Home builders needing structural timber could be waiting months due to supply shortage

The timber industry is calling for a time extension of the Government’s HomeBuilder scheme to ease demand for both domestic and imported timber.

While new applications for the Federal Government’s HomeBuilder program closed this week, the industry predicts timber processing mills will be under pressure to meet the demand for at least the next six months.

One of Australia’s largest structural timber manufacturers Timberlink Australia — which has mills in South Australia’s South East and in Tasmania — was among the radiata…