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Opinion: Justin Law – What’s $2m between friends?

18 February 2022
When a State Government Minister admits to discouraging its own agency from pursuing a $2m debt owed by anti-forestry activists, the unholy alliance between Government and activism is laid bare. It’s a collusion which appears to have informed many baffling government decisions on fore
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Nothing more important than supply of timber products: Joel Fitzgibbon

18 February 2022
In his valedictory speech in Parliament yesterday, the outgoing Member for Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon spoke passionately in support of Australia’s sustainable forest industries, declaring that “nothing is more important than the supply of our timber products”. In his speech, Mr Fitzgibbon
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Friday analysis: It’s time to listen to those who know what they are talking about

18 February 2022
The recent hearings by the New South Wales Upper House inquiry examining the sustainability of the timber industry should have, it is to be hoped, opened the eyes of the committee members. The hearings in Tumut laid down the facts for the committee made up of Mark Banasiak (SFF), Mick
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Australia ‘can’t rely’ on timber imports

16 February 2022
Snowy Valleys mayor Ian Chaffey said Australia had to make a decision on whether it wanted to import its timber, or grow it. Source: Tumut & Adelong Times Mr Chaffey was addressing last Tuesday’s Upper House inquiry into the long term sustainability of the timber and forest
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New biomass boiler for Green Triangle processor

16 February 2022
South East Pine Sales has installed a new biomass boiler at its Wandilo facility, which will generate steam for their timber drying kilns and increase the efficiency of drying timber. Source: The SE Voice SE Pine Sales received an $88,000 grant issued by PIRSA towards the project, as
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Forestry contractors call for support

16 February 2022
Logging contractors had been left out of government support for the timber industry, an inquiry into the long term sustainability of the timber industry in Tumut has been told. Source: Tumut and Adelong Times Tumbarumba forest contracting operator Theresa Lonergan addressed the Upper
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Online searches for ‘cheap’ timber up more than 40%

16 February 2022
The boom in home renovations accompanied by supply chain shortages last year left people scrambling to get their hands on affordable timber, new data has revealed. Online searches in Australia for ‘cheap timber’ and related terms were up by more than 40% during some periods in 2021, c
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WA’s Farm Forestry Assist program launched for 2022

16 February 2022
WA’s Forestry Minister Dave Kelly has launched the Farm Forestry Assist program for 2022, supporting farmers and other landowners wishing to plant pine trees on their land. Established in 2018, successful applicants receive free high-quality radiata pine seedlings from the Forest Prod
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Monitoring planting success using AI and remote sensing

16 February 2022
Scion data scientists working with remote sensing experts Indufor have developed a new commercial service to monitor forest establishment and indigenous forest fragments. New Zealand will need to plant forests at unprecedented rates for decades to come if the country wishes to achieve
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Report shows benefits of simplifying trade systems

16 February 2022
Three of Australia’s leading standards and conformance bodies have released a new report highlighting measures that could increase trust in traded products and address supply chain vulnerabilities. The report, Digitalisation of Conformance and Accreditation Processes, advocates simpli
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