Australia is no stranger to earthquakes, yet our planning polices have not adapted | Architecture & Design

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The earthquake even prompted building evacuations in Newcastle, NSW, the scene of Australia�s most damaging earthquake on record in 1989. That quake, which had a magnitude of 5.6 and an epicentre roughly 15km southwest of the Newcastle CBD, killed 13 peop

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29 Sep 2021 • 5m read • View Author

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