Carter Holt Harvey lock out at Myrtleford
13 April 2017
About 160 Myrtleford Carter Holt Harvey timber mill workers faced a lockout after enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) talks broke down. Source: The Border Mail Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) assistant district secretary Andrew Vendramini said on Tuesday worker
Continue Reading →Labor struggling under the weight of Heyfield
13 April 2017
For a small town few Victorians had probably heard of six months ago, Heyfield is fuelling a hell of a political story. And for a town sitting in a safe conservative seat, it could potentially cause major ructions in the most marginal of urban electorates. Source: Herald Sun It is, of
Continue Reading →SA’s steps to Carbon Neutral Adelaide
13 April 2017
SA Premier Jay Weatherill witnessed testimony to the environmental and manufacturing opportunities for South Australia that can flow from innovative tall wood construction solutions. Source: Timberbiz The Premier was speaking at Building Greener Cities with Timber, an event highlighti
Continue Reading →Timber Design Awards new website
13 April 2017
The Australian Timber Design Awards’ team has launched its new website, complete with a fresh design, informative features and even a changed domain name. The new website, http://timberdesignawards.com.au has been completely redesigned to facilitate easy navigation for visitors as the
Continue Reading →CFMEU says no to new timber sites in Tasmania
13 April 2017
Timber workers are fighting the Tasmanian Government’s plan to re-open contentious forests for early logging, saying it will “destroy” the industry it’s trying to save. Source: ABC News Tasmania’s Upper House is being briefed about the plan to allow loggi
Continue Reading →Bunning says no to timber from Tasmania
13 April 2017
Australia’s largest household hardware chain will not sell timber sourced from contentious Tasmanian forests that the Government wants to re-open to logging earlier than planned. Source: ABC News The suppliers of timber to Bunnings have informed the retail giant that they would
Continue Reading →More than 60,000 tree species
05 April 2017
There are 60,065 species of trees in the world, according to a comprehensive study of the world’s plants. Source: BBC News Botanical Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) compiled the tree list by using data gathered from its network of 500 member organisations. It hopes the
Continue Reading →Commonwealth Forestry Conference
05 April 2017
The second day of the 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference began with the Global Forestry Conclave for discussion on the role of forestry in implementing international agreements in Commonwealth member nations and beyond with the focus on moving from agreed texts to action on ground.
Continue Reading →Old tools of the trade on display
05 April 2017
The soon-to-be-opened interpretive centre inside Railway House has seen the addition of a number of historical timber tools that will help tell the story of Busselton’s timber history. Source: The West Australian Several Busselton residents have donated tools to the centre which will
Continue Reading →Update on Heyfield
05 April 2017
Harvesting timber on private land, reducing possum protection zones, retooling the timber mill and using mixed species are some of the options the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union is considering in a bid to save jobs at a Gippsland timber mill. Source: The Weekly Times
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