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“We were impressed by the calibre of people shortlisted for the job,” said Craig Taylor, Chair of the FWPA Board, “and on behalf of the Board members I would like to thank them all for their time a…
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Australia’s unemployment rate dropped to just 4.2% in December as the retail and hospitality sectors sucked up labour in the year-end frenzy that included recovery from lockdowns. The numb…
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Australia’s exports of softwood chips lifted 84.7% over the year-ended November 2021, totalling 1.011 million bone dried metric tonnes (bdmt), while the mainstay hardwood chips saw annua…
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As expected in a housing boom, imports of mouldings, decking and related products have surged across several grades in the last two years. Coniferous moulding imports are up a solid but unrem…
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As demand runs rife and the pipeline of building work seems endless, imports of sawn softwood lifted 36.6% to reach 630,278 m3 over the year-ended November 2021. All the major grades saw the ma…
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The price of locally produced sawn softwood products continued to rise in the December quarter, reflecting the ongoing tight market conditions. The key structural product, MGP10…
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Sales of locally produced sawn softwood products declined 6.5% in 2021, compared with 2020, slipping back to 2.916 million m3 as the processing of fire-damaged salvage logs comes to an end. U…
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In November, the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) introduced a series of new macro-prudential rules for lending. Intended to constrain loans by increasing the servicea…