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Tas Forestry Hub’s detailed forest products’ demand study released

29 July 2022
The Tasmania Forestry Hub has recently completed a detailed Demand Study across all Tasmanian forest products with expert consultants, Indufor. The findings clearly show strong evidence of significant and unprecedented demand across most of Tasmania’s wood product groups and, importan
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Adelaide’s 31-storey timber tower will be the tallest hotel in the world

29 July 2022
The world’s tallest CLT hotel will be built in Adelaide’s CBD, and a second will be built in Whyalla at the top of Spencer Gulf as part of a $300 million investment in tourism in South Australia. Source: Timberbiz The $170 million 31-story 100-metre Adelaide project will include 324 h
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Opinion: Martin Cameron – Nationals now fight for blue collar workers not Labor

29 July 2022
Collectively, the timber industry is one of our largest employers in the Latrobe Valley and another four years of an Andrews Labor Government will see native timber destroyed without replacement. Make no mistake, the jobs generated from Victoria’s $7.32 billion timber industry are bei
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Guides to help assess and repair flood damaged timber

27 July 2022
Following the disastrous floods in New South Wales and Queensland there is a need to assess and repair flood damaged timber as the states rebuild, various guides have been developed to help. Source: Timberbiz The Guide to Assessment and Repair of Flood Damaged Timber and Timber Framed
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Finalists announced for the John Deere technician awards

27 July 2022
John Deere Australian Construction and Forestry Service Technician Award finalists have been announced. John Deere Australia and New Zealand Managing Director, Luke Chandler, offered his congratulations to the four Australian finalists: Peter Roughley, RDO Equipment, Eastern Creek; Sc
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Pentarch Forestry’s new chapter for Australian hardwood products

25 July 2022
Following Pentarch Group’s acquisition of the Boral Timber portfolio of building products and materials in 2021, the Pentarch Forestry branded range is now an established name in the timber and flooring market. Source: Timberbiz Including hardwood products that celebrate the natural b
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University of Tasmania’s new design timber engineering course

25 July 2022
The School of Architecture and Design and the School of Engineering from The University of Tasmania is preparing a new Masters of Professional Engineering unit in timber design. Source: Built Offsite It’s being launched in recognition of the information and skills vacuum that exists i
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An urgent call for active and adaptive forestry from Forestry Australia

22 July 2022
Forestry Australia wants active and adaptive forest management to be implemented as a matter of urgency. President of Forestry Australia, Bob Gordon said the organisation has been calling on all governments to prioritise and invest in a year-round active and adaptive management approa
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Vic independent review declares forest management must improve

22 July 2022
An independent review of the Victorian Regional Forest Agreement regions after the devastating 2019-20 bushfires has backed forest industry calls for active forest management across all land tenures. Source: Timberbiz The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments agreed to undertake a Ma
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Opinion: Nick Steele – growing homes in Tasmania to meet the state target

22 July 2022
I congratulate Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing Guy Barnett on pledging to deliver 10,000 new social and affordable homes by 2032. This is a big target and something that is desperately needed in Tasmania right now. To get serious about social housing requires
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