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WoodSolutions education program embraces shift to blended learning

03 March 2021
The past year has required the education system to move from a face-to-face setting to an online one. Making education and upskilling as interactive and dynamic as possible for students and professionals. Source: Timberbiz New technologies, resources and techniques for engagement are
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Member for Gippsland tells ministers you must buy Australian paper

03 March 2021
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has written to all Federal Ministers encouraging them and their departments to buy Australian paper. Mr Chester said all Ministers and government departments using imported paper in their offices should switch to Australian paper. Source: Ti
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Tas Labor, Liberals and FWCA say they’ve had enough of BBF protestors

03 March 2021
Tasmania’s forest workers, their families and communities are tired of the emotional and financial stress caused by professional activists who continue to disrupt their workplaces, according to Forest and Wood Communities Australia. Source: Timberbiz The FWCA says that protest action
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Building bubbles cause concern for timber industry and builders

03 March 2021
It’s the building boom – or bubble – no one seems to have seen coming. According to Kersten Gentle Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association’s executive officer to say that the housing market boom was not predicted, is an understatement. Ms Gentle said so in an open letter to bu
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Hyne Timber creates 50 more jobs with $14.5M expansion project

03 March 2021
Recruitment is set to commence for 50 more jobs created in Maryborough with Hyne Timber announcing a $14.5M expansion project. With demand for structural and engineered timber products on the increase, the 139-year-old, privately-owned Hyne Timber is investing for growth and increased
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Britton Timbers labels BBF protestors terrorists in Tasmania

01 March 2021
An attack by protestors on a sawmill in Tasmania this morning has prompted a call from the Managing Director of Britton Timbers that enough is enough. Source: Timberbiz Eight Bob Brown Foundation protesters were arrested after an early morning sit-in at McKays sawmill in Brighton. The
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ABARES 2021 conference goes virtual tomorrow

01 March 2021
Industry-leading experts will benchmark sector performance and explore the challenges and opportunities for growing Australian agriculture at this week’s ABARES Outlook 2021 conference. Source: Timberbiz Australia’s premier agricultural information-sharing and networking event is goin
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VFPA slams Murrindindi council trying to stop logging at Snobs Creek

26 February 2021
The Victorian Forest Products Association has slammed a northern Victorian council’s unanimous decision to advocate for logging to cease in the Snobs Creek area. Murrindindi Shire Council on Wednesday called on the Victorian Government to phase out current native timber harvesting act
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First load of salvaged logs leaves Kangaroo Island but facilities are lacking

26 February 2021
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timber’s first trial load of softwood logs salvaged has left the island. The load was shipped by the SeaLink ferry to the mainland, for sale to a South Australian domestic customer – Morgan Sawmill at Jamestown. Source: Timberbiz If successful, KIPT believes
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Opinion – Mark Poynter: the irrepairable damage by Bob Brown Foundation misrepresentations

26 February 2021
Last week, the Bob Brown Foundation’s (the BBF) latest legal challenge against Tasmania’s native hardwood timber industry was dismissed by the Federal Court. Following the court’s decision, Brown indicated that his Foundation’s activists will continue protesting in the forests while i
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