There are well-understood ways to minimize the risk of fire spreading through housing – if only developers, homeowners and officials took heed.
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New South Wales is the only state that has made meaningful progress on legislation and enforcement of standards capable of creating a sustainable built environment.
The idea of a hot and sunny land is so baked into our thinking about Australia that we’ve failed to design and build houses that protect us from the cold.
There are physical, cultural and legal reasons why fire prevention measures didn’t avert the tragedy at the Grenfell Tower – and other buildings are still at risk.
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Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Lecturer In Construction, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Construction Technology, The University of Melbourne
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Academic Coordinator, California Institute for Water Resources, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor in Property, The University of Melbourne
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Associate Professor in Architecture, University of South Australia
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Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western University
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, The University of Melbourne
