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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.

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.

Engineers Australia submission to the Senate Standing Committee for Environment and Communications inquiry. 

Engineers Australia believes that all engineering occupations that are currently on the SOL should be retained and this submission is prepared on that basis. The pro-forma on-line questionnaire unduly limits the interests of peak organisations like Engineers Australia in this regard.

Engineers Australia would like to thank the Victorian Government for their leadership in advancing registration of engineers in Australia. Engineering is one of the few professions in Australia without a national approach to registration to ensure the qualifications and experience of all practitioners, both national and international, is at the appropriate level for the engineering service delivered.

This paper outlines the views of Engineers Australia concerning flooding and the improvement of the flood resilience of Queensland communities to flooding, in response to the Auditor General’s report Flood resilience of river catchments. 

Engineers Australia strongly believes that infrastructure is the essential enabler of productivity growth and it is essential to preserve and improve our standards of living. It should be fit for purpose and the flow of these services should stay ahead of population and economic growth.

Engineers Australia has long called for the establishment of an independent body to advise government on critical infrastructure objectives to support long-term social, economic and environmental outcomes for our great state.

Engineers Australia believes transport planning should be closely integrated with land use planning otherwise governments will be constantly in remedial mode, and there should be better separation between transport within population nodes (or centres) and between population centres.

Engineers Australia's submission in response to the Energy Security Taskforce’s consultation paper of August 2016.

Engineers Australia's comments on the Queensland Government’s paper on ways to tackle climate change and transition to a low carbon future. 

Engineers Australia has examined the REF for the Proposed Newcastle Light Rail (NLR) and has concluded that the Proposal does not satisfy the key transport and urban design objectives for which it has been planned (the NTUPP), that it fails to deliver an integrated transport system and that alternatives are available which can meet these objectives and this integration.

This submission addresses matters relating to energy security policies and infrastructure investment and their management in Tasmania.

There are three key points Engineers Australia addresses in this submission – efficiencies in the process through whole of issues consideration, implementation of the provisions, and the National Engineering Register. 

Submission to Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand in relation to the review of the Australian Consumer Law. 

Engineers Australia's feedback on the Senior Officers Group report on strategies to address risks related to non-conforming building products.

Coastal and ocean engineering provide specialised knowledge needed to ensure safe and ecologically sustainable development of Australia’s nearshore zone, vital ports and harbours and valuable offshore resources. 

We believe that the purpose of infrastructure is to establish the basis for higher quality, sustainable and productive lives for all Australian. To fulfil this challenge infrastructure it must become more sustainable.