02
Sep
Queensland Future Timber in Focus – 5 Year Plan
The Queensland Government has released Prosper 2050 Delivering Now 2026–2030, Queensland Future Timber in Focus, translating the long-term ambitions of the Queensland Future Timber Plan 2050 into tangible and measurable actions for the next five years.
The Queensland Future Timber Plan 2050 focuses on five key pillars:
- Supply — securing sustainable timber resources for housing, construction and industry.
- Supply chain and market development — enhancing competitiveness on an international scale.
- Regulatory framework — modernising regulation in a way the community supports.
- Workforce — building and retaining a fit-for-purpose workforce in rural and regional economies.
- Research, development & extension (RD&E) — leveraging innovation to modernise the forestry and timber sector.
These priorities are being progressed through a series of five-year actions designed to strengthen Queensland’s forestry and timber industry and support its long-term sustainability and growth.
The Queensland Future Timber Plan 2050 — a long-term strategy designed to provide certainty for the forestry and timber industries while supporting regional jobs, sustainable growth and infrastructure needs was developed in collaboration with key industry, research, and community stakeholders. The plan outlines a 25-year vision to secure the timber needed for the government’s target of one million new homes by 2044.
The ARC Advance Timber Hub was closely involved in this process through membership of the Timber Supply Chain Ministerial Stakeholder Roundtable and direct engagement via Hub Director, Professor Keith Crews.
The roundtable also included 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).
For more information, please see:
Queensland Future Timber Plan Charts Long-Term Vision for a Sustainable Timber Industry