Useful links:

Property Reports
http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/content/addressSearch

Victorian Building Authority
www.vba.vic.gov.au

Australian Building Codes Board
www.abcb.gov.au

Sustainability Victoria
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au

Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Victoria)
www.mfb.vic.gov.au

Country Fire Authority (Victoria)
www.cfa.vic.gov.au

Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
www.aibs.com.au

Standard Australia
www.standards.org.au

Appointing a building surveyor
http://www.vba.vic.gov.au/consumers/building-for-consumers/building-surveyor

Building and planning permits
http://www.vba.vic.gov.au/consumers/permits/building-and-planning-permitss