Evidence that Australia’s residential dwelling sector is expanding at a solid rate is all around our cities and suburbs. Whether its new apartment developments or free-standing suburban h…

As this first edition of Statistics Count was being completed, the Australian dollar had depreciated to USD0.896 (18th September 2014) as a series of events coincided to move the currency lo…

Imported softwood log prices have declined significantly since March 2014, due to a downturn in demand from the construction sector that has driven up log inventories at major Chinese ports…

In further news on economic growth, Australia’s GDP grew by just 0.5% in the June quarter, down sharply from the 1.1% recorded in the March quarter. The softening of Australia’s headline meas…

Oliver Lansdell, Director, Hawkins Wright Trends in a country’s GDP are popularly accepted as an indicator of growth in paper and board demand. More accurately, it is that component of GDP wh…

Responding to increased demand driven by new dwelling construction and alterations and additions, sawn softwood production in Australia rose 9.8% in 2013-14, compared with the prior year…

Confirming what many already knew, latest research shows that in the seven years since 2006-07, the number of sawmills in Australia has fallen significantly. In 2012-13, Australia had appr…