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AFCA launches masterclass for business

10 May 2023
The Australian Forest Contractors Association is launching an important series of masterclasses to help businesses go from good to great. Source: Timberbiz The 12 month Industry Masterclass Series, supported by Paccar, is open to members, non-members, business leaders and emerging lea
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Salone del Mobile 2023

10 May 2023
Wood proved once again to be one of the prime materials for the brands exhibiting their products at the Salone del Mobile, Milano 2023, both for its sustainable characteristics and for the ancestral or perhaps utopian meanings that it inevitably takes on. Source: Timberbiz The trend w
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UPM prepares to meet EU recyclability targets with new products

10 May 2023
With the packaging industry preparing to meet EU recyclability targets, the demand for innovative and sustainable solutions is growing fast. In a recent co-creation project with SN Maschinenbau GmbH, a leading manufacturer of horizontal pouch-packaging machines, UPM Specialty Papers t
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Indonesian forestry could increase

10 May 2023
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto has stated that the forestry sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) of 0.66% in 2022 could be continuously increased through efforts, including carbon sequestration. Source: Antara “With
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NAB closes another rural branch after pocketing $4B profits

10 May 2023
Senator Matthew Canavan and Member for Flynn Colin Boyce MP, have expressed their disappointment in NAB’s decisions to close the Biggenden branch. Biggenden is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland. Source: Timberbiz NAB has indicated that it will be closin
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Oh deer, too many

10 May 2023
A joint PIRSA and Limestone Coast Landscape Board feral deer culling program has been hailed a success by the South Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz The aerial shooting program was extended south into the Green Triangle forestry estate for the first time and r
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Log prices take a dive in NZ – harvesting no longer worth it

10 May 2023
Logging exporters are being blamed for the current dive in log prices to a level where harvesting is uneconomic. Source: RNZ Between March and April, log prices dropped 14%  to NZ$112 – NZ$115 for an A-grade log. Laurie Forestry managing director Allan Laurie said prices needed
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Timber Queensland Growth Scholarships on offer to anyone in forestry or timber

10 May 2023
Adam Faircloth, a forest scientist who was awarded the inaugural $10,000 Kennedy’s Timbers Award has encouraged other early to mid-career forest and timber industry workers to apply to Timber Queensland’s Growth Scholarship program. Source: Timberbiz Mr Faircloth has recently re
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FWPA’s strategic plan for the next six years

10 May 2023
Forest & Wood Products Australia has released its Strategic Plan for 2023-28 which outlines an ambitious vision and mission to drive demand and growth for forest and wood products in Australia over the long term. Source: Timberbiz “The development of the new strategic plan require
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McGowan’s $36M to help forestry out-of-workers but mining can still cut trees

10 May 2023
The McGowan Government will deliver $36 million through the 2023-24 State Budget to create dozens of new jobs to help deliver on the historic decision to end native logging in Australia’s South-West. Source: Timberbiz The additional resources will assist in implementing the Fore
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