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The members of Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited (FWPA) have elected three directors and approved some minor constitutional changes at today’s annual general meeting (AGM). Medi…
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Over the year-ended August 2015, the value of Australia’s exports of wood and wood products totaled AUD1.506 billion, a rise of 16.4% on the prior year. Because of the depreciation of the Aust…
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The value of imports of Builder’s Joinery increased 27.1% for the year-ended August 2015. Total imports were valued at AUD410.7M, up from AUD323.2M for the year-ended August 2014. Over the s…
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Total imports for the 12 month period ending August 2015 were AUD1.729 billion and increase 22.5%. While the lift seems very significant from a domestic industry perspective, it is importan…
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The number of Australians in part time employment rose to a new record of 3.645 million persons in September 2015, up 0.2% on the prior month. At the same time, full time employment fell approxi…
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Former Chief Statistician Bill McLennan, has again weighed into the debate about Australia’s revised employment statistics and their accuracy. McLennan has continued his criticism of th…
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Sales of sawn softwood declined 3.5% for the year-ended September 2015, compared with the prior year, falling to 2,635,948 m3, driven lower by what have largely been declines in sales of untr…