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Although owner-occupiers continue to hold the largest share of the value of housing loan approvals, their influence has continued to wane, with most growth being experienced in loans to inv…
Although owner-occupiers continue to hold the largest share of the value of housing loan approvals, their influence has continued to wane, with most growth being experienced in loans to inv…
New dwelling approvals reached 229,043 separate dwellings for the year-ended March 2016, up 5.9% on the prior year, but seem to have peaked in the last few months. March approvals were 0.7% lo…
Post GFC economic scrambling has finally reached Australia’s shores, prompted by the release of negative inflation data for the March Quarter of 2016. The seasonally adjusted -0.1% inflat…
Design and engineering professionals can now discover the advantages of optimised solutions for a range of long span Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) portal frames and trusses and a new, easy t…
With the aim of increasing the specification of timber by design and engineering professionals, FWPA has published four new WoodSolutions technical design guides. The guides are based on t…
This EY research report was Launched on Monday 23rd of May 2016 at Frame Australia by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston. The forest products industry makes a significant contribution to Australia…
Webinar held Wednesday 18 May, 2016. The presentation reports the results of a soon to be completed FWPA project (PNC325-1314) which used the eCambium software tool to evaluate and model woo…
New timber cassette and timber concrete composite (TCC) flooring systems are set to deliver spans of up to 10m while increasing structural efficiency. Two new free Technical Design Guides f…