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Radial may produce LVL from Victorian native forest thinnings

26 July 2021
  An upbeat Radial Timber is looking to move into producing LVL from plantations and possibly process native forest ‘thinnings’ despite the planned closure of Victoria’s native forest industry by 2030. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz Radial, which is based at Yarram in Victo
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24,000 hectares of pine in Green Triangle sold to AXA IM

26 July 2021
Investment house AXA IM has taken control of 24,000 hectares of pine plantations straddling the border between Victoria and South Australia in a $775 million deal with US fund manager Global Forest Partners, the biggest timber transaction in the country for more than a decade. Source:
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SA sawmills back to work to meet timber shortages

23 July 2021
A decision to allow the resumption of structural timber production in the state’s sawmills will let the industry play catch up for a week in a bid to reduce shortages threatening to derail the residential building boom. Source: InDaily The building industry has been forced to down too
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Timber Queensland and Planet Ark look to timber for Brisbane Olympics

23 July 2021
Timber Queensland and Planet Ark have welcomed the news that Brisbane has been successful in its bid to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games and will be the first host city to contractually agree to a climate-positive Games. Source: Timberbiz Timber Queensland’s Strategic
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Opinion: Prof Tolhurst AM & Prof Jerry Vanclay – selective science in bushfire mitigation

23 July 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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Friday analysis: turning on the water works for the Green Triangle

23 July 2021
The Green Triangle region is blessed with a regular supply of rain. Mount Gambier, for example, gets around 660 mm (around 26 inches) of rain falls annually. So, it seems somewhat contradictory that the timber industry in the Green Triangle has a water problem. And not just a water pr
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A family of foresters at OneFortyOne

21 July 2021
The youngest of seven children, Jeoffrey Van Den Hoogen followed in the footsteps of his father, a few brothers, and a sister, creating a career in local forestry. On a one-month trial at OFO’s Jubilee mill, Jeoffrey – better known as Coogee – started out stacking timber by hand in th
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Atlassian’s new Sydney timber workspace

21 July 2021
Atlassian will be moving into a new HQ in Sydney which is being designed by New York firm SHoP Architects to be a 6-star NABERS and 6-Star Green Star rated multi-storey mass timber construction. Source: Timberbiz Atlassian will take a 15-year lease with the tenancy to become Atlassian
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First engineered timber fire station for Queensland goes up

21 July 2021
Construction has begun on Australia’s first ‘mass engineered timber’ Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) complex in Maryborough. Turning an idea into reality was a journey of innovation and collaboration, made possible through the partnering of two iconic Queensland families in the con
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SA timber mills not an essential service so they lockdown

21 July 2021
Urgent talks were underway this morning in a bid to get mills on the South Australian side of the Green Triangle open for business. It was hoped an exemption would be given by this afternoon. Source: Timberbiz Ten South East mills are expected to close at a cost of almost $4m a day du
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