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New animated forestry film

07 April 2016
A short animated film has been released by Confor to demonstrate the link between tree planting and the wood products we take for granted in our lives. Source: Timberbiz Animating Forestry was shown publicly for the first time to Confor’s packed Scottish conference in Edinburgh.
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Bunnings cunning small plan

07 April 2016
Bunnings has a cunning plan that could help the hardware giant stay ahead of the pack. Sources: News.com.au, Timberbiz As Woolworths’ hardware brand Masters is quickly sinking, Bunnings is expanding and opening more small retail stores in shopping centres. The Northside Chronicle repo
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The Great Political Debate

07 April 2016
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has secured three key federal spokes people for the forest products industry to participate in The Great Political Debate, a political forum dinner at the National Press Club on Wednesday 1 June 2016. Source: Timberbiz Senator the Hon
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NZ forestry deaths spark alarm

07 April 2016
Police have released the name of the forestry worker who died after a tree fell on him in Northern Hawke’s Bay yesterday. Source: The New Zealand Herald He was Blair David Palmer, 53 of Napier. Mr Palmer was an experienced forestry foreman and had worked in the industry for some
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Red Stag commissions new equipment

07 April 2016
Bonfiglioli industrial motors and drives recently combined with New Zealand sawmiller, Red Stag Timber, to keep its old mill operating while a new $NZ120 million supermill is built. Source: Timberbiz Bonfiglioli designed and assembled a compact and powerful custom engineered HDP 150 d
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NZ Tree climbers

07 April 2016
New Zealand tree climbers James Kilpatrick and Chrissy Spence completed the double in the Masters’ Challenge at the International Tree Climbing Championships in San Antonio recently. Source: The New Zealand Herald Mr Kilpatrick also won the Secured Footlock event and finished wi
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FWPA has the pulse of Australia’s timber industry

07 April 2016
Feel the pulse of the Australian timber industry with the help of FWPA statistics. Source: Timberbiz FWPA’s Statistics and Economics program offers information, which is potentially useful to everyone in the timber industry. On the international front an interactive chart allows you t
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Willmott Forests thrown out of court

07 April 2016
The Federal Court has refused to approve a piecemeal class-action settlement for victims in the Willmott Forests managed investment schemes after finding it was not fair and that returns to investors did not match the millions they had paid to fund the law firm running the case. Sourc
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NZ should collaborate with Australia

07 April 2016
It is time for Australia and New Zealand to jointly develop a longer term solution for timber design life and durability with a call for $12.5 million over five years from industry and governments. Source: Timberbiz At the ForestWood conference in Auckland, Ric Sinclair, Managing Dire
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Australian Paper calls for committee members

07 April 2016
Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill is looking to deepen its community ties through the expansion of its community consultative committee. Source: Timberbiz Maryvale Environment Manager Rohan Wilks said the committee was currently seeking new members from all walks of life in the h
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