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Climate Active Program submission
Engineers Australia fully supports the scheme and endorses the intent of this consultation opportunity to increase the certification standards contained therein. We provide four recommendations for the program to consider.
Victoria State Infrastructure Strategy Update
In this submission, Engineers Australia provides feedback to Infrastructure Victoria in response to the State Infrastructure Strategy Update. Engineers Australia broadly supports the principles and objectives defined in the Strategy and has provided responses and advice.
Setting, tracking and achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets
Engineers Australia's response to the Climate Change Authority’s consultations on:
- Advice on emissions reduction targets for Australia’s next Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.
- Review of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (CFI Review).
- Review of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER Review).
The future of transport discussion paper
With contributions from future of transport working group members this paper discusses pathways to a sustainable, decarbonised transport network including looking at transport though a systems view and enabling greater collaboration for project planning and funding.
Developer Review Panel
Engineers Australia's submission to the Queensland Government in response to its discussion paper to examine the role of developers and their interface with the construction industry.
Engineers Australia's Budget submission 2023
Engineers Australia advocates for skills, nationally consistent registration, engineering led climate action, a reliable energy transition and support for innovation in the 2023 Federal Budget.
Enhancing Australia's migration program
Engineers Australia's response to questions posed by the Department of Home Affairs about Australia's migration program.
Inquiry into plastic pollution in Australia’s oceans and waterways
Engineers Australia welcomes the opportunity to submit a response into the Inquiry into plastic pollution in Australia’s oceans and waterways. Plastic pollution is of course more widespread than in aquatic ecosystems alone however it is in marine environments that the effect of plastic pollution is most widely observed.
Employment White Paper submission
Engineers Australia’s submission to the Employment White Paper focuses on three major concerns. First, the Federal Government needs to implement national consistency on registration schemes for engineers. Second, Australia is facing an acute shortage of critical engineering skills which needs to be addressed now. Third, we need to look into different business models for productivity in order to meet demand for the supply of engineers.
National data security action plan
Engineers Australia submission responding to the 15 explicit questions posed in the national data security action plan discussion paper produced by the Australian Government.
Women in engineering
Identifying avenues for increasing female participation in engineering, by understanding the motivators and barriers around entry and progression.
Engineering national resilience
Engineers Australia presents recommendations concerning the 2022 Federal Budget, focused on building sovereign capability, beating climate change and investing in people.
Planning Australia's 2022–23 skilled migration program
Automated Mass Transit
Engineers Australia's submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities.
Proposed changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation
Engineers Australia welcomes the NSW Government’s work in establishing a better regulatory model for building certification through the Government’s implementation of the findings from the Lambert Review, and from those recommendations the changes to the abovementioned regulations.
Federal budget
Engineers Australia's pre-budget submission for the 2017-18 federal budget.
Victorian Building Authority Code of Conduct Protocol
Engineers Australia welcomes the development of the protocol and we further welcome the direction that the VBA is taking insofar as establishing frameworks and guides that will be available to consumers of services provided by Registered Building Professionals.
Accreditation framework for competent building certifiers
Engineers Australia's comments on the draft ‘Accreditation Framework’ that would outline the process by which industry schemes are deemed to provide ‘competent practitioners’ in NSW for building certifiers.
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