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Strong demand for housing remains after stimulus ends

01 October 2021
Detached building approvals rose in August 2021, suggesting there is still strong demand for housing despite the end of stimulus measures in March according to the HIA. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released its monthly building approvals data for detached and multi-uni
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Ministers agree to work together to grow the forestry estate

01 October 2021
State and territory forestry ministers have agreed to work together to grow the forest estate and secure the future of the Australian forestry industry. Speaking after a meeting of ministers on Wednesday, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam said the Federal Gove
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Friday analysis: Future depends on forestry ministers’ cooperation

01 October 2021
The housing construction industry is facing something of a crisis. According to a landmark new report released on Tuesday by Master Builders Australia and the Australian Forest Products Association titled Australia’s Timber Framing Cliff, Australia faces a major sovereign capability g
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Plantation insurance difficult to come by

29 September 2021
Plantation trees are valuable and become more so over their lifetime, there are however, a number of challenges facing the plantation insurance market at the moment with the majority of underwriters advising they are no longer offering this type of insurance. Source: Timberbiz There i
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Surfing the Housing Pipeline report

29 September 2021
The Frame & Truss Manufacturers Association (FTMA) together with Tim Woods of IndustryEdge have put together a briefing on measuring the demand-supply gap in housing. Sources: FTMA, IndustryEdge, Timberbiz This six-page overview discusses: Australian dwelling approvals by type Ann
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Major capability gap in housing says Master Builders’ report

29 September 2021
Australia faces a major sovereign capability gap in the production of timber house frames by 2035, according to a landmark new report by Master Builders Australia and the Australian Forest Products Association titled Australia’s Timber Framing Cliff. Source: Timberbiz The report furth
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Timber Queensland aims to brief Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner

27 September 2021
Timber Queensland wants to brief Queensland’s inaugural Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner on the role that productive forestry can play in mine site rehabilitation. Source: Timberbiz James Purtill will take up the role next month after significant legislation to improve rehabilitation
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Pulp, paper, packaging delivering for Australia

27 September 2021
Australia’s critically essential pulp, paper and packaging industry has continued to protect and deliver for Australia throughout the pandemic, according to the Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz The industry’s latest Sustainability Report shows how companies ha
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Tasmania’s forest workforce development and implementation plan

27 September 2021
The Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network has launched its Tasmanian Forest Industry Workforce Development and Implementation Plan. Network Convenor Therese Taylor described the plan as a blueprint “for industry, by industry’’ to move the sector forward. Source: Timberbiz The
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Agriforester elected chair of IFA/AFG Tasmania

24 September 2021
Molly Daskey-Willis has been elected as chair of the IFA/AFG Tasmanian Division. She is an agriforester within Private Forests Tasmania, who joined the organisation in August last year. Source: Timberbiz Ms Daskey-Willis comes from a rural background growing up in a small country town
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