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Timber talks in Gympie

A lack of State Labor Government forestry management policies “which have been insidiously encroaching on local landholders” were under discussion in Gympie. Source: Gympie Times LNP Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Deb Frecklington, was in Gympie b
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NZ to investigate Malaysian forestry purchase

New Zealand’s Labour Party will ask the Auditor-General to investigate a Malaysian company’s historical purchase of a Gisborne forestry block. Source: Radio New Zealand Hikurangi Forest Farms purchased more than 33,000 hectares of land in 1996, and also bought two adjoining bloc
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Mt Gambier hosts bioenergy for the masses

Exciting opportunities exist for primary producers and regional businesses to help power the new economy. Source: Timberbiz A forum providing information on bioenergy alternatives for electricity and heat production will be held on 26 May from 9.30am until 3pm in Mt Gambier at the Mai
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Mountain bikers fight to stop logging

A stoush in Tasmania’s north-east over plans to harvest native forest near mountain bike trails has intensified, with the local council threatening legal action against a community lobby group. Source: ABC News A Facebook group calling itself Blue Derby Wild is opposed to the cl
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Forest industries stand with independent trucking families

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) added its voice to those of the National Farmers Federation, the Council of Small Business Australia, the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association and the Australian Industry Group in supporting the independent transport
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Australian Forest Growers National Conference 2016

Private forest owners, farmers and land managers will be gathering in Launceston in October for Australia’s major National Forestry Conference run by Australian Forest Growers (AFG). Source: Timberbiz The conference will be from 23- 26 October 2016 in Launceston, Tasmania “The Confere
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Onetrak reaches 10 year milestone

In April 2006, Onetrak equipment established itself as a brand-new company for the Hyundai construction equipment franchise in Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz “Looking back, we were lucky to be appointed the dealer for Tasmanian because at the time we did not even have a business name, le
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Sweden’s invisible wood

You don’t have to shop at Ikea to see that Sweden is obsessed with wood. Over 57% of the country is covered in upwards of 51 billion trees, and lumber and paper products , and lumber and paper products are one of the country’s biggest exports. Source: Fast Co Design So leave it
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New animated forestry film

A short animated film has been released by Confor to demonstrate the link between tree planting and the wood products we take for granted in our lives. Source: Timberbiz Animating Forestry was shown publicly for the first time to Confor’s packed Scottish conference in Edinburgh.
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Bunnings cunning small plan

Bunnings has a cunning plan that could help the hardware giant stay ahead of the pack. Sources: News.com.au, Timberbiz As Woolworths’ hardware brand Masters is quickly sinking, Bunnings is expanding and opening more small retail stores in shopping centres. The Northside Chronicle repo
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