Australia’s residential dwelling approvals continued their gradual trend decline in November, as 4+ storey apartment approvals continue to fall. In the year-ended November 2016, total a…

Amidst the noise, hype, trepidation and even fear that has surrounded the ascendancy of Donald Trump to the office of the 45th Presidency of the United States, there have also been retrospect…

The softwood sector continues to astound, pumping out sawnwood sales records on a continual basis over the last year. There are those who consider production, or at least the supply-chain su…

Australia’s productivity, the nation’s capacity to grow its income and living standards, is again under the spotlight, as a result of productivity growth having largely stalled and in the f…

Latest employment data likely points to a labour market where under-employment is becoming ever more significant. With average hours of work in Australia declining and total hours worked p…

The second ABARES quarterly forecasts show continued strong growth in sales of termite treated structural pine (otherwise known as H2F), outstripped forecasts by 6.1% in the September qua…

Since the mid-1990s, Australia held the perhaps dubious record of building the largest free-standing dwellings (houses), having over-taken the US at the onset of the global financial cris…