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New sustainability manager getting back to ‘grass roots’

21 February 2022
NEWLY-appointed sustainability manager at Responsible Wood Matt de Jongh is excited about returning to the ‘grass roots of forestry’ he knows so well. Responsible Wood CEO Simon Dorries said Mr de Jongh was well suited to the position “with a strong background in forest management, a
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PM’s $86m investment in forestry to secure nation’s timber supply

21 February 2022
THE future of Australia’s wood supply will be secured under an ambitious funding plan working with foresters across the eastern states to plant up to 150 million trees in the next five years. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will travel to Tasmania today to
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Union wants immediate action from Premier on timber jobs

21 February 2022
The union representing timber workers wants Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews to urgently amend laws to better protect timber jobs from green court challenges. The union wants an urgent response in the face of 10 court actions preventing timber operations and impacting the State
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$3.8 million to support projects in Vic bushfire affected communities

21 February 2022
Bushfire affected communities in Victoria can now apply for a share of $3.8 million to support local community projects under the jointly funded Local Economic Recovery (LER) program. Nationals Senate Leader and Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie said the Commonwealth-Victoria joi
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New North East NSW Regional Forestry Hub Manager

21 February 2022
Nick Cameron,  the new North East NSW Regional Forestry Hub Manager, is a forest scientist with 30 years of forest industry experience in a diverse range of roles including operational planning and management, project management, timber marketing, plantation investment, carbon trading
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PM’s timber plan will support regional jobs: AFPA

21 February 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has welcomed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement today of a new Commonwealth-State Government program to leverage private sector investment in new timber plantations, which will help secure Australia’s future housing timber construct
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Opinion: Vic Jurskis – Koalas are irrupting in scrub and moving into town around Sydney

18 February 2022
Australian Forest Products Association NSW support for the listing of northern koalas as endangered is disturbing. It is not based on science and evidence, but rather on green propaganda from taxpayer-subsidised multimillion dollar, multinational ‘charities’ such as WWF. There are mor
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Time for action on planting more pine: SWG

18 February 2022
TIMBER industry veteran Peter Crowe says it’s time for the talking to stop and action to start when it comes to  increasing softwood plantations around Tumut and Tumbarumba. The chair of the influential Softwoods Working Group, Mr Crowe, and the Group’s CEO, Diana Gibbs, addressed an
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Skills for timber and wood products operations

18 February 2022
 People who work with ForestWorks on skills projects know that the productivity of their businesses is directly linked to the skills they have. If you are a worker, an employee or a trainer in the timber and wood products sectors, ForestWorks want to hear your thoughts on proposed cha
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Wood and steel floating roof for new Sydney Fish Market

18 February 2022
It will take 1,600 cubic metres of spruce glulam, over 150 tons of steel and all the know-how of Rubner Holzbau to manufacture the large roof that will ‘float’ above the new Sydney Fish Market, connecting all the elements of the structure in a unique elegant movement that gives the bu
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