It sounds as music to ears that most Australian municipal councils are listening to public grievances with keenness. There has always been a communication gap between the authorities and the general people, victimizing the latter. Now, thanks to mobile technology and latest app, it should become easier to report problems to local councils, as we find out in this article.
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Will Door Knobs Soon Be Outlawed?
Let me introduce a coinage first- “as manipulative as a lever”. This is to replace the untimely death of the phrase “as dumb as a doorknob”.
You ask why? If a Vancouver legislation has its way, the city will see no more round door knobs in its private and public buildings. In a move towards a more handicapped-friendly world, they are likely to be substituted by levers at doors and faucets. Howard Koplowitz for the website International Business Times sheds light on the subject.
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How I Got Council Approval For A Home Design That Had Been Rejected Originally
As a building designer I know that council approval can be challenging to get and you must know the council guidelines well. It however does not mean that they cannot see through logic. Councils are the first ones to oblige if you have a convincing line of reasoning. The same happened in the case of a home I worked on recently.
Here I aim to narrate my experience and how I got the council to approve a home design that they had originally rejected.
New Swimming Pool Regulations for Pool Owners in NSW
The Australian government has imposed new and stricter swimming pool regulations to pool owners. Each year 60 children are admitted to hospital following near-drowning accidents in NSW. These new regulations have been put in place with the goal is to decrease the rate of accidents and ideally eliminate them completely.