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Mid-level managers will have a new opportunity to develop their leadership skills next year, when FWPA launches a new regional leadership training pilot program designed to help create fut…
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Behavioural economist, Professor Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for economics. Famous for the ‘Nudge’ concept in economics, Thaler was awarded the…
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Total sales of domestically produced sawn softwood rose 1.1% for the year-ended September 2017, reaching 3,134,400 m3. Although increases were widespread, and for some grades were higher…
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Foreign flat-pack imports make up approximately 15% of the total household joinery fitted in Australia each year, according to a new study commissioned by Forest and Wood Products Australi…
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Except when it was each of us seeking a first home, it has never been tougher to get your first home, even though the interest rate conditions have never been better. There was a loud cheer in most…
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After mounting something of a recovery in early 2017, retail sales crashed in August, falling 0.6% for the month, compounded by a revision to the July number falling 0.2%. The dead cat of retai…
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Wages growth is too slow, around the world, including in Australia. The impact of a long period of lower than average wages rises across the globe has fed into reduced consumption, slow inflat…