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Quality applications for Responsible Wood Community Grants

08 November 2021
Responsible Wood has been overwhelmed by the response of community, with applications received by community groups connected to Responsible Wood-certified forests across Australia for its Responsible Wood Community Grants program. Source: Timberbiz This is the program’s second year, f
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Tas Tree Alliance marketing campaign a finalist in marketing awards

08 November 2021
Tasmania’s Tree Alliance marketing campaign, launched in October 2020, has been named a finalist in two categories of the Australian Institute of Marketing Awards for Marketing Excellence. Source: Timberbiz The categories include: Creativity in Brand, Product or Service Marketing; and
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Sweetman Renewables expands divisions after new business deals

08 November 2021
Sweetman Renewables has announced an expansion of its three business divisions after the recent closure of multiple deals, putting it centre stage of the green energy revolution. Source: Timberbiz After a successful pre-IPO raising, the NSW company is expanding its three business divi
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Clarification in Code of Practice for Timber Production Victoria

08 November 2021
VicForests has welcomed the clarification in the Code of Practice for Timber Production 2014 regarding harvesting on steep slopes. Source: Timberbiz The Code mandatory action for operations on steep slopes has not changed in this amendment and remains: Timber harvesting operations mus
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Another unjust attack on Victorian foresters by Labor

08 November 2021
An unnecessary Victorian State Government zoning change is sacrificing East Gippsland timber jobs, according to the National Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath. Source: Timberbiz According to Ms Bath, the State Government has altered the prescriptions from General Managem
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Sustainable forest management is the answer

05 November 2021
WA’S forest industries have welcomed a commitment by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, COP26. Forest Industries Federation WA (FIFWA) Chief Executive Officer Adele Farina said the Deforestation Pledge was further reinforcement
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Strong demand remains for housing despite end of HomeBuilder

05 November 2021
Detached building approvals continue to suggest there is still strong demand for housing six months after the HomeBuilder stimulus ended in March. Source: Timberbiz “Detached building approvals in the three months to September 2021 remain up by 15.5% on the same quarter in 2020 and 32
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$2m on offer for more research projects in Gippsland

05 November 2021
Around $2 million is available to fund further research projects supporting forest industries in the Gippsland region. The Gippsland National Institute for Forest Products Innovation centre is calling for applications for the research projects. Source: Timberbiz The $2 million will be
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Misleading forestry claims damage real climate action

05 November 2021
Claims by the Bob Brown Foundation that a commitment from world leaders on halting deforestation by 2030 promises an end to native forest logging globally and in Australia by 2030 have been labelled both misleading and damaging to real climate action. Source: Timberbiz The Prime Minis
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Opinion: Peter McConachy – Labor has turned its back on rural Victorians

05 November 2021
My family is fourth generation timber industry and I first started in the industry 50 years ago. I have a long connection with CMFEU, first joining the union when I was 16 years old. At McConachy`s Road, Three Bridges, our family had a sawmill and plaster factory in the 1940s.  The ti
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