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Human face of NZ forestry safety

26 May 2016
Maryanne Butler-Finlay holds Charles Finlay’s ashes as she and her family remember workers killed in forestry accidents. When Maryanne Butler-Finlay was told there would be no prosecution in the wake of her husband’s forestry death, she says “that’s when I deci
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Special rates for road damage from harvesting

26 May 2016
A special rate to cover the damage heavy trucks are expected to create on Whanganui’s rural roads when forest harvesting accelerates is something the district council needs to get serious about. Sources: Wangaunui Chronicle, New Zealand Herald That is the message from Wanganui F
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Damning appraisal of NZ forestry

26 May 2016
New Zealand Coroner Wallace Bain released findings earlier this month from an inquest into the death of 23-year-old Robert Epapara, one of 10 forestry workers killed on the job in 2013. Source: World Socialist Website The inquest was one of eight carried out into recent deaths in fore
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Ernst & Young recommend strategy for forest and wood

26 May 2016
Australia’s forestry and wood products sector requires more investment and planning if it is to take advantage of growing global demand for fibre, paper and packaging, construction materials and bio-fuels. Source: SBS A report prepared for Forest and Wood Products Australia said
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Half a million for agroforestry research

26 May 2016
Timber industry representatives say a new plan for research into agroforestry will not be a repeat of failed managed investment schemes. Source: ABC Rural Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce announced $520,000 in funding for a research and development project to look into growing tree
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Border city for new XLam factory

26 May 2016
Albury-Wodonga, on the Victorian/New South Wales border, is set to be home to Australia’s first cross laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing plant. Source: ABC News The $25 million XLam operation is expected to create up to 54 jobs when it begins operations, scheduled for 2017. Wh
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Figures show growth in forestry

26 May 2016
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has released the Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2015 report. Source: Timberbiz ABARES Executive Director, Karen Schneider, said that the Australian fores
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Lao’s new moratorium on timber exports

19 May 2016
The new Lao government has issued a moratorium on the export of logs and timber in a bid to reduce rampant and widespread illegal wood shipments outside the small Southeast Asian nation’s borders, according to a copy of the document obtained by RFA’s Lao Service. Source: Radio Free As
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Wanted: Executive Officer – Forest Research Australia

19 May 2016
A skilled CEO is sought to establish Forest Research Australia (FRA). Source: Timberbiz FRA is a new research centre of excellence, which is being established with the assistance of the industry-owned research and development corporation (RDC) Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)
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Merged Home Mitre 10 not for everyone

19 May 2016
Defections from the Mitre 10 and Home Timber & Hardware networks are shaping up as a bigger risk to Metcash’s bid to create a serious number two player in hardware than the competition watchdog investigation. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Rival buying group Hardware &
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