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Alliance Timber revitalises Dartmoor mill

16 September 2020
Dartmoor looks set to receive a major boost with one of the area’s largest employers eyeing off a significant expansion. Source: Hamilton Spectator Alliance Timber Group is looking to significantly boost its workforce at the same time it also received two unexpected boosts from the co
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Boral says promote Australian timber to address local challenges

14 September 2020
Boral Timber has stated that this year has presented enormous challenges to the community as a whole after suffering through bushfires, floods and the ongoing global pandemic, and the local timber industry is also taking stock. Source: Timberbiz The company says that as the shop local
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Webinar to prepare for coming bushfire season

14 September 2020
The Institute of Foresters Australia (IFA) is hosting a webinar on 23 September to focus on preparation for the next bushfire season in Australia. Source: Timberbiz Gary Morgan AM AFSM will provide a brief round-up of findings and recommendations which were released by State-level inq
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Friday analysis: hardwood solution too hard for Labor

11 September 2020
It’s one thing to offer a solution to a problem. It’s another thing to deliver the solution. And the Victorian Government has been caught out failing to deliver to the state’s native timber industry, again. Source: Bruce Mitchell This time it’s the revelation that rather than planting
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Review of Australian Standard for chain of custody: committee positions open

11 September 2020
Responsible Wood as an Accredited Standard Development Organisation has responsibility for developing and maintaining Australian Standard AS 4707 Chain of Custody for Forest Products and it has announced the commencement of the five-yearly review of AS 4707. Source: Timberbiz AS 4707
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Construction contract signed for KIPT seaport

11 September 2020
A contract for the construction of the Kangaroo Island Seaport at Smith Bay has been signed. The contract partners in the Early Contractor Involvement Agreement (ECI), is led by Maritime Constructions (MC) from Port Adelaide, include KBR and WGA, two global leaders in the field of civ
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Ian McDonnell new chair of Green Triangle hub

11 September 2020
Mount Gambier-based mill owner Ian McDonnell is the new chair of the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub. The NF McDonnell and Sons director was elevated from his role as deputy chair, nominated at last week’s board meeting following the resignation of inaugural chair Linda Sewell, d
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Vic timber transition plan labelled a sham – not one hardwood tree planted

11 September 2020
The Victorian Government’s native timber transition plan has been labelled a sham after Labor walked away from establishing hardwood plantations. During State Parliament this week the Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath pushed Minister for Agriculture, Jaclyn Sym
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Opinion: Jack Bowen – maybe COVID will bring common sense to native forestry

11 September 2020
Resilience is about ‘rebounding’, ‘springing back’ from adversity etc. It is a word that should be on everyone’s mind at the moment. COVID-19, and our resilience to overcome the Pandemic of the Ages must be first and foremost – no argument about that. At the same time our business, an
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2020 Tree Report – a post bushfire focus

09 September 2020
Planet Ark has released its 2020 Tree Report in the wake of relentless drought, a brutal and tragic summer of bushfires and the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian people and land are facing the task of recovering and rebuilding. Regeneration is perhaps more important for
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