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Chainsaw Safety Week

05 June 2024
Leading chainsaw brand, STIHL, has launched STIHL Chainsaw Safety Week in Australia from 3-9 June to build awareness of the necessary safety precautions for operating a chainsaw this winter and beyond. Source: Timberbiz With almost one thousand chainsaw injuries reported in Australia
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Plantations benefit from the removal of the water rule

05 June 2024
Australia’s forest industry can now celebrate the removal of the ‘water rule’ that for years has deterred new timber plantings participating in the Emissions Reduction Fund. Source: Timberbiz As of 1 June 2024, the water rule that had added conditions that plantation forestry needed t
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Building approvals flatline

03 June 2024
Building approvals for new homes remained relatively flat in April, falling by 0.3% from already-depressed levels. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its monthly building approvals data for April 2024 for detached houses and multi-units covering a
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Recovery underway at Tumut after region’s loss in bushfires

03 June 2024
Nationals Member for Cootamundra and Shadow Minister for Crown Lands Steph Cooke has visited the Tumut region to meet forestry industry stakeholders and discuss the progress being made as the region continues to recover from the Black Summer bushfires. Source: Timberbiz Ms Cooke said
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Victorian timber innovation grants round 3

03 June 2024
Victoria’s Labor Government is continuing to provide support to local businesses and workers in timber industry communities with applications for Round 3 of the Victorian Timber Innovation Fund (VTIF) open. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Agriculture Ros Spence announced that eligible
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Softwood Working Group welcomes forestry funding package

03 June 2024
The Softwoods Working Group has welcomed the announcement of a $13 million forestry funding package aimed at protecting critical timber supplies in the Murray region ahead of the 2024/25 bushfire season. Source: Timberbiz This funding will support critical fire prevention, detection,
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NSW puts $13M to work in protecting critical timber supplies

03 June 2024
The NSW Government has announced a $13 million forestry funding package to provide much needed protection of critical timber supplies in the Murray region in the lead up to the next bushfire season. Source: Timberbiz This package will build a better resilience into this important regi
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Alarm bells are sounding in the building industry

31 May 2024
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing a rise in inflation, coupled with a decrease in building and construction industry productivity, should be sounding alarm bells for Australian governments, warns Master Builders Australia. Source: Timberbiz New data released sh
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Timber dominates in the cultural centre for Phillip Island

31 May 2024
Timber dominates the internal design of Phillip Island’s prestigious new multi-dimensional cultural centre in Cowes and what better place to source much of the timber than Gippsland. Source: Philip Hopkins, Latrobe Valley Express ‘Berninneit’ – ‘Gathering Together’ in the Boon Wurrung
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A fond farewell to Vic Gersekowski

31 May 2024
It is with sadness that we say farewell to a true champion of the Queensland Timber Industry this week. Victor Gersekowski, owner/director of Vic’s Timber – a cypress pine sawmill at Cecil Plains in the Western Downs region of Queensland. Cypress pine is a conifer native to Australia
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