New report: More Houses Sooner

An in-depth study to project the total dwellings required by 2034. The report indicates that Australia needs to deliver approximately 2.48 million new dwellings to keep pace with population growth and address historic unmet demand.
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Building safely with timber in bushfire zones – Australia, California & beyond (Ep. 36)

Our latest WoodChat episode focuses on one of the most pressing and devastating challenges faced by communities around the world, bushfires. At the time of recording, in January 2025, the catastrophic bushfires raging across Los Angeles have been dominating global headl…

Indufor Report Victoria’s Future Wood Fibre Industry Roadmap to 2050
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The Victoria’s Future Wood Fibre Industry Roadmap to 2050 report, developed…

FWPA Report more houses sooner - AUSTRALIAN HOUSING DEMAND AND TIMBER USE SCENARIOS TO 2034
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Understanding Australia’s Housing Challenge & Opportunities f…

FWPA Podcast WoodChat Building safely with timber in bushfire zones Ep 36
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Our latest WoodChat episode focuses on one of the most pressing and devastati…

Feeding Trees Essential Nutrition for Long-Term Forest Productivity
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The latest episode of FWPA’s WoodChat podcast, featuring researcher John Mc…

Transforming the forest & Wood products Industry

FWPA is a not-for-profit industry services company – sometimes referred to as an RDC (Rural Research and Development Corporation) – funded by the Federal Government, member levies and research grants. 

We collaborate with government and industry stakeholders to determine strategy, invest in effective and relevant R&D and deliver programs designed to grow the market for forest and wood products, increase productivity and profitability across the value chain and ensure positive environmental and social outcomes.

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Ian Blanden starts his role as FWPA's Head of RD&E
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Take a moment to get to know our new Head of Research, Development & Extens…

Tariffs in Context Australia’s wood and wood products trade with USA
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An update from FWPA’s Statistics and Economics Program. In 2024, Australiaâ…

Local Sawn Softwood Sales Volume
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Note: More recent and granular data is available through the FWPA Data Dashbo…

Forecast of RBA cash rate & key economic indicators
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An update from the desk of FWPA’s Statistics and Economics Program Man…

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FWPA Welcomes Ian Blanden as New Head of RD&E

Take a moment to get to know our new Head of Research, Development & Extension (RD&E), Ian Blanden, as he starts with FWPA this week. With a career spanning over 30 years in executive roles within the forest & wood products industry in both Australia and abroad, Ia…

FWPA RD&E Investments

We invite applications for funding of RD&E that helps advance research to benefit the commercial forest growing sector in Australia, support growth of the market for forest and wood products or increasing productivity and profitability across the value chain.

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Standards

FWPA’s Codes & Standards program aims to increase the use of wood-based products through the development and/or maintenance of key standards, codes and handbooks that are developed through a consensus-based process.

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Industry Data

The Statistics and Economics Program at FWPA provides reliable industry data to support stakeholder decision making and business planning.

Our public data portal serves as a dynamic hub, granting direct access to an extensive repository of both international and domestic data, all of which is publicly available.Â