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Vic Gov’t sings its own praises but gets the numbers wildly wrong

11 February 2022
The Victorian Government released its Climate Change Adaptation Action Plans earlier this week. The emissions reduction pledges include a Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry pledge which sings the praise of the government’s decision to cease native forestry in the state: “This pled
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WA packages for forestry workers generous compared with business support

11 February 2022
The WA forestry industry has cautiously welcomed the State Government’s draft workforce transition programs, amid seeking clarification on the detail. Source: Timberbiz Announced this week following the Native Forest Transition Group Workforce Transition Group meeting, the packages ha
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Construction starts on NeXTimber facility

11 February 2022
The first sod was officially turned at Timberlink’s NeXTimber manufacturing facility at Tarpeena in South Australia this week, to mark the start of the $63 million construction project. Source: Timberbiz Once completed, the state-of-the-art manufacturing plant will occupy a massive 15
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SA Poll finds 2 out 3 want to vote for forest industry support

09 February 2022
Polling of voters in the seats of Mount Gambier and Stuart has found that almost two in every three voters say they will vote for the Party and candidate that best supports South Australia’s forest industries. Source: Timberbiz In the seat of Mount Gambier in the Green Triangle, almos
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NeXTimber is the road to change for building the future

09 February 2022
  The South Australian Forest Products Association has hailed the start of Timberlink’s $63 million NeXTimber facility in Tarpeena in the State’s South-East as the first step on the road to transformative change in the way we build the buildings of the future. Source: Timberbiz S
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AFPA pleased that James Jones UK has majority interest in Hyne

09 February 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has congratulated timber-manufacturing trailblazer Hyne Group’s new partnership with UK based timber processor James Jones & Sons. Source: Timberbiz The deal comes at an exciting time for processing in Australia, especially with new oppor
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Upper House in Tumut to review the future of timber and forestry

09 February 2022
The Upper House committee examining the long-term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry held a hearing in Tumut yesterday. The hearing at the Tumut Golf Club saw logging contractors, councils and local mill businesses address the committee. Source: Timbe
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Vic Govt dissuades VicForests to recover taxpayer funds from enviro group

09 February 2022
Victoria’s State Government has told VicForests to back off taking legal action to recover $2 million in taxpayers’ funds from the anti-logging group MyEnvironment, according to a report in the Weekly Times. Source: Timberbiz The move has led the timber industry and Opposition to accu
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DesignBUILD is back, again

07 February 2022
After a number of false starts due to Covid, the DesignBUILD architecture, building, construction and design event will run from 10-12 May at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Source: Timberbiz DesignBUILD will welcome the industry back to an event reimagined from the
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Timber shortages cause extended building delays

07 February 2022
Shortages of timber have caused extended delays to house building over the last year-and-a-half with global supply chains gradually meeting the demands of the pandemic. Source: Timberbiz “In the final quarter of 2021, the value of select wood imports reached their highest level on rec
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