The HomeBuilder program has been very positive for the detached house sector, but the impact of this program is yet to be seen in ABS approval data. The lift in detached house approvals in July is more likely to reflect building application lodgement and processing returning to normal

Receivers Brendon Gibson, Grant Graham and Neale Jackson of Calibre Partners issued a statement that an agreement for the sale of Claymark in New Zealand was going ahead. The agreement is unconditional, and settlement is expected on 30 September. Source: Timberbiz That means that the

The New Zealand wood fibre futures stage one report published recently identifies wood processing technologies that could help drive a high-value and low-carbon economy. Te Uru Rākau (Forestry New Zealand) director sector investment Jason Wilson said the report, by an international co

The sustainability managers from the construction team behind Sydney Metro Northwest, Australia’s largest public transport infrastructure project in recent years were presented with the 2019 Richard Stanton Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management. Source: Timber

South Australia’s bushfire recovery has been given a $4.9 million boost to help further support work being done for both Cudlee Creek and Kangaroo Island fire-impacted communities. The additional funding will help with more clean-up work, a feral pig eradication program on Kanga

  Inventors of a system which can detect bushfires in minutes will share in more than $5 million from the Morrison Government to roll out the technology here at home and overseas. Source: Timberbiz Fireball’s bushfire detection, mapping, and intelligence system uses satellite and

According to Vermeer its new BC200 brush chipper delivers performance, quality and safety in a package that will enable operators to achieve new levels of productivity and flexibility. Source: Timberbiz The BC200 that will be available in September 2020 complies with European Union (E

As part of efforts to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the Japanese government is considering securing “energy forests” for the specific purpose of growing sources for woody biomass power generation. Source: Kyodo News Greater dependence on woody biomass is bel

The bark beetle has been a headache for Andreas Voss, chief wood marketer of Germany’s most populous federal state, North Rhine-Westphalia, but recently things turned for the better. An infestation of the pest in the state’s spruce forests has created unsalable volumes of