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Eden-Monaro by-election will be a vote for forestry

01 May 2020
The impending Eden-Monaro by-election will be go to the candidate who delivers the strongest and most positive growth plan for forest industries, according to the Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz The long serving sitting member Mike Kelly yesterday ended month
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OFO and Timberlink NZ operations are back online

01 May 2020
Timberlink and OneFortyOne’s New Zealand operations have resumed this week as New Zealand moved from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 this week. Source: Timberbiz New Zealand moved to Alert Level 4 last month causing both Timberlink and OneFortyOne to shut their operations in that count
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AKD stops production due to building downturn

01 May 2020
Australia’s largest sawmilling company AKD Softwoods has temporarily stopped production at four mills due to the predicted decrease in demand for building products. More than 800 workers have been forced to take leave in a bid to prevent an oversupply of timber products as the e
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OPINION: 2020 Q2 is going to be a struggle

01 May 2020
In the new world of managing COVID-19, there are emerging issues, disruptions, dislocations and chaos almost daily as wood products buyers and sellers adapt to a new world order. Source: Russ Taylor, Managing Director, FEA-Canada The challenges are endless, and include the following (
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Friday Analysis – Eden-Monaro seat swinging from the trees

01 May 2020
It’s not hard to see the importance of the Federal seat of Eden-Monaro. It has long been held up as a bellwether seat; from the 1972 election until the 2013 election, Eden-Monaro was won by the party that also won the election. During that time, all of its sitting members were defeate
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Royal Commission told prevention is the cure by Foresters & Forest Growers

29 April 2020
Australia should urgently accept that bushfire prevention rather than suppression is the only way to avoid the widescale loss of lives, property and biodiversity experienced last summer according to the Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG). Sourc
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Wood Products tells Royal Commission to recognise native forestry

29 April 2020
Future national and state land and bushfire management policies need to clearly recognise the critical importance of the ‘plantation and native hardwood timber production sectors’ play as part of the overall solution in preventing wildfires like those of this past tragic Black Summer,
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Timber Queensland adds to calls for building stimulus

29 April 2020
Timber Queensland has backed calls by the building sector for targeted economic stimulus to avert a looming cliff in future building activity as the pipeline of existing projects starts to dry up. Source: Timberbiz Timber Queensland CEO Mick Stephens said recent industry surveys have
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No AUSTimber 2020 now AUSTimber 2021

29 April 2020
The organisers of AUSTimber 2020 have rescheduled this year’s event over CoVid-19 concerns and will now work on delivering the event in November 2021. Source: Timberbiz It was planned for April this year, and then was postponed until November because of the bushfires in the Gippsland
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Building a new taskforce for Victorian housing

27 April 2020
The appointment of a Building and Development Industry Taskforce is an important step for Victoria’s economy both during and after COVID-19. The HIA has been appointed to the Taskforce. Source: Timberbiz “We look forward to working with the Government to keep the State’s residential b
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