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Votes in for NZ Wood Resene Timber awards

24 February 2020
The votes are in, with the NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards program revealing 54 finalists all vying for awards across 10 categories from residential to interior design, from engineering to sustainability. Source: Timberbiz For PEFC New Zealand (the NZFCA), who for the first time a
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New Mix Label Text and Controlled Wood Statements consultation

24 February 2020
The proposals of the Technical Working Group responsible for reviewing the FSC Mix label text and developing controlled wood statements are now available for public consultation. The deadline to participate is 6 April 2020 CET.  Source: Timberbiz The Controlled Wood Strategy was appro
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Aboriginal engagement in WA sandalwood industry

24 February 2020
For Robert ‘Bobby’ Pepper, getting a dead sandalwood collection licence was a decade of dreaming finally becoming reality. Mr Pepper said his involvement in the sandalwood industry continues his connection to the sandalwood industry that goes back decades. Source: Timberbiz “My father
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Tumbarumba heroes at work

24 February 2020
When you see people at work, day-in day-out, you don’t always notice the amazing qualities that sit just below the surface. But the recent fires at Tumbarumba have shown that many workmates have incredible courage, dedication and life-saving skills that are very close to the surface i
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Timber workers cast aside now bushfire disaster over

24 February 2020
Within days of finishing work that started with fire protection and ended with clearing our bushfire impacted roads, Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, says the timber industry has been hung out to dry. Source: Timberbiz He said that many timber contractors are now nervously asses
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Bob Brown Foundation ordered to stop illegal protests

24 February 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) have welcomed the Work Health and Safety Regulator’s “common-sense decision” to order the Bob Brown Foundation to cease all illegal forestry protests, which have endangered lives and
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Independent review finds Queensland was prepared for bushfire season

21 February 2020
An independent review of the September 2019 bushfires has found Queensland’s preparedness and response was highly effective in saving property and reducing the severity of fires at Stanthorpe, Sarabah and Peregian Springs. Source: Timberbiz Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the revie
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Our firefighters thanked in Times Square

21 February 2020
A 77-foot billboard in New York City’s Times Square has appeared thanks to Wunderman Thompson Australia and the NSW Rural Fire Service, sending a message of thanks to the Australian and US firefighters who have been working to defend the country during the bushfire crisis. Source: Tim
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Logging injunction against VicForests

21 February 2020
VicForests’ logging operations in parts of the Central Highlands and Gippsland regions remain on hold with a Supreme Court injunction this week extended to a later date. Source: Timberbiz Environmental group Wildlife of the Central Highlands is fighting to stop VicForests from logging
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Nationals call for fuel reduction to save lives

21 February 2020
The Nationals in Victoria have launched a Fuel Reduction Saves Lives campaign calling for increased fuel reduction on public land. The Leader of the Nationals, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Peter Walsh and Shadow Assistant Minister for Public Land Use, Member for Eastern Victoria R
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