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GM for Notaras timber processors is local Woman of the Year

16 March 2022
J Notaras and Sons timber processors General Manager Donna Layton has been named the 2022 Clarence Electorate Local Woman of the Year. Source: Timberbiz Clarence Nationals’ MP Chris Gulaptis said Ms Layton was a big believer in personal and professional development and had obtained a
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F&T Time with Kersten Gentle

16 March 2022
The Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia has launched its new Podcast series ‘F&T Time with Kersten Gentle’. Source: Timberbiz “We haven’t been able to sit and have a cuppa with members for two years due to the pandemic, so the aim of F&T Time is to keep the
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WoodSolutions for working with waterlogged timber

16 March 2022
The record-breaking floods in Queensland and NSW have devastated communities and severely damaged or wiped-out infrastructure and homes but all may not be lost when talking timber. Source: Timberbiz Waterlogged timber that could be salvaged is often thrown away, and in today’s market
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VicForests stakeholder input for Timber Release and Utilisation plans

16 March 2022
VicForests is seeking stakeholder and community comments on proposed changes to both the Timber Release Plan and the Timber Utilisation Plan. The TRP covers areas where we may conduct operations in state forests, including timber harvesting, while the TUP covers Community Forestry ope
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Green Triangle awards now in June

11 March 2022
The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards night scheduled for October will now be held on 10 June 2022. Source: Timberbiz After hitting the pause button on previously planned events the GTTIA Committee is planning for the event to be held at The Barn, Mount Gambier. The decision comes
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HIA launches its Federal Election Imperatives because home ownership matters

11 March 2022
The Housing Industry Association has launched its imperatives for the Australian Federal election that it hopes all sides of politics will adopt in order to boost housing affordability. Source: Timberbiz “The launch of our Federal Election Imperatives – Home Ownership Matters clearly
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Alpine MDF offers opportunities to train in engineering

11 March 2022
One of only three manufacturers of medium density fibreboard product in Australia, Wangaratta’s Alpine MDF, has an opportunity for four young people to join their workforce. Source: Wangaratta Chronicle The long-running local business currently employs 140 people and has a progr
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Labor’s transformative forestry plans for South Australia

11 March 2022
Mount Gambier would be established as a high-status recognised centre of forestry research in Australia should the Labor Party win government at next weekend’s South Australian state elections. Source: Timberbiz Labor says a new Centre for Excellence would be funded by $15 milli
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Opinion: How much LVL, Glulam and CLT is used in Australia? Closing in on answers

11 March 2022
Australia is close to understanding the quantity of engineered wood products it uses each year. New trade data shows – for the first time – the volume as well as the value of LVL, Glulam, CLT and I-Beams imported to and exported from Australia and New Zealand and in fact, most countri
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Friday analysis: Mount Gambier worthy of status and Labor’s election focus

11 March 2022
The promise by the State Opposition to establish Mount Gambier as a high-status recognised centre of forestry research in Australia if it wins next weekend’s South Australian state elections is to be welcomed. So are its promises to develop the Trees on Farms initiative and plan
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