Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second most populous state Victoria pledged on Tuesday to spend A$600 million ($422 million) ...

Buildings around Australia, marked as “high risk” of deadly cladding fires, have been kept secret on government registers while little is done. The buildings around Australia, marked as “high risk” ...

State and federal governments in Australia have reacted to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London with calls for urgent safety checks into the use of non-fire resistant aluminium composite panel ...

The Australian state of Victoria is pioneering a model aimed at assessing and removing combustible cladding on buildings after setting up the world’s first major public body dedicated to cladding ...

In the aftermath of the June 14 Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London, Australian federal and state governments scrambled to cover up their inaction and culpability over the widespread use of ...