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Engineering group announces key appointments

06 April 2009
Southern Cross Engineering Group recently made a number of key appointments in managerial and sales areas.
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Building relationships is what it’s all about

01 April 2009
Manitou Australia's new industrial products and key account manager is a firm believer that building relationships is what business is all about.
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Taking the stress out of making the grade

01 April 2009
In recent times an emphasis has been placed on producers of structural grade timber to ensure their products are meeting the stress grade claimed and that compliance is capable of being verified.
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Wood panels industry seeks CPRS assistance

01 April 2009
The wood panels industry is seeking to have the manufacturing of wood panels (particleboard, medium density fibreboard and laminated veneer lumber) recognised as an emissions-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) activity and therefore eligible for assistance as part of the Government's prop
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Force Majeure or Forced Manure called by VicForest

01 April 2009
The heroic role of forest contractors in fighting the fires has been rewarded by VicForest by invoking the Force Majeure clause of the contracts between VicForest and Forest Contractors effectively removing any financial obligations by VicForest to Forest Contractors.
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Arsonist torches forestry equipment

01 April 2009
In the early hours of Monday March 30 an arsonist has destroyed around half a million dollars worth of forestry equipment near the township of Woods point.
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Woodchip industry proven unviable once again

30 March 2009
The Tasmanian Greens today accused the Bartlett Government and Forestry Tasmania of pulling the wool over the eyes of Tasmanian forest contractors, as well as the Tasmanian community itself, as the global decline in pulp and woodchip prices pulp Gunns and the woodchip-driven Tasmanian
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National Carpenters Day

30 March 2009
On April 21 2009, Australia's first ever Carpenters Day will be held in most capital cities around the country. It will be a day to celebrate the ways in which carpenters play an important role in tackling climate change, by using one of the planet's most natural materials - wood.
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Delay of carbon trading not just about the financial crisis

30 March 2009
The Federal Government's apparent decision to delay the carbon trading scheme by around six months may still leave Australia unprepared for its introduction, according to carbon trading expert, Jan Brandjes of Carbon Focus.
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Australian furniture still sought after in US

25 March 2009
The times are a changing … One of the most successful jarrah businesses in Western Australia has closed its doors, but not without becoming a major player on the American scene.
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