Tradies' nightmare: a national timber shortage
The Briefing27 Juli 2021

Tradies' nightmare: a national timber shortage

Australia is currently in the middle of a massive timber shortage. It means the booming construction industry has had to hit the brakes.

Angela Lillicrap, Chief Economist with the Housing Industry Association explains the reasons for the shortage; Mark Swadling from Sydney’s Swadling Timbers explains what it means for the industry; and Andrew Page, a builder tells us what it means for tradies and their customers.

Small businesses across Australia are already on their knees in the wake of the pandemic, but could a timber shortage, attributed to things beyond the industry’s control, put even more pressure on tradies and the industry in general?

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