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Draft Queensland Future Timber Plan
The ARC Advance Timber Hub, represented by Director, Professor Keith Crews, is a standing member of the Queensland State Government’s Timber Supply Chain Ministerial Stakeholder Roundtable, established in May 2025, which includes representatives from Timber Queensland, AgForce, Queensland Farmers’ Federation, the Housing Industry Association, Forestry Australia, HQPlantations, Australian Forest Contractors Association and leading timber companies (such as Hub Partners, AKD & Hyne).
The Queensland State Government has committed to delivering a landmark timber action plan, the Queensland Future Timber Plan (QFTP), to ensure the State has access to the timber required to build one million homes over the next 20 years. The Timber Supply Chain Ministerial Stakeholder Roundtable aims to assist in the design of the action plan. The role of the Roundtable (over 12 months in line with the QFTP development timeline) will be to provide views to Government on the challenges and opportunities in ensuring a sustainable timber supply to support current and future construction needs.
Professor Keith Crews advised “This is a great measure of the impact that the ARC Advance Timber Hub is having and will have for Queensland Communities.”
DRAFT QUEENSLAND FUTURE TIMBER PLAN
Last week the Queensland State Government released a draft Queensland Future Timber Plan, which had preliminary input from the Roundtable, and is seeking feedback by the 3rd September 2025.
Have your say on the 25-year Queensland Future Timber Plan—your insights will shape the 5-year action plan. Public consultation is now open!
The QFTP will focus on 5 key areas:
- Securing sustainable timber supply for housing, construction and infrastructure, and other industries.
- Establishing supply chain competitiveness on an international scale.
- Developing better regulation that the community sees benefits in.
- Building and retaining a viable fit-for-purpose workforce in rural and regional economies.
- Modernising and innovating the Queensland forestry and timber industry through research, development and extension.