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The timbre is sound

14 November 2013
Will an international decline in specialty timbers lead some of the world’s biggest guitar manufacturers to Tasmania to buy wood? Source: ABC
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Beach house lined in wood wins national award

14 November 2013
A beach house on a ridgeline above the Great Ocean Road in Victoria has clinched the country's most prestigious residential architecture prize for a second year in a row for John Wardle Architects. Source: The Australian
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NSW Forestry Corp donates timber

14 November 2013
The Forestry Corporation of NSW has donated five high quality locally sourced sawlogs and a bark canoe to be auctioned at the Shoalhaven Timber Festival in Milton/Ulladulla for the Dunn & Lewis Youth Development Foundation. Source: 4-Traders
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Grazing and forestry friends with benefits

14 November 2013
Grazing and forestry may not be the strange bedfellows many believe them to be. Source: North Queensland Register
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Inquests in NZ forestry deaths

14 November 2013
A coroner will hold a series of inquests into forestry workers' deaths with the aim of identifying systemic issues within the country's deadliest industry. Source: The New Zealand Herald
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Help for Forestry Tasmania to gain FSC

14 November 2013
Forestry Tasmania has appointed an auditor to help it win crucial Forestry Stewardship Council certification. Source: ABC News
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Tas Forest Contractors turns 50 in decline

14 November 2013
The Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association just marked its 50th anniversary but the Association is not what it was. Source: ABC Rural
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New Forests to buy Gunns timber

14 November 2013
Timberland investment manager New Forests confirmed that the Forestry Investment Trust, an Australian-domiciled fund managed by New Forests, has signed an agreement to purchase timber plantation assets related to the Great Southern Plantations Schemes 1998 to 2006, subject to court ap
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$1 mill compensation to sawmill worker

14 November 2013
A Canberra man who hurt his back while working at a sawmill has been awarded more $1 million in compensation. Sources: Yahoo7, Canberra Times
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Beetle nibbles into Canadian business

07 November 2013
Lumber futures jumped to a six-month high as two producers plan to close mills in British Columbia, fueling supply concerns as a beetle infestation decimates forests in the region. Source: Business Week
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