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Partnership for safety management and land care skills in WA

01 July 2022
A collaboration involving Responsible Wood certificate holders PF Olsen and Wespine Industries has partnered with the Leschenault Catchment Council (LCC) south of Perth to further expand a project focused on safety management and training in land care-specific skills. Source: Timberbi
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Opinion: Gavin Butcher – Fact-checking the six excuses of Dave Kelly

01 July 2022
Dave Kelly, WA’s Minister for Forestry, has come up with a grab-bag of reasons to explain his decision to abandon an industry he is meant to champion. Each of his reasons come straight from the green activists’ playbook, rather than from scientists and the industry. CLAIM 1. Native fo
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Friday analysis: the clash of cultures in current fire management

01 July 2022
Extreme fire weather days have increased in Australia by 56% over the last four decades, according to new research from an international team of scientists, including CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. The results, published today, shows that the fire season length across Aus
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A salute to 140 years of Hyne Timber

29 June 2022
As a salute to Hyne Timber’s 140 years, long standing timber industry stakeholders came together for a grand luncheon at the Brisbane Tattersalls Club. Source: Timberbiz Representing Hyne Timber and the Hyne family, Optimisation Lead Kelly Hyne was invited to give a short speech inclu
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$28M for NSW will ease timber shortages

29 June 2022
The NSW Government’s $28 million funding injection to grow farm forestry will help NSW farmers to become foresters and ease the state’s timber shortages amid record demand, according to Australian Forest Products Association NSW. Source: Timberbiz AFPA NSW Chief Executive Officer Vict
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On the Cusp of international stardom

27 June 2022
Several countries were so impressed by Cusp at Expo 2020 Dubai that the innovative Tasmanian timber company has been invited to speak at international forums tasked with looking at the decarbonisation of building materials. Source: Timberbiz Cusp’s cross-laminated timber product, the
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Standards for Sustainable Forest Management workshops

27 June 2022
In December 2021 Responsible Wood published the latest version of the AS/NZS 4708 Standard for Sustainable Forest Management – requirements. As part of the communication process, Responsible Wood Sustainability Manager Matt de Jongh is holding workshops and meetings throughout Austral
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Equinox Evolution attracts Tas Timber

27 June 2022
Tasmanian Timber will be at Melbourne’s Equinox Evolution on Thursday, 30 June 2022 where you can meet industry expert Greg Nolan and see the award winning stall. Source: Timberbiz Equinox Evolution is for leading architectural, design, and specification industry professionals to expl
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Sydney prime site to house world’s tallest hybrid tower

24 June 2022
Developer Milligan Group has unlocked one of Sydney CBD’s few remaining prime sites, with plans in the works to build the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower. Source: The Urban Developer The local developer, led by James Milligan, has received its first tentative tick of approval from
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Forestry Corp in trouble again with EPA and fined $15,000

24 June 2022
Forestry Corporation of NSW has been fined $15,000 for allegedly failing to comply with a post bushfire condition imposed to protect critical habitat in a forest near Batemans Bay. Source: Timberbiz The Site-Specific Operating Condition required FCNSW to permanently retain all hollow
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