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Sustainable Timber Tas’ Three Year Wood plan

03 July 2024
Sustainable Timber Tasmania has released the annual update to its Three Year Wood Production Plan 2024-2025 to 2026-2027 to the Tasmanian community. Source: Timberbiz The Three Year Wood Production Plan can be accessed on Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s website at www.sttas.com.au The p
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WoodSolutions rebrand managed by FWPA

03 July 2024
  Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) is set to spearhead an initiative highlighting the advantages of timber framing in construction, promising a significant boost to its promotion efforts. Source: Timberbiz First established in the Australian Forest Products Association’s
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Forico’s new gen logstackers commissioned in Tasmania

01 July 2024
Forico has purchased two New Generation Wagner L90 Logstackers for its mills in northern Tasmania, the first of the new generation machines to be commissioned in Australia. Source: Timberbiz The two new ‘Wagners’ arrived at Long Reach Mill in the East Tamar and Surrey Hills Mill in Ha
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Rob de Fégely retires

01 July 2024
Rob de Fégely, co-founder and director of Margules Groome, retired on 30 June 2024. Source: Timberbiz Mr de Fégely’s career in consulting began in the 1980s when he joined Ray Margules, a pioneer in forestry consulting in Australia. Over the past four decades he undertook a countless
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Private timber reserve application fee increase

28 June 2024
As of 1 July 2024, Tasmania’s private timber reserve application fee will increase from $623.00 to $654.50. Source: Timberbiz The fee for a private timber reserve (PTR) application is payable to Private Forests Tasmania and represents the cost of processing an application to declare l
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Queensland’s sustainable timber framework policy

28 June 2024
Queensland’s peak body for the forest and timber industry is committed to ensuring the right policy settings are put in place by government to generate investment and expansion of forest resources to meet the rising demand for housing and construction. Source: Timberbiz “A key issue f
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Timber Unlimited partners CLT Toolbox for NZ software access

28 June 2024
Timber Unlimited has partnered with Australia’s CLT Toolbox to offer parts of this advanced software for free to New Zealand industry. Source: Timberbiz “With the release of the new Timber Structures Standard (NZSAS 1720.1:2022), it’s essential that we provide the in
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Poles apart in NSW – new fibreglass electricity poles

28 June 2024
The NSW Nationals are calling on the State Government to reverse a decision to replace hardwood power poles with composite poles. The composite poles are to be made from a fibreglass and resin composite with a UV coating for fire resilience. Source: Timberbiz It is anticipated that mo
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Turning wood into concrete building blocks

26 June 2024
Researchers at UNSW Canberra have developed a green alternative to traditional concrete blocks, addressing both environmental concerns and the rising demand for sustainable construction materials. Source: Timberbiz Led by Dr Amar Khennane, Dr Jong-Leng Liow and their research team, th
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Oji releases its sustainability report

26 June 2024
Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS) one of Australasia’s leading manufacturers of pulp, paper and wood-fibre based packaging solutions has released its 2023 Sustainability Report: Taking us Forward. Source: Timberbiz The company’s five-year Sustainability Action Plan, ‘Connecting
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