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Friday Analysis: 2023 does not appear as a Happy New Year for Opal workers

13 January 2023
2023 seems to have arrived with very little good news for employees at Opal’s Maryvale mill. Just before Christmas Opal was forced to tell 35 workers that they were going to be stood down until mid-February with full pay. Opal has consistently said that it is working through what is “
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WA releases Indicative Timber Harvest Plan 2023

11 January 2023
The Forest Products Commission (FPC) manages timber production and regeneration operations in WA State Forest. The Indicative Timber Harvest Plan for 2023 is now available. Source: Timberbiz The plan was prepared in accordance with the Forest Management Plan 2014–2023 and in consultat
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Building approvals fall for 2022 as expected

11 January 2023
A fall in building approvals at the end of 2022 is the next step in what has been a very well-broadcast downturn in the housing market caused by the increase in the cash rate according to HIA Economist Tom Devitt. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its mont
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Forest industry ready to build Tassie homes

11 January 2023
The Tasmanian forestry industry says it has geared up production to assist the government meet its commitment to build 10,000 new homes by 2032. Source: Timberbiz In last year’s State of the State report, the then Premier announced the Government would commit to building 10,000 new ho
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Timber supply shortages easing but don’t be fooled we still need more

11 January 2023
Timber shortages that caused delays and cost blowouts in the construction industry are finally easing as international supply chains open up, but experts warn that Australia desperately needs to increase local capacity to avoid a “false dawn”. Source: The Australian Master Builders As
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AFPA welcomes the Federal government’s commitment to grants program

09 January 2023
Australia’s forest industries will benefit from newly opened Commonwealth grants that aim to drive innovation in timber and wood fibre processing, encouraging manufacturers to value-add by upgrading processing facilities or creating new products, according to Australian Forest Product
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Grants open for wood processing facilities

09 January 2023
Applications are now open for the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Program grant round. First Assistant Secretary for Agvet Chemicals, Fisheries, Forestry and Engagement, Emma Campbell, said the funding will enable the use of innovative technology for timber productio
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NSW struggling to find timber supplies for sawmills

09 January 2023
After three years of fires and floods, sawmills in northern New South Wales are struggling to find reliable supplies of timber. Source: The Australian Roads damaged by heavy rain in early-2022 have complicated access to state forests for timber cutters, who were already challenged by
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Opal stands down workers indefinitely

09 January 2023
Opal Australian Paper informed 35 of its workers just before Christmas that they were going to be stood down with full pay for an indefinite period of time. The stand downs were effective from 1 January 2023. Sources: News.com.au and Timberbiz According to AAP, a further 120 workers a
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Forestry Corp sows 9 million radiata pine for the future

21 December 2022
Forestry Corporation of NSW’s 2023 seedling crop is well and truly underway with the seeds that will grow 9 million radiata pine sown in the organisation’s Blowering nursery. Source: Timberbiz Over the past eight weeks, nursery staff have sown around 320,000 seeds a day to supply arou
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