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HIA to ensure politicians are aware of need for housing pre-election

13 April 2022
With the official launch of the federal election campaign HIA will be working hard to ensure that all sides of politics have a clear plan on how to help all Australians have safe and secure housing. Source: Timberbiz “HIA has long argued that getting people into their own home is one
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Canon captures the beauty of lacquered wood in unexpected ways

11 April 2022
Canon recently introduced a set of lacquered wooden dishes inspired by its lens hoods. It’s nothing like those plastic lens mugs from dollar stores, but carefully crafted using traditional Japanese woodworking techniques. Sources: Photography, Timberbiz Takumitou Lacquerware creates p
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Timber Development UK – the merger of TTF and TRADA

11 April 2022
Timber Development UK has been formed from the merger of two of the largest and longest established organisations in the UK supply chain, the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA), Timber Development UK announced. Source: Lesprom Bringin
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Centipede welcomed in Swedish forests

11 April 2022
A new type of forest machine is driving around the forests of Sweden. It combines a low-impact approach, increased productivity and an improved operator environment and is the result of a major cooperative project that has been under way since 2019. Source: Timberbiz The concept machi
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Superyard – super idea for unused building stock

11 April 2022
A new service to connect buyers and sellers of unused building stock sitting in yards all over Australia has been launched. Founder Ritchie Djamhur, who works in the civil construction sector, says that the service – Superyard – offers a genuine way to reduce project costs and minimis
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Remsoft STICKS with collaboration

11 April 2022
Remsoft has announced a new collaboration with Australian-based company ForestPHD, the developer of STICKS, to enable the use of forest machine data in Remsoft Forest Intelligence solutions. Source: Timberbiz The partnership will improve visibility and data-based intelligence for fore
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Pine-to-natives forest conversion clear 110 hectares

11 April 2022
About 110 hectares of rugged terrain have been cleared of wilding pines as part of New Zealand’s largest ‘pine to natives’ forest conversion project adjacent to the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay.  Source: Timberbiz The work was paid for by a NZ$15,000 grant from th
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Sustainable timber harvesting has no impact on koala numbers

11 April 2022
NSW forest industries welcome the Federal Government’s National Recovery Plan for the Koala, which acknowledges that scientific research in NSW has found sustainable timber harvesting has no impact on koala prevalence. Source: Timberbiz Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest
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Timber researcher Michael Lee now GM of Cusp

11 April 2022
Well-known and respected timber researcher Michael Lee has been appointed to the new position of general manager at Tasmanian timber processor Cusp Building Solutions. Source: Timberbiz Cusp manufactures and supplies a FSC, PEFC certified structural Cross Laminated Timber Panel and Gl
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Andrews’ early sign-off ban on native timber has serious repercussions

11 April 2022
The years of perseverance from the Wellington Shire Council which led to revelations the Victorian State Government signed off on the closure of the State’s native timber industry in April 2018, nearly two years before the government’s announcement in November 2019, has been applauded
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