Councils and communities have major concerns of widespread job losses and impacts to economic growth in mid-north South Australia, as the future of the forests region is considered. Source: ABC Rural The State Government has released an expression of interest for the potential long-te
The role of thermal mass in residential design is apparently simple, yet in practice it is frequently poorly understood and applied, especially in timber design and construction. Source: Timberbiz For example, while it is often said that thermal mass is good, it is seldom recognised t
The move to put the forest sector in a better place is the Forest Policy Project (FPP) to be discussed and debated at the New Zealand Institute of Forestry conference (NZIF) on 10 August in Wellington. Source: Timberbiz According to the NZIF plantation areas are reducing and new plant
After being officially inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame, Hyne Timber claimed its second win within a 48-hour period when it was announced the winner of the North Coast Queensland Training Awards – Large Employer of the Year Category. Source: Timberbiz Hyne Ti
Hyne Timber was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in recognition of the company’s 133 years of operation. Sources: Timberbiz, Manufacturers Monthly, Sunshine Coast Daily The Fraser Coast-based business started out as a sawmill on the banks of the Mary River in
The second draft of the Australia Forest Stewardship Standard has been released. It covers high conservation value native forests across Australia and addresses scale, intensity and risk for forest activities. Source: ABC Rural Forest Stewardship Council Australia CEO Adam Beaumont sa
A forest conservation group has assembled a list of products you probably didn’t know are made from timber, and some of them will leave you stumped. Source: The Daily Mail UK In a bid to reveal the value of the mighty tree, the Forest Stewardship Council listed the not-so-obvious wood
An overhaul of ForestrySA operations could see more than half the current workforce in South Australia privatised. Source: ABC News Workers in the state’s south-east were told OneFortyOne Plantations would assume full management of plantation forestry assets. South Australian Fo
The Australian Timber Flooring Association Awards For Excellence were held in Melbourne to recognise and celebrate the best boards in the business, and honour the industry’s star performers. Source: Architecture and Design The Australian Timber Flooring Association (ATFA) President, J
There is now bipartisan support in Tasmania for limited logging of trees within parts of the state’s World Heritage-listed wilderness. Source: ABC News Last month, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee urged the Australian and Tasmanian governments to ban commercial logging wi