Two weeks to Timber awards announcement
12 October 2017
Less than two weeks to go before the 2017 Australian Timber Design Award winners are announced in Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz For the first time Dangerous Designs will be joining the celebrations that will beled by celebrity MC Tracey Spicer. Tickets are available at $170 pp for entr
Continue Reading →Forestry Corp NSW fined for rocky road
12 October 2017
In a judgment handed down on recently the NSW Land and Environment Court ordered Forestry Corporation of NSW to pay an $8000 fine and that it cover the EPA’s legal costs believed to be about $65,000. Source: Canberra Times Principal among a series of breaches was the potential f
Continue Reading →South Canterbury industry ripe for investment
12 October 2017
The South Canterbury forestry industry is ripe for investment, while plantation owners who are keen to expand face various challenges, an industry expert says. Source: Stuff NZ Competing against dairying and pastoral crops for viable land, as well as overseas investment requirements,
Continue Reading →The history of Gympie timber
12 October 2017
Gympie’s timber history began in earnest soon after gold was discovered in 1867 by James Nash, and the industry has been at the heart of Gympie ever since. Source: Gympie Times Following alluvial fossicking, and when mining began, timber became vital for the safe construction of mine
Continue Reading →NZ government alerted to Kauri sell off
12 October 2017
Government officials have checked out a company which seems to offer bulk swamp kauri on a Chinese e-commerce site but say no laws have been broken. Source: New Zealand Herald The rupturing of a vital fuel pipeline near Ruakaka last month – possibly after it was damaged by a dig
Continue Reading →New Zealanders put stop on replanting trees
12 October 2017
Some New Zealand forest owners are suspending replanting of trees and re-thinking investments as the country’s third-largest export earner finds itself in the sights of maverick politician Winston Peters’ protectionist agenda. Sources: Today Online, Reuters The election ki
Continue Reading →AFPA supports Government’s tough attitude to illegal logging
12 October 2017
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Turnbull Government’s announcement that while it is staying tough on illegal logging, it continues to streamline and reform Australia’s illegal logging regulations for more effective compliance and fair trade. Source:
Continue Reading →Government moves against illegal logging
12 October 2017
Australia’s illegal logging laws are being improved to reduce compliance costs for timber importers and processors. Source: Timberbiz Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston, said the government had worked closely with stakeholders to cut red tape y
Continue Reading →Demand for paper drops
12 October 2017
Australia’s total demand for paper and paperboard fell 4.4% in the 2016-17 financial year. Source: Industry Edge In volume terms the decline was more than 143,000 tonnes. The drop was driven lower by a plunge in consumption of newsprint and progressively lower demand for other printin
Continue Reading →OneFortyOne confidential document with ForestrySA
12 October 2017
The future of the South-East’s timber supply could be at risk because of the State Government’s deal for the controversial sale of the state’s forests. Source: Adelaide Now The Advertiser has obtained the lease agreement on the government’s sale of the ForestrySA harvesting rights to
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