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Forest Products welcomes progress on China trade

27 November 2014
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulates the Abbott Government on negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement with China and notes the significant positive potential for export industries. Source: Timberbiz The two-way trade in forest, wood and paper products b
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ABC Tissue to Grow by End 2015

27 November 2014
ABC Tissue has confirmed that it will build its long awaited second tissue machine (PM2) in Sydney by the end of 2015. Source: IndustryEdge Building on its recent dominance of the toilet tissue market in Australia, the privately owned company has long been expected to install a second
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Canadians buying up Australian & NZ assets

27 November 2014
Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board could swoop on one of Australia’s most valuable timber plantations, with sources saying about $1 billion worth of forests owned by Hancock Timber Resource Group are on its radar. Source: The Australian PSP executives have been in Sydney
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Limited benefits for wood products in Korean FTA

27 November 2014
The Wood Council of NZ (Woodco) said tariffs would continue to restrict trade in processed wood products despite the signing of a FTA with South Korea. Source: Timberbiz “We know how hard Government negotiators have strived to achieve a high quality deal with Korea. For the forest ind
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ForestTech shows the value in high tech

27 November 2014
On 25-26 November the Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) held its ForestTech conference in Melbourne, after a successful similar conference was held in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz The two-day program focused heavily on the use of LIDAR dedicating one whole day to the su
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Timber Queensland appoints new Board

27 November 2014
Timber Queensland, the peak body representing the State’s $2.4 billion per annum forest and timber industry held its Annual General Meeting and a unanimous decision by members present elected Sean Gribble, national operations manager, Agora Timbers, as chair. Source: Timberbiz Timber
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$5000 offer for dual chain of custody certification

27 November 2014
The Queensland Government and Timber Queensland have broadened their Chain of Custody Support Scheme, which now funds businesses to obtain dual certification up to a cap of $5000. Source: Timberbiz Initially the Scheme reimbursed costs directly incurred in obtaining chain of custody c
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SA community backs forestry over State Government

28 October 2014
A South Australian community has packed a local meeting to keep up the pressure on the State Government over the future of its local forestry industry following devastating bushfires. Source: ABC News Forests Minister Leon Bignell travelled to Jamestown in the mid north of the state t
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Australians are being urged to unite for National Water Week

06 August 2008
Hundreds of events take place on a local, regional and national scale every year during National Water Week – and this year aims to be bigger than ever!
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