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Defender in the forest not socially irresponsible

26 November 2021
Environmental campaigners have accused the UK advertising watchdog of bias for overturning a draft ruling that banned adverts for a mud-splattered Land Rover Defender offroader after previously saying it encouraged “socially irresponsible” driving that could “cause damage to vulnerabl
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US to double duty on Canadian softwood

26 November 2021
The United States will almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber from most producers to 17.9%. The current rate for most companies is about 9%. Sources: Timberbiz Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, i
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Europe’s dramatic entrance into the China market

26 November 2021
European softwood logs were practically non-existent at Chinese ports five years ago. However, a combination of a never-ending hunger for more wood in the country, reductions in shipments from previously significant trading partners, and an oversupply of timber in Europe have altered
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Timberlands’ Tammy Auld chair of SA forest products association

26 November 2021
Timberland Pacific’s Tammy Auld has been elected chairman of the South Australian Forest Products Association following the retirement of Inaugural Chair, Keith Lamb. Mr Lamb hailed the significance of this appointment as a demonstration of the strength of the organisation and its imp
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12,000 more tonnes of timber for WA industry

26 November 2021
An additional 12,000 tonnes of structural pine will be made available over the next three months for the Western Australian timber manufacturing industry and the State’s building and construction sector. Source: Timberbiz The WA State Government’s WA Recovery Plan has supp
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ABC claims about Melbourne’s drinking water risk ‘deliberately misleading’

26 November 2021
Claims on the ABC that Melbourne’s drinking water is at risk from “illegal logging” near water catchments have been labelled “disgraceful and grossly exaggerated” by the State Opposition and denied by VicForests and the State Government. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The ABC re
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Log supply failure hits home in Daniel Andrews’ electorate

26 November 2021
Approximately 40 workers from the Dormit mill in Dandenong will be stood down this week after the mill ran out of wood, despite a Victorian Government guarantee of log supply to 2024.  Source: Timberbiz The timber crisis has also hit the supply of pallets used by Coles, Woolworths, IG
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Victoria’s escalating forest wars are untenable with no real plan in place

26 November 2021
The professional association for forest scientists, growers and managers in Australia has expressed its concern at the escalating Victorian forest wars, saying changes are desperately needed in the way the State’s forests are managed. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia Vice Presiden
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Opinion: David Rowlinson – cutting local wood supply won’t mean we don’t use timber

26 November 2021
The Australian forestry sector is one of the most highly regulated and well regarded in the world. Australia has a total forested area of 134 million hectares (Ha), about 17% of the total land mass. Of this plantation is 2 million Ha (1.5% of total forest area) and provides over 87% o
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Friday analysis: Victoria in strife with timber shortages and continuing lawfare

26 November 2021
It has been a rough week in Victoria with court action and protests highlighting the timber situation in that State. And it all stems from the Victorian Government’s decision to shut down the native timber industry by 2030. It began anew last week with the CMFEU warning that impending
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