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Former Labor Cabinet Minister Fitzgibbon joins AFPA board

15 June 2022
Former Cabinet Minister and long serving Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon will join the Australian Forest Products Association board as an independent non-executive director. Source: Timberbiz Mr Fitzgibbon was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the second Rudd Government and
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RIP John Gibson of AE Gibson and Sons

10 June 2022
AE Gibson and Sons has announced that its driving force and former owner John Gibson passed away on the 6 June 2022. Source: Timberbiz In a statement the company said that his passion, tenacity and leadership will be missed, and the 4th and 5th generation of Gibson management will con
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OFO hosts SA Premier at Jubilee Sawmill

10 June 2022
OneFortyOne CEO Andy Giles Knopp welcomed the opportunity to host the South Australian Premier on a tour of the Jubilee Sawmill and a plantation harvesting site, and the Minister for Forest Industries at the Glencoe Nursery. Source: Timberbiz Mr Knopp said that the newly elected Premi
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SA government’s investment of $19M into forestry

10 June 2022
South Australia’s Malinauskas Labor Government will invest $19million to help grow and develop the state’s forest and timber industries, one of the most significant contributors to the economy in the south-east. Source: Timberbiz As part of the State Government’s investment of more th
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Friday analysis: Labor SA Premier visits forestry but will Albanese do the same

10 June 2022
South Australia’s Labor Government is spending a good and fitting amount of time in Mount Gambier visiting local forestry companies like OneFortyOne, and Victorian MP Darren Chester is calling on the Federal Government to do the same. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has wr
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FSC presents at Design Build Expo

08 June 2022
FSC ANZ had the honour of presenting at the Design Build Expo, featuring an expert panel led by FSC Deputy Chair and award-winning social entrepreneur, broadcaster and campaigner, Jon Dee. Source: Timberbiz The panel included Luca Brown, a civil engineer from Timberlink Australia who
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SpeciesSolutions App now includes suppliers listing

08 June 2022
SpeciesSolutions is an update to the previous WoodSolutions Species app, keeping the original informative content but improving functionality and adding an easily navigable interface. While the original version helped users to match timber species to applications the updated app will
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Changes to Timber Industry Award by Fair Work Commission

08 June 2022
As part of the ‘plain language’ re-drafting aspect of the four yearly review of modern awards, the Fair Work Commission recently made a number of changes to the Timber Industry Award 2020. Source: Timberbiz While many of the changes are, as the name suggests, ‘plain language’ amendmen
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Blowering to despatch nine million seedlings

06 June 2022
Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Blowering Nursery is at full production in readiness for the 2022 planting season, with almost five million seedlings inspected to date to ensure they meet the required standard. Source: Timberbiz This is a vital step to ensure trees planted this year can
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Australian Made with Responsible Wood has new logo and guidelines

06 June 2022
Responsible Wood has released new Brand Guidelines and a Logo Use Toolkit to coincide with ‘Australian Made Week’ which runs from today until Sunday 12 June. Responsible Wood is encouraging consumers to actively seek Responsible Wood-certified products both during the week and into th
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