Date: 31 July 2023 Australia’s total imports of Engineered Wood Products (EWPs)* were valued at AUD331.2 million on a free-on-board (FOB) basis, year-ended May 2023. The result saw the valu…

Date: 31 July 2023 The 2023 outlook for Australian woodchip exports is MODERATING and heading toward softness. This applies to both hardwood chips and softwood chips, with downside price ri…

Date: 31 July 2023 Locally produced sawn softwood sales declined 6.9% year-ended June, falling to 2.870 million m3. All products were down over the year, except the Export grade, which incre…

Date: 31 July 2023 National employment data shows one of the tightest labour markets in Australia’s history, underscoring some serious challenges for the nation and its future wellbeing. N…

Date: 31 July 2023 Australia’s headline unemployment rate remained virtually unchanged at 3.5% in June, with the number of people employed increasing by 32,600, the number unemployed down…

Date: 31 July 2023 Soft landings are a much-desired aspect of modern economies, and there are early signs that the Australian housing market is headed for just such a miracle moment. In a surpr…

Date: 31 July 2023 The March quarter was the first in three years where the total number of houses ‘under construction’ fell. The modest 0.6% fall in work in hand (651 houses less than in the Dece…

Date: 31 July 2023 It is rare that discussion about the economy does not percolate into near every conversation. The last month, the topic has been inflation and interest rates, with the natio…