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Opinion SETA: forest health funding focus should be on causes not management

09 April 2021
Over the past 5 years, the NSW government has committed millions of dollars to fire and recently $1.2 million to ecological research. Much of the fire research funding has been used to justify operational fire management policy, that fails to facilitate greatly increased levels of bus
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Friday analysis: D’Ambrosio’s forestry review is missing in action

09 April 2021
There is an old saying, particularly in political circles, that no review or inquiry should be commissioned unless the result is known in advance. This is because, all too often, many reviews or inquiries are held to justify the position held by the commissioning authority. Source: Br
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Construction productivity is falling despite advancing technologies

07 April 2021
  Construction productivity has been an ongoing issue in the building industry for the last three decades. And research shows that despite advancing technologies, productivity is actually falling. Source: Timberbiz Over the past 10 years, timber has emerged as a viable complement
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Victoria’s largest mass timber project for students

07 April 2021
Multiplex has completed La Trobe University’s new student accommodation project at its Bundoora campus, delivering Victoria’s largest mass timber project with almost the entire structure utilising cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam beams and columns. Source: Timberbiz The new stu
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Forico’s 2.3m tonne carbon capture a reminder of the advantages of wood

07 April 2021
Tasmania’s largest private forest manager, Forico, has released its annual carbon capture statistics, boasting an absorption of 2.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the past financial year. Source: Timberbiz This equates to the CO2 emissions from half a million cars driven on our
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Long term water security needed to regrow forestry estate in SA

07 April 2021
A landmark Green Triangle study into plantation water use is underway in an effort to regain access to state-controlled water and stop the growing loss of forestry estate in South Australia. Source: Timberbiz Over the past five years more than 30,000 hectares of plantation has not bee
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KIPT rejects $20m offer to buy plantation land

07 April 2021
An offer to buy the fire-damaged bluegum plantations on Kangaroo Island and return them to farmland has been out to the owners. Converting Kangaroo Island’s burnt timber plantations to farming land would boost the island’s economy, provide extra jobs and reduce the fire risk, some com
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Red Stag to open new CLT plant to address NZ timber shortage

07 April 2021
Red Stag in New Zealand has announced that it will open a new wood processing plant in a few weeks to produce CLT. It is hoped that the new plant may help alleviate the country’s timber shortage according to Red Stage group CEO Marty Verry. Source: Timberbiz The plant, says Verry, wil
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10 technically tailored trees for Traralgon

31 March 2021
An exciting milestone was reached at the Latrobe Creative Precinct as the last of the 10 feature “trees” were installed. The 10 “trees” – up to 8.5m high – have been created in conjunction with Australian Sustainable Hardwoods’ technical partner TGA Engineering to be a feature of the
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KIPT drowns logs to keep them safe and sound

31 March 2021
Sprinklers have been activated at the dam on Kangaroo Island Plantation Timber’s Macgill property where the company will store more than 100,000 tonnes of pine. The pine logs, harvested from the fire-damaged Gosse West plantation will be preserved in preparation as the company awaits
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