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Wood machining may be declassified as apprentice numbers are too low

17 September 2021
Wood machining is at serious risk of being declassified as a trade due a declining number of apprentices over the past decade, according to the managing director of Accurate Australia and New Zealand Craig Honeyman. Source: Timberbiz Mr Honeyman is working to gather data from stakehol
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Labor’s ‘draconian’ forest bill delayed – vote adjourned

17 September 2021
Timber workers, businesses the unions and communities have been urged to make their voice heard, after State Parliament yesterday delayed a vote on radical reforms to Victoria’s forests legislation. Source: Timberbiz The Forests Legislation (Compliance and Enforcement) Bill 2019 was s
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Opinion: Professors Tolhurst and Vanclay – Poor science is used to stop native forest harvesting

17 September 2021
Some ecologists and conservationists, opposed to timber harvesting, are trying to use bushfire disasters as a lever to stop native forest harvesting, but their case is based on opinion, beliefs and selective science. A 2016 study of over 1 million hectares burnt by wildfire in the 200
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Blindsided by Victorian Bill that would result in huge fines for contractors

15 September 2021
A Bill which opponents claim would result in Victorian native forest logging contractors facing huge fines for failing to comply with a Code of Practice for Timber Harvesting that is still under review has been passed in the Upper House and sent to the committee stage. The Victorian t
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A win for Eden timber hub after legal challenge

15 September 2021
Work on a $14.5m timber hub at the Eden chipmill will go ahead after the DA was resubmitted to council. It follows a legal challenge by South East Forest Rescue that successfully found the DA had not been lawfully determined. Source: Eden Magnet As a result, full council had to recons
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Manjimup rallies against WA end to native forestry

15 September 2021
More than 300 people gathered in Manjimup on Monday to rally against the WA State Government’s decision to end native forestry in that State. Last week’s announcement was made without industry consultation leaving businesses, employees and regional communities in a state of shock, con
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Heavy Vehicle Initiative gains $5.5m for 28 projects

13 September 2021
Almost $5.5 million in 28 road safety projects through the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative has been made available by the Federal Government to keep motorists safe. Under Round 6 of the HVSI, the Government is backing new education, research, training and technology initiatives that a
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Tasmanian Timber Award winners announced

13 September 2021
Thirty awards were handed out at Friday night’s Tasmanian Timber Awards, held at Launceston’s Albert Hall – a sure sign that the industry is full of ‘clever people doing great things’, according to the head of the Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network. Source: Timberbiz Conven
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Kangaroo Island Timbers begins trial burns

10 September 2021
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has begun trial burns of its fire-damaged timber. It follows the company announcing it would convert its plantations to farmland after the South Australian Government refused its proposal for a deepwater port at Smith Bay on the island’s north coast
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WA ban on native forestry will kill more than just an industry

10 September 2021
For 34 years Gary Bennett’s native timber furniture studio, JahRoc, has sat like beacon to travellers that you have now entered Margaret River – a home of environmentally sustainable craft and unique timber. Source: WA Today JahRoc, which Mr Bennett co-owns with David Paris, sits on t
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