Manufacturing

Victoria’s ban on native forest logging has led some sawmills to source timber from Tasmania, with investigations finding logs from Tasmanian forests being transported to and processed in Victorian mills. Significant public funding from the Victorian government has supported sawmills during the transition, with critics arguing this effectively subsidises logging in Tasmania rather than fully […]

A buoyant wool market is driving up the value of Australian sheep skins, reversing the dramatic downturn where worthless skins were dumped in landfill just 12 months ago. The upward trend is being fuelled by a spike in merino wool prices and demand from Chinese buyers, who are purchasing more due to low supply. Farmers […]