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Opinion: Nick Steel & Michael Bailey – don’t be blindsided by the loss myth

01 April 2022
Don’t be blindsided by the ‘forestry runs at a loss’ myth. Forestry delivers a lot, write Nick Steel and Michael Bailey. Much has been said about forestry and the contribution to the economy in recent times, but typically it is a one-eyed view that fails to look at the whole industry.
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Friday analysis: Federal Budget didn’t see the forest for the trees

01 April 2022
There did not appear a lot for Australia’s timber industry to get excited about in this week’s Federal Budget. Confirmation of $86 million to establish new timber plantations was of course welcome. But it was simply a repeat of an announcement made in February. The Australian Forest C
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Vic Gov’t gives ‘free pass’ to protestors and green lawfare

30 March 2022
The Greens, Labor and Independents decision to vote down an amendment in Victoria’s Upper House which would have blocked third-party legal action against timber harvesting will decimate communities that rely on the timber industry, according to National leader Peter Walsh. Source: Tim
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Delivering a high spec high tech emergency services building

30 March 2022
Construction is well underway at the new Maryborough Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Complex, the first building of this type built in Australia using engineered timber solutions. Source: Timberbiz The contract to deliver Maryborough’s new $12.1 million fire and emergency
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Green Triangle Freight Action Plan proves its worth

30 March 2022
The Green Triangle Freight Action Plan (GTFAP) is continuing to prove its worth as a key advocacy body with Federal, Victorian, South Australian governments and industry. Source: SE Voice At the latest GTFAP meeting, representatives from all levels of government and key industry advoc
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NSW energy providers to register interest in renewables

30 March 2022
The opportunity to produce renewable energy and renewable timber side-by-side is one step closer in NSW, with energy providers being asked to formally register their interest in new renewable energy projects in State forest softwood (pine) timber plantations. Source: Timberbiz Forestr
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Federal Budget boosts home ownership dreams

30 March 2022
The measures to support home ownership contained in this budget will help thousands of Australians achieve the dream of home ownership, according to the Housing Industry Association. Source: Timberbiz “Research shows that 85% of renting households aspire to own their own home, yet onl
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AFPA agrees with the Federal Budget push for timber

30 March 2022
The Federal Budget’s confirmation of $86 million to establish new timber plantations has been welcomed by the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) but it has warned that more action is needed to ensure Australia can meet its future timber and wood fibre needs. Source: Timberb
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Beware of Russian timber products

28 March 2022
Russia supplies Australia and New Zealand with very small quantities of paper and paper products. IndustryEdge continues to express the view that in the face of atrocities, transgressions of sovereign borders, human rights abuses and persistent aggression from Russia, trade is mainly
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Responsible Wood announces amendment project for AS / NZS 4708

28 March 2022
In December 2021 Responsible Wood published the latest version of the Australian and New Zealand Standard for Sustainable Forest Management (AS / NZS 4708). Source: Timberbiz AS/NZS 4708 specifies the environmental, economic, social and cultural requirements that must be met to demons
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