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On an annualised basis, for the year-ended February 2017, sales of domestically produced sawn softwood declined to 3,131,207 m3, down just 0.1% on the prior month’s year-end total. This is…
On an annualised basis, for the year-ended February 2017, sales of domestically produced sawn softwood declined to 3,131,207 m3, down just 0.1% on the prior month’s year-end total. This is…
Australia’s are holding on to their houses for much longer than has been the case through most of the last thirty years. The implications of this, in an era when interest rates are low and house p…
Australia’s average level of household debt, relative to disposable income continues to punch out new records, moving up to 188.7% in March 2017. That level of debt is directly linked to hous…
If you have a collaborative research project that needs funding, Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) and the Australian Government may be able to help. Matched Federal Government…
Increasing numbers of local governments and their peak bodies are adopting wood encouragement policies – committing them to consider wood as the primary construction material in all new-b…
FWPA is spearheading a bid to change building regulations to enable the use of fire-protected timber as a deemed to satisfy solution for schools, shops, aged care facilities and other such bu…
In response to inquiries from several members, FWPA is funding new research to determine the proportion of Australian kitchen joinery that is imported “flat-pack” vs tailor-made by cabine…
If you’ve got a collaborative research project that needs funding, then FWPA may be able to help – with matched funding available under a deal the FWPA negotiated with the Federal Government.…