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Ensuring products reach the consumer in the best possible shape is an ongoing challenge for the chilled goods supply chain, where paperboard packaging is constantly exposed to fluctuating…
Ensuring products reach the consumer in the best possible shape is an ongoing challenge for the chilled goods supply chain, where paperboard packaging is constantly exposed to fluctuating…
The role of thermal mass in residential design is apparently simple, yet in practice it is frequently poorly understood and applied, especially in timber design and construction. For examp…
This study compares the life cycle environmental impacts of two multilevel residential buildings built in Australia. The first building (‘Study building’) incorporated an innovative l…
Genetic Selection Tools for Enhanced Wood Properties & Plantation Productivity in Australia’s Temperate Eucalypts (Blue Gum Genomics). The Blue Gum Genomics project has discovered…
At the end of June, the Australian Dollar was weakening against the US Dollar at a faster rate than the decline of the Euro, despite the problems with which Europe is beset. Although there have b…
Seasonally adjusted employment ticked up again in June 2015, with 11.768 million people employed, a rise of 0.1% in the employment participation rate. Unemployment also rose 0.1%, hitting…
Finance for new housing construction has begun to assert itself, growing 10.0% for April 2015, compared with April 2014. Meanwhile those refinancing or seeking to buy an existing home have s…
Australia’s residential dwelling approvals continued to grow in May 2015. For the year-ended May, total approvals were 215,415, up 13.1% from 188,075 for the year ended May 2014. Analysis o…