Local sales of sawn softwood products remained above 3 million m3 year-ended October for the third successive month, recording the ninth successive month of increases. Sales for the year to…

As the relative strength of the Australian economy continues to shine through, it looks increasingly like the thing that will matter most in post-pandemic recovery is employment. Not just w…

Exports of raw wood are often under the spotlight and even occasionally controversial. That situation continues, but from a previously unlikely perspective. As woodchip exports continue…

Annualised import volumes dipped almost across-the-board in September, as concerns continued to mount that strong growth in demand from the housing sector could place supply of sawn timbe…

September quarter building activity was at the lowest level in six years, contracting 1.9% as softness in approvals from 2018 and 2019 made itself felt, underscoring the long pipeline of bui…

The value of housing loans for purchase or construction of new dwellings lifted 6.8% in October 2020 compared with the prior month, totalling AUD5.135 billion. Perhaps the biggest news of al…

Residential dwelling approvals lifted 2.7% over the year-ended October 2020, with total annual approvals reaching 177,654 separate dwellings. Free-standing dwellings continue to domi…

Miraculous or not, as will be the case in many countries, the Australian economy will take considerable time to fully recover. Each economy will face headwinds of its own, though not necessar…