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Melina Bath sees success with Victorian Sustainable Products mill

28 April 2021
A recent visit to Victorian Sustainable Products by The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath has highlighted the value of local timber milling and manufacturing jobs. Source: Timberbiz Ms Bath visited Victorian Sustainable Products’ Fumina South mill to gain a com
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Australian builders declare their support for timber

26 April 2021
Australian builders declare is a movement to raise awareness of the need for action in building construction to play a major part in emissions and to advocate for faster change in the industry towards an improved standard of construction and more regenerative construction practices. S
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reDirect wood waste and create new wood products

26 April 2021
Australian Panels and recycler reDirect will join forces to recover clean wood waste. reDirect Recycling will develop and operate integrated resource recovery centres to recover clean wood waste that can be used in advanced manufacturing techniques. A focus of Australian Panel Product
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Timbersports comes to St Kilda

26 April 2021
Australia’s top STIHL TIMBERSPORTS athletes will be chopping and sawing at the Melbourne’s St Kilda foreshore on Saturday 8 May vying for the 2021 Australian Trophy & Australian Women’s Championship. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Trophy was the last competition in the global se
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Negotiations start with Mt Gambier mills for KIPT burnt timber

23 April 2021
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timber (KIPT) has completed a successful expo of its timber at a yard near Mt Gambier and is now in negotiations with several mills regarding buying logs from the KIPT pine softwood estate. Source: Timberbiz Logs of different size and varying burn classifica
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Vic Government should support VicForests against unwarranted attacks

23 April 2021
The Victorian Government must do more to support VicForests and the timber industry, according to Shadow Assistant Minister for Forestry Gary Blackwood. Mr Blackwood said there had been a clear line of attack on VicForests for many years from third-party interest groups which were usi
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Opinion: Kersten Gentle – I am woman hear me roar

23 April 2021
In 1972, Helen Reddy released I Am Woman, which fast became an anthem for the women’s movement and after nearly 50 years since its release, the song was sung by a friend’s daughter in Woiwurrung, the language of the Wurrundjeri people at the Australian Open, giving even more meaning t
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Friday analysis: ABC fires another misguided shot at VicForests

23 April 2021
Again, the ABC has set its sights on firing shots at VicForests using any ammo it can lay hands to even if its NQR (not quite right). On 20 April the ABC published a long article based on information that was askew. It claimed that Melbourne’s drinking water was at risk from logging o
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SA blueprint to drive growth has a regional perspective

21 April 2021
A South Australian-first blueprint to drive economic growth in the state’s regions and create jobs across a range of industries has been released by the Marshall Liberal Government. Source: Timberbiz The Our Regions Matter blueprint focuses on five key areas to drive growth: Regional
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Feds urged to support Nationals, native hardwood and RFAs

21 April 2021
The Federal Parliament has been urged to unite to support legislation proposed by Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie that will provide certainty for Australia’s native hardwood timber industries and the thousands of people whose livelihoods depend on them. Source: Timberbiz The Senate
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