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Misguided WA protestors may spread dieback through forest

05 August 2020
Misguided protestors have disrupted legal and sustainable timber operations at Helms, near Nannup in Western Australia. Despite false claims from protestors, the operation at Helms does not include any areas of old growth forest, according to the timber industry’s peak body, the Fores
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Bob Brown Foundation got the foundations totally wrong

05 August 2020
Claims by the Bob Brown Foundation that Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) plan to harvest giant trees and shut the Styx road in mid-August, are a new low according to Tasmania’s Resources Minister Guy Barnett. Source: Timberbiz “Facts have never been high on the agenda for environment
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World Architecture Festival award for timber use

03 August 2020
To highlight outstanding constructions using timber from a sustainable source, PEFC and the World Architecture Festival are awarding the Best Use of Certified Timber Prize for the third time this year. Entries are open until 14 August. Source: Timberbiz If you are an architect or proj
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Next Gen foresters get keys to fast track career options

03 August 2020
The next generation of aspiring foresters and timber workers are being given the keys to fast track their career thanks to an innovative pathway program. A total of 12 students from Limestone Coast schools are enrolled in the inaugural year of the Forestry Pathways Program which is as
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Queensland tradies to #growqldjobs

03 August 2020
Queensland tradies and home renovators are being encouraged to #growqldjobs by ensuring their next project uses timber products grown and processed in Queensland. Source: Timberbiz Clarissa Brandt, Strategic Relations Manager at peak industry body Timber Queensland says the impact of
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Gumbaynggirr protestors at it again in Bagawa forest

03 August 2020
Logging has been stopped at Bagawa State Forest this morning. It is the fourth time logging has been halted on the NSW Mid North Coast over the past six weeks by the Gumbaynggirr Conservation Group (GCG). Source: Timberbiz One individual is in a tree attached to two machines, effectiv
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Friday Analysis: Between a rock and hard place VicForests takes off its gloves

31 July 2020
Bunnings has indeed set VicForests an almost impossible goal. By demanding all Victorian native forest timber is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council of Australia, which includes three directors opposed to native timber harvesting, VicForests is left lodged between a solid rock
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Inconsistent COVID rules hamper cross border truck industry

31 July 2020
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) board was in crisis talks with the Deputy Prime Minister yesterday following the collapse of an interstate agreement aimed at speeding the flow of freight. Source: Timberbiz Despite a National Cabinet agreement last week on a protocol for movi
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Bushfire paper on opportunities and strategies for pine plantations protection

29 July 2020
Leading bushfire expert John O’Donnell has released a draft paper on the potential opportunities and strategies for improved bushfire pine plantation protection and management across Australia. Source: Timberbiz “After the large bushfires killing considerable areas of pine plantations
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SA Labor commits to working with Green Triangle for growth

29 July 2020
The South Australian Labor Shadow Cabinet has committed to work with the Green Triangle forestry sector to realise new investment and growth opportunities following a Limestone Coast fact finding mission. Source: Timberbiz Party leader Peter Malinauskas, Deputy Leader and Shadow Minis
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