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Australia’s residential dwelling approvals declined below 200,000 units per annum for the first time in three years, over the year-ended March 2019. Approvals fell 13.2% compared to the pr…
Australia’s residential dwelling approvals declined below 200,000 units per annum for the first time in three years, over the year-ended March 2019. Approvals fell 13.2% compared to the pr…
In his strongest signal of his still early leadership of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Governor Philip Lowe looks set to move interest rates to a new record low at the Bank’s June Board meeting…
Timber Construction and Building Height Planning Controls – The unintended consequences of the Planning System. For the property development industry, the benefits of using timber build…
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) invites industry members to attend launch events across the country for The Ultimate Renewable™ – a new brand that aims to build social licence for o…
Engineering students from across Australia have been benefiting from exposure to the most upto-the-minute technical developments and innovations in timber construction from across the…
Latest data shows that New Zealand’s total harvest remains at near record levels, while somewhat counter-intuitively, Sawnwood production has slumped. In 2018, the reported total harves…
Always a little suspect, China’s economic growth was reported at 6.4%, year-on-year in the March quarter of 2019. Growth was above expectations and was driven by a solid increase in industri…
Modest though it may be, the 0.8% rise in Retail Sales recorded in February 2019 is very welcome news for a sector that has been under serious pressure for much of the last few years. Whether the r…