Sales of domestically produced softwood landscaping timber supplies rose to 152,045 m3 for the year-ended June 2017, their highest annual volume since December 2015. Rather than being sup…

Australian retail sales grew 3.8% for the year-ended June 2017, having expanded on an annual basis for each of the last three quarters. In June 2017, retail sales rose an anaemic 0.3%, down fro…

In a recent Statement on Monetary Policy, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has pointed to a 9% rise in growth in the value of global merchandised trade for the year to the end of May, as an indic…

Sales of sawn softwood remained above 3 million cubic metres for most of the 2016-17 financial year, with sales totalling 3,066,230 m3 for the full year. Sales were 1.9% higher than a year earl…

Australian home ownership rates are plunging, especially for the younger half of the population. Ownership rates have fallen by more than a third since 2001 for those aged under 40. In 2002, 3…

Australia’s housing market is coming off the longest sustained period of growth in new dwelling approvals and commencements. While opinions differ as to how far approvals will fall over the…

Australia’s dwelling approvals fell 7.7% over the year to the end of June, slipping to 217,314 separate approvals. The pain, in terms of approvals at least, has been felt largely in the multi-…