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Safety is good business

22 October 2015
Ann Sherry AO, Chair of Safe Work Australia and National Safe Work Month Ambassador is urging businesses to make health and safety a priority and conduct a risk assessment during the third week of 2015 National Safe Work Month. Source: Timberbiz “National Safe Work Month is all about
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Timber transforming the concept of “daggy dongas”

22 October 2015
The mindset that prefabricated buildings are only “daggy dongas” is changing and timber products are playing a key role in the acceptance of entire buildings or significant parts being manufactured in advance and then installed or assembled on site. Source: Timberbiz Off-site construc
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Forestry responsibility still in limbo

22 October 2015
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has called on the Government to urgently resolve responsibilities for the carriage of the different sectors contained within the Government’s Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio. Source: Timberbiz “It is now four weeks since the
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UK with tall and plentiful timber

15 October 2015
Timber! That cry is being heard a lot more around Britain these days, as the wood processing industry is experiencing a huge growth in production, largely thanks to trees planted decades ago that are finally reaching maturity. Source: The Independent UK The UK is reaping the rewards o
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WA ticks more boxes with FSC

15 October 2015
Most supermarket products are covered in little symbols, brands, ticks and crosses. They can mean something is Australian-made, Heart Foundation-certified, “against animal testing” or “cruelty-free”.  Source: WA Today “Lots – even most – products we buy a
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Timberlink fire shuts Marlborough Airport

15 October 2015
Timberlink is investigating the cause of a sawmill fire that shut down Marlborough Airport in New Zealand. Sources: The Marlborough Express, Stuff.co.nz Marlborough Airport was closed for three hours as its fire crew helped tackle a fire at the nearby Timberlink New Zealand sawmill si
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Forestry consultant calls for native harvest exemption

15 October 2015
A private forestry consultant says a state government measure to streamline red tape around the harvest of trees has had the opposite effect, and is proving costly and time-consuming for landholders. Source: ABC Rural The Newman Government introduced the Protected Plants Flora Survey 
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NZ woodwork students out of pine

15 October 2015
Manawatu students in New Zealand are being encouraged to use alternative forestry species for furniture and not just relying on pine in a competition to produce the best woodwork. Source: Stuff.co.nz The project would add value to wood grown by many smaller foresters, said Bulls farm
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Managing native forest in Qld

15 October 2015
Private Forestry Services Queensland (PFSQ) and Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) are hosting a field day on 31 October from 9am until 3pm. Source: Timberbiz The event will cover topics such a: new legislation – trigger maps harvesting,marketing, current log pricing fire management e
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Largest log shipment leaves NZ

15 October 2015
The largest ever shipment of logs and timber from New Zealand has left Northland on its way to India. Source: The New Zealand Herald The logging ship SBI Maia left Northport at Marsden Pt with more than 52,000 Japanese Agricultural Standard (jasm3) logs and timber products aboard, bou
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