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Recycled report again falsely links native forestry and bushfires

12 February 2021
The Australian Forest Products Association has again rejected a recycled report falsely claiming a link between native forestry operations and increased bushfire intensity. The AFPA says this latest claim comes from a so-called expert review of 51 previously published scientific paper
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Opinion: John O’Donnell – Cool forest hazard reduction burning in eastern Australia.

12 February 2021
There are plenty of cases where bushfires travel very long distances in very short periods, including the Dunns Rd, Green Valley and Gospers Mtn bushfires in NSW in 2019/ 20 especially in hot dry conditions with high fuel loads. The areas of these bushfires were Dunns Rd, 334,000 ha,
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NT offsite construction project for 70 homes

10 February 2021
The Northern Territory Government has announced a $27.5 million offsite construction project to deliver 70 new homes for remote communities. Four Territory construction companies have been awarded panel contracts to build homes for the NT’s Big Rivers and southern regions over the nex
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Hundegger to supply machinery for Timberlink’s new Tarpeena plant

10 February 2021
Hundegger will supply the key CNC machining equipment for Timberlink’s new Cross Laminated Timber and Glue Laminated Timber plant being built in Tarpeena, South Australia. Source: Timberbiz The decision to commission Hundegger Australasia Pty Ltd comes following an extensive internati
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Scholarships for grad research with National Centre for Timber Durability and Design

10 February 2021
The Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia is offering a three-year scholarship opportunity for graduate students undertaking their research with the National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life. Source: Timberbiz The scholarship will provide graduate students in
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Australian log exports fall to five year low

08 February 2021
IndustryEdge has stated that Australia’s log exports fell to a five-year low in December 2020, down 47% on the prior December and totalling just 196,519 m3. The dramatic fall saw exports 34% lower than for November, which was itself 32% lower than exports in October. Source: IndustryE
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Ross Hampton takes his chair on the FOA Advisory Council

08 February 2021
Incoming Chair of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s forestry advisory council, Ross Hampton, says the world’s renewable timber and forestry sectors must be turbo-charged if we are to have any chance of achieving the global goal of ‘Carbon Neutral by 2050’. Source: Timberbiz M
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Gavin Matthew new CEO at Engineered Wood Products

08 February 2021
Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia has appointed Gavin Matthew as its new Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this appointment, Mr Matthew was a Senior Policy Manager with the Australian Forest Products Association looking after the softwood manufacturing sector. Source
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No surprise Bob Brown Foundation won’t accept Federal Court decision

08 February 2021
The Bob Brown Foundation has instructed its lawyers to prepare a special leave application to the High Court in the “Great Forest Case”. It follows last week’s Federal Court decision which 3-0 against the Bob Brown Foundation’s argument that the state’s Regional Forest Agr
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Bendigo GovHub Vic timber frame building to be largest

05 February 2021
A head contractor has been chosen to construct Victoria’s largest timber frame building in Bendigo. A joint venture between Bendigo-based builder Fairbrother and one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest construction providers, Icon, has been appointed to deliver the $90 million proj
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