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Risky business due to Bob Brown Foundation protests

15 February 2021
The Bob Brown Foundation has been condemned over protesters’ dangerous behaviour last week at the Artec Mill at Bell Bay where haulage trucks were forced to be backed up for kilometres, unable to unload.  Source: Timberbiz The Australian Forest Contractors Association says the f
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NZ log exports down 6.3% in 2020

15 February 2021
New Zealand’s log exports declined 6.3% in 2020, falling to 20.080 million m3 in the tumultuous year. As the year drew to a close, exports in December totalled 1.845 million m3, down 4.4% on the prior month but a solid 8.6% higher than exports recorded in December 2019. Source: Indust
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Victoria nowhere near safety target for reduced fuel loads

15 February 2021
Gippsland East Nationals MP Tim Bull wants Victoria’s Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio to outline how the State Government plans to address fuel loads, after it conceded it had only reached 43% of an already low target. Source: Timberbiz “In the lead up to last summer’s horrendous
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WA government wants to expand pine plantations but won’t replant

15 February 2021
The Western Australian government has been urged to take urgent action to allow the replanting of pine in the Gnangara/Pinjar/Yanchep region. The chairman of the Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers Brad Barr said the clear felling of maritime pine trees i
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Wairoa foresters forced to subsidise local meatworks

15 February 2021
Foresters in the Wairoa District are appalled that a part of their recent rate increase will go to propping up the local meatworks. Wairoa District Council disclosed at a meeting to discuss a differential rating targeting forestry, that the Council was providing a rebate of NZ$150,000
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Five-storey Queensland building up in 26 days

15 February 2021
The latest five-storey mass engineered timber building to be constructed in Queensland topped out this week as the final prefabricated Glue Laminated Timber beams and Cross Laminated Timber panels were craned into position. Source: Timberbiz The NIOA facility extension in the Brisbane
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Tree M program catalogs wooded areas for fire mitigation

12 February 2021
Karin Riley, a fire researcher at the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, helped develop Tree M computer program that catalogs data for wooded areas across the Continental United States. The program researchers and fire crews to study and react to fire patterns for better
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Scania’s new tandem bogie axle with disengage function

12 February 2021
Scania has introduced its new RB662 tandem bogie axle with an optional lift-and-disengage function. The new option, when engaged, can save up to 6% on fuel, depending on operation, and reduces the turning radius. Lifting takes less than 25 seconds and, with normal chassis height and t
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New home sales reached remarkable heights

12 February 2021
New Home Sales in January 2021 were just 12.1% lower than at the same time the previous year. The HIA New Home Sales report, a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states, is a leading indicator of future detached home construction. Source: Timberbiz
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Backing for Neville Smith expansion

12 February 2021
The Australian Forest Products Association has congratulated Tasmanian hardwood sawmiller Neville Smith Forest Products on its announcement it is increasing production at its Huon Valley facility. Source: Timberbiz NSFP announced last week that it would soon be expanding its workforce
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