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Saw doctors changing the face of the timber industry

14 August 2024
TAFE NSW Tumut is supporting the rapidly changing face of the timber industry with a record number of female first-year apprentice saw technicians being trained at the campus. Source: Timberbiz According to Jobs and Skills Australia, just 1% of the nation’s saw technicians are female
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Redesign of drainage network provides water resource for firefighting

14 August 2024
A major new firefighting water resource has been established in a Wattle Range blackspot in South Australia through the sophisticated redesign of the local drainage network. Source: Timberbiz Hardwood plantation company ABP (Australian Bluegum Plantations), in partnership with the CFS
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Logs are gold

12 August 2024
In the United States lumber market, a ratio of lumber futures prices to gold futures prices is often used to gain insights into broader economic trends, investment strategies, and market behaviours. Gold is widely regarded as a reliable store of value over the long term and serves as
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No Fake Poles

12 August 2024
The new No Fake Poles website set up by the NSW branch of the Australian Forest Products Association is calling supporters to sign a petition to overturn the decision by Essential Energy to opt for UV coated fibreglass and resin composite power poles. Source: Timberbiz Durability, sus
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Poles apart – the timber industry against fibreglass power poles

12 August 2024
The timber industry has stepped up its fight against the phase-out of wooden power poles across NSW, demanding proof that the manufactured ones won’t melt in bushfires. Source: AAP The NSW branch of the Australian Forest Products Association has launched a new website urging peo
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Property companies looking at timber to build sustainably

09 August 2024
A brand-new office tower in the Perth CBD is just one example of property companies looking at timber as a means to build sustainably. As more tenants, in both the office and industrial market, increasingly have net-zero goals or emissions reporting requirements, many are looking at w
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New wood composite Everdeck made in Tasmania

09 August 2024
Timberlink has launched its Australian-made wood composite products brand, Everdeck, comprised of decking boards, edge boards and concealed fasteners. Source: Timberbiz Everdeck boards are manufactured in Tasmania from a combination of Australian recycled plastic and plantation pine t
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Timber Qld recipients of Growth Scholarships announced

09 August 2024
Timber Queensland has announced the recipients of the 2024-25 Growth Scholarship Awards Program. Timber Queensland’s Strategic Relations Manager Clarissa Brandt said the judging committees had been impressed by the range of applications received from every part of the industry supply
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New home lending strengthening

07 August 2024
Various segments of the housing market are increasingly active, with lending to first-home buyers, owner occupiers, and investors increasing in the first half of 2024 according to HIA Economist, Maurice Tapang. Source: Timberbiz The ABS released the Lending Indicators data for the mon
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FSC seeks nominations for Standards Development Group

07 August 2024
The Forest Stewardship Council Australia and New Zealand is seeking nominations for a position on the economic chamber of its Standards Development Group following the resignation of HVP’s Tim McBride. Source: Timberbiz Applications will close on 3 September 2024, when the FSC A
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