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Industry groups call for urgent Australia-wide action on building regulation

16 July 2019
Building industry groups have signed a joint call for urgent Australia-wide action on building regulations. The letter, signed by the Property Council of Australia, the Insurance Council of Australia, Ai Group and the Australian Construction Industry Forum, says Australia’s fragmented
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Global forestry equipment market projection to 2026

16 July 2019
The Global Forestry Equipment Market, valued at US$9,559.4m in 2018, is projected to reach US$13,109.9m by the end of 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of 4.09%. The global market is estimated to grow, with an increasing focus on forest management activities according to a report by Fortune Bus
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John Deere completes new US training facility

16 July 2019
John Deere has completed the construction of its new facility in Coal Valley, Illinois. The 696m2 facility is part of the Construction & Forestry Training Campus and includes three classrooms that can be used separately for training purposes, or combined to hold over 250 people fo
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NZ could set fire to China’s log jam

16 July 2019
It is reported that New Zealand logs are piling up on Chinese wharves as cheap, sawn timber makes its way by train into the People’s Republic from Russia and Scandinavia. Five million tonnes of logs, mostly from New Zealand are sitting on wharves in China unsold. Source: Timberb
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WA thinning program may increase water and resilience

16 July 2019
An experimental thinning program at Yarragil forest block in Western Australia is investigating the potential of silviculture to increase water availability and the resilience of forests to a drying climate. Source: Timberbiz Forest Products Commission Director Operations Gavin Butche
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Private Forests Tas hosts event to show market opportunities

16 July 2019
Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) recently held an event to discuss market opportunities for the northern Tasmania private forests sector with attendees from timber processors, forestry companies, general foresters, farmers and politicians. Source: Timberbiz Penny Wells, PFT’s CEO, opene
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Almost 500,000 pine seedlings for Mount Lofty plantation estate

16 July 2019
ForestrySA is planting 480,000 pine seedlings across its Mount Lofty Ranges plantation estate this winter as part of its 2019 plantation reestablishment program. More than 320 hectares of recently harvested pine plantation will be planted by mid-August across nine sites within the Kui
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Facts and Figures on New Zealand plantation forestry

16 July 2019
Each year, the New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA), in conjunction with the Ministry for Primary Industries, publishes an informative overview of the performance of the New Zealand Plantation Forest Industry, called Facts & Figures. The 2017/2018 edition is now available
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Queensland’s industry Big Day Out for the timber industry

16 July 2019
An industry Big Day Out to promote the critical aspects of the hardwood timber industry and its impacts on income and livelihood to a raft of families across rural southern Queensland has been planned for Maryborough in August. Source: Timberbiz The Queensland Hardwood Timber Industry
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Call to broaden new laws protecting against activists

16 July 2019
Proposed new laws to protect farmers and primary producers, including forest industries from activists should be broadened to include necessary protections for processors of forest products according to the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and the Australian Forest Contra
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