Australia’s exports of softwood logs have eased over the last year, but remain close to their historic peaks. In particular, exports of Pine logs 15 cm diameter were 1.1% higher at 2.601 milli…

Australia’s retail sales rose 0.3% in March 2019, ahead of expectations that averaged 0.2%. However, the underlying data – the volume of sales – were down 0.1% in the March quarter. Significa…

Australia’s unemployment rate moved up to 5.2% in April 2019, as the number of people seeking employment rose to 703,900, the highest level in 9 months. As a result of the increased participat…

The value of Australia’s imports of sawn softwood products was 10.6% higher over the year-ended march 2019, compared to the prior year. Total value remained just above AUD451.3 million, but…

ABARES quarterly forecasts show that the main locally produced structural softwood grades exceeded forecasts for the March quarter, with the Treated Structural grade 2.8% higher than the…

Carefully watched housing finance data offers some mixed messages from the outlook perspective at the moment, with first home-buyer lending continuing to grow, the value of investor loans…

Having ridden the wave of the mineral’s sector construction boom, the Western Australia housing market contracted sharply from late 2014 and has fallen lower and lower for almost five years…