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Liberal support to sue Tassie individuals

15 January 2015
Tasmanian Liberal MHR Andrew Nikolic has thrown his support behind the state government’s plans to allow companies to sue individuals, despite it unravelling nationally uniform defamation laws. Source: The Advocate The state government is pushing ahead with plans to amend the De
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Third round of funds under SE Forestry program

15 January 2015
The South Australian Government said a failure of companies to meet selection criteria means a third round of applications for funds under the South-East Forestry Partnerships Program will open in March. Source: ABC News Forests Minister Leon Bignell said four south-east timber compan
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Hart mill now in Japanese hands

15 January 2015
Graeme Hart’s pulp and paper mill in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand is now in the hands of a Japanese company. Source: Sun Live Oji Holding purchased the Hart-owned Carter Holt Harvey in April 2014 for NZ$1.037 billion. The pulp and paper mill sold for just over a NZ$1
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Forest thinning protects against bushfires

08 January 2015
The Arizona Republic recently ran several stories about efforts to thin forests in northern Arizona to protect the area from the damage, and the monetary and human cost, of wildfires. Source:AZCentral The efforts described are commendable and necessary. Removing dead wood, dry brush a
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Rimu salvage underway in NZ

08 January 2015
Helicopters have started salvaging some of the native timber blown over by Cyclone Ita on the West Coast of New Zealand in April. Source: 3News The storm destroyed thousands of hectares of forest, and over the summer hundreds of valuable rimu logs are being recovered from bush land ne
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Bee on track with forestry

08 January 2015
Tasmania’s honey producers are forking out tens of thousands of dollars to maintain access roads into beekeeping areas as the state’s forestry industry contracts. Source: Lexis Nexus Apiarists said they hoped the recovery of the timber industry would provide access to new
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Historic Smith’s Sawmill at Naringal closing

08 January 2015
A unique piece of south-west Victoria’s history will slowly draw to a close with Smith’s Sawmill at Naringal winding back its operations. Source: The Age The small mill has been run by the Smith family since the end of World War II and has employed two generations of the f
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Another anti-logging protester arrested in Nannup

08 January 2015
A third anti-logging protester has been arrested in a Western Australian forest in less than a month. Logging preparations in part of Helms Forest near Nannup in the South West were stopped when Claire Anderson, 23, sat on a treetop platform that was tied to machinery. Source: ABC New
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New Years’ honour for NZ foresters

08 January 2015
Geoff and Gill Brann had no experience in forestry before they bought their property at Roydon Downs in 1963 but today they are being honoured for their work in the industry. Source: Bay of Plenty Times The couple has received the Queen’s Service Medal for their contribution to
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Open up red gum logging

08 January 2015
The President of the Foresters Institute of Australia said that he feels for southern Riverina communities battling to survive in the wake of red gum forests being locked up as national parks. Source: ABC News Rob de Fegely is co-chair of the Prime Minister’s new Federal Forestr
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