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Engineered Wood Products supports timber building program

07 February 2022
Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s $300 million Timber Building Program designed to support the construction of new buildings in Australia using renewable and low emissions en
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Bob Brown Foundation to fork out extra costs of appeal

07 February 2022
The Bob Brown Foundation has lost its full court bid to have fees from a 2021 court case covered by Sustainable Timber Tasmania. Source: The Mercury The foundation must now fork out for extra costs amid the unsuccessful appeal. STT last year refused access to their land for the Bob Br
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WA opposition fires a salvo at WA Forestry Minister Kelly

07 February 2022
Western Australia’s Minister for Forestry Dave Kelly must listen to the concerns of the forestry industry and drastically improve his attempt at a recently announced compensation package which has been labelled offensive by the sector, according to the State Opposition. The Labor Gove
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Friday analysis: Fed Govt $300M not just an election sweetener

04 February 2022
It would be easy to dismiss the Federal Government decision to pour $300m into the promotion of low emissions timber as an election sweetener. The program, launched through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, will promote the use of low-carbon engineered wood materials in apartments
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Timberlink partners with hsbcad for software solutions for CLT

04 February 2022
Timberlink Australia is partnering with hsbcad, supplying an end-to-end software solution for NeXTimber Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glue Laminated Timber (GLT). Source: Timberbiz hsbcad has been selected following an extensive international review to find the best suite of integr
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Labour shortages add further woes to Victorian wood and fibre

04 February 2022
Victoria’s wood and fibre sector, already hard-hit by devastating bushfires and a static plantation estate, is creaking under the weight of increasing labour shortages. Source: Timberbiz “COVID and the current tight labour market, amplified by the lack of access to overseas workers, a
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WA support package for native forestry rejected as ‘offensive’

04 February 2022
Proposed support packages for businesses impacted by the Western Australian State Government’s decision to end native forestry have been rejected by industry. Source: Timberbiz The business transition support programs were presented to the Native Forest Transition Group (NFTG) and hav
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Master Builders calls Federal Govt support for timber a pragmatic win

04 February 2022
The Federal Government’s move to increase support for the use of low-carbon timber is good news for the building and construction sector and will support jobs and economic activity while reducing greenhouse emissions. Source: Timberbiz “(The) announcement of $300 million to incentivis
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$300M to timber in Federal Govt allocation program

04 February 2022
The Federal Government has allocated $300m to promote the use of low emissions timber. The program, launched through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, will promote the use of low-carbon engineered wood materials in apartments and office buildings with the aim of driving down emiss
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Opinion: Deb Kerr – Careful what you wish for

04 February 2022
Most people make it to adulthood realising that between black and white, there are plenty of greys. In recent weeks though, we have seen attack after attack on the forestry sector that wants to make us believe the world is divided into black and white, right and wrong, good and bad. T
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