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Queensland tops the housing scorecard

09 August 2021
Queensland has been propelled to the top of HIA’s Housing Scorecard for the first time since 2007.
The HIA Housing Scorecard report presents analysis which ranks each of the eight states and territories based on the performance of 13 key residential building indicators, including deta
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FPC’s failure to deliver log contracts shutting businesses in WA

06 August 2021
The WA forestry industry is urging the State Government to provide support to businesses impacted by the Forest Products Commission’s failure to deliver on log contracts. Source: Timberbiz Sawmills and forestry contracting businesses are struggling due to poor supply, with a number of
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Opinion: Mark Poynter – Australia’s short-sighted approach has caused this wood shortage

06 August 2021
According to industry newsletter, TimberBiz, Australia’s “… pipeline of homebuilding activity is at record levels and growing at its fastest ever pace. For the timber and wood products industry, the pressure is all the more significant because, while demand for sustainable
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Exodus from Melbourne and Sydney boosts building in other states

04 August 2021
More than 60,000 people departed Sydney and Melbourne for other parts of the country in the 12 months to March 2021 which saw a greater increase in building approvals than in the capital cities. Source: Timberbiz “The exodus of residents from Melbourne is a trend that has emerged foll
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Melina Bath calls out Labor on ‘bogus’ promise for a seedling nursery in Gippsland

04 August 2021
Ten months after the State Government in Victoria said it would create a ‘state owned’ seedling nursery at Nowa Nowa, East Gippsland, the site continues to sit idle. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath, said when Labor announced the nursery
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Pentarch purchases two sawmills after buying Boral’s timber business

02 August 2021
The Pentarch Group has purchased the assets of Dormit Pty Ltd which operates two sawmills and associated operations located at Dandenong South and Swifts Creek in Victoria. Source: Timberbiz It processes hardwood logs primarily for pallet production with final processing occurring in
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Australia asked to help build Timber Beacon at COP26

02 August 2021
Australia’s forest industries are being asked to help build the ‘Timber Beacon’ at COP26 in Glasgow in November, a timber structure to show world leaders that embracing sustainably managed renewable timber industries will help to cut global emissions. Source: Timberbiz The Beacon will
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National Forestry Planting Day today to grow much needed timber for tomorrow

02 August 2021
Australia’s current timber shortage and the challenges it is creating for homeowners, renovators and the building industry highlights the critical importance of National Forestry Planting Day 2021 to increase Australia’s understanding of where our timber comes from as well as the clim
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SA to invest $2m into forestry research

02 August 2021
Forestry research in South Australia will get a $2 million boost with the State Government committing the funding over four years to the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation Mount Gambier centre. Source: Timberbiz Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister David
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Research says forestry is not to blame for Black Summer bushfires

30 July 2021
The Australian Forest Products Association has welcomed new research highlighting that forestry operations and timber harvesting are not to blame for the devastating 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires.  Source: Timberbiz The research paper authored by six of Australia’s most eminent fores
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