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UAV innovation for hauler ropes

27 May 2015
Gillion Logging is using a UAV for running hauler ropes to remove workers from the slow and difficult task. Source: Blakely Pacific Bill Winmill the owner of Gillion Logging Ltd, based in Waikouaiti in North Otago in New Zealand has been contracted to Blakely Pacific Ltd for 15 years.
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Free Mass Timber Seminar

27 May 2015
Australian mass timber experts will come together in Sydney in June to discuss the part that mass timber elements such as Cross Laminated Timber panels, large glulam and LVL are playing in the Australian construction sector. Source: Timberbiz The “Mass Timber in Multi-Storey and Comme
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Government keeps its RET promise

27 May 2015
Minister for the Environment, the Hon Greg Hunt, has introduced legislation into Parliament amending the Renewable Energy Target (RET). Source: Timberbiz “In a time of significant cynicism about politics it is great news to be able to applaud a Minister on keeping two key promises,” s
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Trees are not the strong silent types

21 May 2015
Do trees communicate with each other?  And if so, how? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. They might seem like the strong, tall and silent type, but trees actually communicate with each other. Source: ABC Science Forest ecologist Dr Suzanne Simard, from the University of British Colombi
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Pedal powers timber principles

21 May 2015
While a bicycle and a building are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of function and scale, some of the principles that underpin their structural integrity are essentially the same. This means that the construction of the wooden bicycle serves as an excellent means for explori
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Reminder FIAC submission

21 May 2015
Stakeholders have until June 5 2015 to make a submission to the Forest Industry Advisory Council (FIAC) to help shape the future of the forest industry. In March the FIAC’s issues paper Meeting future market demand: Australia’s forest products and forest industry – a strat
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Job cuts in Tas before pay rise

21 May 2015
Unions claim the Tasmanian Government is trying to shed about a quarter of Forestry Tasmania’s workforce before a pay rise its workers have been awarded kicks in. Source: ABC News Forestry Tasmania is consulting on a plan to shed between 50 and 100 full-time equivalent positions
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Timbercorp investors hit with bankruptcy

21 May 2015
More than 50 investors in collapsed forestry scheme Timbercorp have been slapped with bankruptcy notices as liquidators ramp up their collection processes after a ‘Christmas’ moratorium on the recovery process lapsed. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Three investors have
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Timber harvesting in the Central West

21 May 2015
Two major timber harvesting operations are about to get underway in the Central West of New South Wales. Source: ABC News Pine plantations that have been established over a 35 year cycle are being logged in the Newnes State Forest, near Lithgow. “The plantations are now mature s
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Heat is on for woodchip power

21 May 2015
The heat is back on for native forest waste to be used for power generation but the Eden woodchip mill in NSW says it has no plans to get involved. Source: The Australian South East Fibre Exports general manager Peter Mitchell said despite Monday’s agreement on the Renewable Energy Ta
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