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Victorian Liberals show support for native timber industry

20 March 2020
The forestry industry has congratulated the Victorian Liberal Nationals Opposition for showing its support for the industry in Victoria and trying to ensure it has a future. Source: Timberbiz Earlier this week the member for East Gippsland Melina Bath introduced a motion to State Parl
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OPINION: Peter Rutherford, South East Timber Association – Why lock-up forests to protect from bushfires?

20 March 2020
On the ABC 7.30 Report, Tuesday 10 March 2020, Professor David Lindenmayer from the Australian National University stated: “What the research has shown is that forests are very unlikely to burn for the first seven years, immediately after logging.” Source: Peter Rutherford “But
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Is Victorian Labor turning into an episode of Yes, Minister?

20 March 2020
We have all become almost immune to government inertia at nearly every level. But some governments – well, one in particular – seem to have made an art form out of it. If you could call it art. To quote Yes, Minister it’s more the art of jiggery-pokery. Source: Bruce Mitchell The Oppo
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Big River’s big solution to bridge repairs

18 March 2020
Homes, buildings and infrastructure in regional areas are beginning to be rebuilt after the damage from bushfires. For many regional towns, bridges are the only ways in or out of their community. When a bridge has been damaged, the impact on the local community can be significant, par
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Timber Offsite conference, DesignBUILD and AWISA exhibitions postponed

18 March 2020
The Timber Offsite Construction 2020 Conference has been postponed until later in the year because of COVID-19 as has DesignBUILD and the Australian Woodworking Industry Suppliers Association’s (AWISA) exhibition planned for 1-4 July in Sydney. Source: Timberbiz The Timber Offsite Con
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ASH commissions $3m plant in Heyfield

18 March 2020
Australian Sustainable Hardwoods has commissioned its new $3 million timber manufacturing plant in Heyfield. The centrepiece of the new plant at ASH’s Greenmill in Firebrace Road is a high-strain twin band resaw, which uses German sawing technology to maximise the amount of useable ti
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UQ student wins excellence in timber design

16 March 2020
University of Queensland student Bridget Scanlan was announced as winner of the inaugural Responsible Wood Civil Engineering prize. Ms Scanlan graduated as a structural engineer. Source: Timberbiz Ms Scanlan was awarded the inaugural Responsible Wood Civil Engineering Prize for excell
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Small house, big impact: TAFE NSW students build house for charity

16 March 2020
A relocatable cottage built by TAFE NSW building design, carpentry, plumbing, and electrotechnology students was sold at auction at the weekend for $100,000 with the money raised going to the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation. Source: Timberbiz The structure utilises timber wall
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Silicon Valley tech comes to Victorian conference

16 March 2020
US based Katerra is a company taking the building industry to a new level, applying Silicon Valley technology to design and construction. Source: Timberbiz “Katerra is a new kind of company in the building industry, delivering end-to-end integration with significant investment in tech
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PEFC launches a new website

16 March 2020
A new website has been launched for PEFC Australia promoting PEFC forest certification. The new website draws on the global reach of PEFC as the world’s largest forest certification scheme. Source: Timberbiz Wood Marketing and Communications Officer Jason Ross emphasised the growing a
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