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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…
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…
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…
As the Australian economy displays signs of growth, with unemployment falling and the participation rate growing strongly over the year, the global economic outlook has also started to tur…
Falling unemployment and a modest decline in under-employment over the last month have focused attention on what appears to be an improving Australian economy. Unemployment dipped down to…
This project entitled ‘ProFert-Pine – A fertiliser tool for softwood plantations in southern Australia’ (project PNC342-1415) was developed by TreeMod, in collabor…
Foreign flat-pack imports make up approximately 15 per cent of the total household joinery fitted in Australia each year, according to a new study commissioned by Forest and Wood Products Au…
Anecdotally, imports to Australia of (mainly) flat-‐packed joinery items has been growing rapidly in recent years, including for installation into Australia’s residential dwellings.…
Australian saw millers and associated manufacturers have invested an estimated $900 million over the last five years in efficiency and productivity initiatives on the back of strong deman…