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Timber industries fight ban on combustible materials on high rises

30 August 2018
The Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI) in the UK has responded to the Government’s proposal on banning the use of combustible materials in cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings. Source: Timberbiz The CTI’s official response focuses on the “ambigui
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Austrian wood for Australian buildings

30 August 2018
At 25 King Street, in Bowen Hills Brisbane there is a 10 storey high office building currently being built with CLT supplied by Stora Enso engineered and processed by Lendlease. Source: Timberbiz In total, the building is using over 6000 cubic meters of CLT and glulam. On an average s
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Wood you like CLT with that?

30 August 2018
McDonald’s recently opened its redesigned flagship store in Chicago and it’s dominated by wood and cross-laminated timber (CLT). Source: Woodworking Network The new building, which opened 9 August on the site of the former Rock N Roll McDonald’s in Chicago’s Ri
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Lithgow push to abolish rate exemption for forestry

30 August 2018
Lithgow City Council is supporting a push from Local Government NSW to abolish the rate exemption from Forestry land. Source: Lithgow Mercury Lithgow council has estimated that the value of foregone rates on Forestry lands in the Lithgow LGA is $414,000 per annum. “A rate exemption cu
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Melbourne Uni to close forestry rural campus

30 August 2018
More than 100 years of history is effectively over according to a Creswick forestry graduate who fears the loss of the University of Melbourne’s rural campus. Source: The Courier The university has released plans to relocate much of the forestry school to its Parkville campus due a de
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Forestry take on Overseas Investment Amendment Act

30 August 2018
On 22 August 2018, the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018 (Amendment Act) became law in New Zealand. The new laws will come into force on or before 22 October 2018. Source: Mondaq As well as bringing “residential land” within the Overseas Investment Act, the Amendment
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OneFortyOne replants 5.5 million trees

30 August 2018
Imagine planting by hand more than 5.5 million trees. That’s exactly what the team at OneFortyOne (OFO) has just done with the replanting season finishing last week across its Green Triangle forests. Source: Timberbiz For one man, OFO’s Terry Higgins, this season marked an important m
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Stronger measures put stink bug under the biosecurity microscope

30 August 2018
Following our exclusive story in Timberbiz on 21 August that alerted to the potential danger and costs of the stink bug to our timber industry the government has implemented stronger offshore biosecurity measures for the upcoming brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) season, to manage ris
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Freight fright for Tasmanian forestry as Swire leaves

30 August 2018
The operator of southern Tasmania’s only direct freight service has announced it is pulling out of the state in two weeks, which will seriously affect the forestry sector. Source: ABC News Singapore-based company Swire Shipping has been operating out of Hobart every nine days si
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Colbeck’s welcome comeback to forestry may be cut short

30 August 2018
After the Federal government’s recent political spill a change has come that will certainly be welcomed by most of the forestry industry as well as Tasmanians. Richard Colbeck has been given the portfolio of Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources assuming responsibilit
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