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Timberlink on track for full production at NeXTimber this year

30 January 2023
There has been significant progress on the construction of Australia’s first combined Radiata Pine Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) manufacturing facility in Tarpeena. Source: Timberbiz The NeXTimber facility will be co-located at the existing Timberlink si
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Marshall’s Timbers buys J Notaras’ Grafton timber mill

30 January 2023
After more than 70 years supplying quality hardwood timber and timber products, Grafton native hardwood timber mill J Notaras and Sons has been sold to Newcastle-based Marshall’s Timbers. Source: Timberbiz Completion of the transaction, which includes land, buildings, equipment
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One in five new home buyers cancel contracts

27 January 2023
Sales of new homes continue to decline sharply following the fastest increase in the cash rate in a generation, according to the HIA. Source: Timberbiz The HIA New Home Sales report, a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states, is a leading indicato
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Native forestry myths

27 January 2023
This article relates to ongoing debates on Australian Rural & Regional News into Bushfires, Logging, Burns and Forest Management and Koalas. The ongoing and thorough debate on Australian Rural & Regional News on native forestry in 2022, highlighted directly and indirectly a fe
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Friday analysis: Closing native forestry – the net gain for Australia is nil

27 January 2023
  Do any of these possibly well-meaning anti-forestry folk really think through the ramifications of their usually hair-brained destructive schemes when they come up with them? It seems not. Let’s look at the three latest examples; the Greens and anti-forestry led closure of the
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Results are in for establishing African mahogany plantations in Australia

25 January 2023
The results of an important $1 million, five-year study that investigated approaches to help maximise the productivity and profitability of African mahogany plantations in northern Australia have been released. Source: Timberbiz A report detailing the study findings aims to provide gu
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Last ream of Reflex comes off Maryvale line

25 January 2023
The last ream of Reflex white paper’s been produced at the Maryvale Paper Mill, creating uncertainty for more than 90 workers in the production room. Source: Timberbiz Opal Australian Paper’s closure of the production of white paper means Australia will need to rely on imp
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Italian wood used to build award winning Eric Tweedale Stadium

23 January 2023
Bressanone, a small town nestled among Italy’s northern mountains, is 15,000 kilometres from the Australian metropolis of Sydney. The prefabricated wooden components travelled around world to Sydney to build Australia’s first sports stadium made entirely of wood. Sources: We Build Val
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Rebuilding starts on Forestry Tasmania’s old Hobart building

23 January 2023
Construction is now underway on the restoration and redevelopment of the Forestry building in Hobart after the project was approved by the City of Hobart in May 2022. Source: ArchitectureAU Formerly the headquarters for Forestry Tasmania, the iconic domed building has been vacant for
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Over the past two years more housing started than finished

23 January 2023
For more than two years, Australia’s home builders had been starting more new projects than they had been completing. Source: Timberbiz HIA Senior Economist Tom Devitt said that according to ABS figures there were only 29,153 detached houses completed in the September Quarter 2022, ju
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