live site for Australia's Earth Hour on Saturday 29 March 2008 when the community will demonstrate concern for the environment and climate change with a one hour switch off of lights on city buildings and landmarks.

 

25/03/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

Australia's Disappearing Backyards Puts Pressure on Bird Life

 

The disappearance and downsizing of Australia's backyard in major capital cities is placing increased pressure of Australia's native birdlife.

 

13/03/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

AFL Star and Geelong Cats Kick a Goal on World Kidney Day

 

Kidney Health Australia will use the celebration of World Kidney Day to recognise young Geelong Cats star Tom Lonergan for his outstanding display of courage and inspiration to all patients suffering with Chronic Kidney Disease.

 

18/03/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia Backs Brumby Government on Chronic Disease

 

Kidney Health Australia has urged all State Governments to follow Victoria's preventative health strategy and screen workers for chronic disease.

 

13/03/0008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Interest Rates Hits DIY Super Fund Commercial Property Investors

 

The interest rate pain that is placing hundreds of thousands of Australian home owners under mortgage stress is also hitting many people investing in small commercial properties through their superannuation funds.

 

12/03/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Gift of Life Cost Donor $6000

 

Joe Ryan from Newcastle, who recently donated his kidney to his brother saving the community some $70,000 a year dialysis cost, said the Gift of Life had left him $6,000 out of pocket. Mr. Ryan said he was speaking out over the matter in the lead up to World Kidney Day to bring the issue to the notice of politicians and health bureaucrats who have seemed to park the issue in a no action zone.

 

11/03/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Archicentre Expands Operation with Building Service

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, after twenty six years of providing home inspections and design reports, has introduced a new service to cut the cost of time and frustration of home owners wanting to carry out small to medium sized renovations.

 

11/03/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia Backs Rudd on Binge Drinking

 

Kidney Health Australia has backed the Federal Government's push on binge drinking saying it is a major attack on future health problems especially chronic disease.

 

10/03/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Political Parties Urged to Keep Their Kidneys Healthy

 

Every day our Federal Parliament sits our elected representatives process 45,200 litres of blood. Kidney Health Australia is using the upcoming World Kidney Day this Thursday to urge politicians to keep their Kidneys healthy and be aware of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) known as the 'silent killer'.

 

7/03/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

YouTube Could Save Lives

 

Only 5% of the people knew where their kidneys are and what they do. Kidney Health Australia has turned to the website YouTube to increase awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease in Australia as part of its World Kidney Day schools' program.

 

3/03/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Deadly Decks and Balconies Warning

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects has issued a deadly warning on the state of Australia's balconies and decks following another collapse injuring twelve people at Hurstbridge in the north of Melbourne on Saturday night.

 

3/03/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Pre-Purchase Home Inspections Plunge by 28%

 

Archicentre, Australia's largest provider of pre-purchase home inspections and design services today said its 2008 February bookings were 28% down on the same period last year and 10% down on January 2007 figures.

 

1/03/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Chronic Disease Threatens Health Budgets

 

Australia's health system needs to provide a framework of investigation for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the high risk category of patients to stem the rapid growth of Chronic Kidney Disease patients being placed on dialysis.

 

28/02/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Housing Faults Can Become Mortgage Busters

 

Home buyers flying blind on housing faults could find the unexpected and unbudgeted costs could ultimately become a mortgage buster, Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects said today.

 

28/02/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Amazing Kidneys Go To School

 

Kidney Health Australia will use World Kidney Day on 13 March 2008 to launch a national awareness campaign on the importance of Kidney Health to children and their parents with a strong focus on choosing water nature's choice as their drink of preference. The campaign to be spearheaded by 'Billy the Kidney' and using the theme Amazing Kidneys will promote the key message that every day adults kidneys filter 200 litres of blood - a remarkable feat for two small organs the size of our fists which every year process 73,000 litres of blood.

 

25/02/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

500 Million Have Some Form of Kidney Damage

 

Only 2% of the people diagnosed with kidney disease knew they had it. One of the world's leading authorities on Kidney Disease visiting Australia for a series of lectures and discussions on Chronic Kidney Disease in the lead up to World Kidney Day said more than 500 million people worldwide - or about one adult in ten - have some form of kidney damage.

 

24/02/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Ten Star Rating Success Depends on Education and Behaviour Change

 

New home buyers in the future should receive a housing performance manual which will provide them with information to maximise the environmental management of their new home. Commenting on the Federal Government's move to introduce ten star environmental labelling on all housing appliances such as air conditioners, washing machines and plasma screens, Robert Caulfield Managing Director of Archicentre said, "the success of any code will largely depend on behavioural change by Australian home owners.

 

22/02/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Active Gardening Boosts Home Safety for Older Victorians

 

Archicentre have again combined with the Nursery & Garden Industry Victoria to provide all home-owners having the free Home Safety Inspection with a bonus $25.00 garden voucher.

 

21/02/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Garrett Should Extend Ten Star Rating to National Building Code and Government Housing Policy

 

The positive move by the Federal Government to upgrade home appliance ratings to ten star should be extended to rapidly develop a national ten star building code to meet Australia's Climate Change targets in the future, Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects said today.

 

15/02/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Survey Shows Deadly Slip and Trip Hazards Common in Homes of Elderly

 

Archicentre today said thousands of elderly people were living with dangerous slip and trip hazards, which could be fatal or result in serious injury to them. The survey looked at some 37,000 homes of older Victorians, of which 26% of all homes inspected had slip and trip hazards. This represents an increase of 4% on the last survey done in 2004.

 

14/02/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Health Australia Welcomes Rudd Commitment on Indigenous Health

 

Kidney Health Australia today welcomed the commitment by the Federal Government to tackle the health issues facing Indigenous Australians with a concerted effort to close the seventeen year life expectancy gap between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the community.

 

12/02/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

World Kidney Expert to Visit Roxby Downs

 

One of the world's leading experts on kidney disease will visit Roxby Downs later this month to observe Australia's first national screening program for chronic kidney disease.

 

8/02/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Kidney Disease could Increase Risk of Blindness Threefold

 

Kidney Health Australia today said a major Australian study just published has identified for the first time a significant relationship between early age- related macular degeneration of the eye and early Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

 

5/02/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Housing Faults Add Pressure to Mortgage Payments

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects today said home buyers mortgage stress can be increased considerably by purchasing faulty properties.

 

4/02/2008 

 

Gould Group

 

Climate Change Fight will be Won Online and with Education of the Next Generation

 

Australia's oldest environmental education group Gould has used the return of students to school to urge Australian Governments and Industry to urgently introduce a national and consistent Climate Change education program in Australia.

 

4/02/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Call for National Monitoring of Land Costs by Federal Government and ACCC

 

The threat of up to 300,000 Australians set to lose their homes through interest rate rises* has been described as a national tragedy which could take some people a lifetime to get over. *Source: JP Morgan and Fujitsu Consulting. Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects today said the Federal Government which has implemented an enquiry and monitoring system into grocery prices should do the same for land pricing in Australia.

 

30/01/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Home Buyers and Renovators Divided Over Interest Rate Impact

 

Home buyers and renovators are almost evenly divided over the impact of interest rate rises on buying a home or proceeding with renovations, according to Archicentre, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects building advisory service.

 

25/01/2008 

 

Fed Square Pty Ltd

 

Fed Square Changes its Face

 

Fed Square, one of Australia's most talked about architectural icons is changing its face. Melbourne's most popular location has been transformed with a large scale installation of portrait photos from a new book All of Us by Melbourne based photographer and writer Michel Lawrence.

 

25/01/2008 

 

Sanctuary Lakes Resort

 

Sanctuary Lakes Set To Showcase Australian Golf

 

Hundreds of hours of preparation and planning will come to fruition next week when Sanctuary Lakes Resort hosts the 2008 nab Victorian PGA Championship.

 

22/01/2008 

 

Kidney Health Australia

 

Warning on Web Health Information

 

When you go onto the web to look for medical information make sure you get proper professional advice from your GP or specialist to avoid unproven health information.

 

18/01/2008 

 

Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

 

Renovation Cost Guide Targets Outrageous Quotes

 

Outrageous quotes on renovations that can vary by up to 70%, have been targeted by Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.