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Alex Mitchell

Timber 'tipping point' threatens housing affordability

Housing target could be difficult to achieve if Australia is unable to secure its timber supply. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's chances of hitting nationally agreed housing targets and bringing down the prices of new homes are being hurt by challenges to the timber industry.

Thousands of regional jobs are facing the axe unless a new national forest policy is delivered, including an expansion of plantations, a report provided to AAP has found.

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