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Hyne’s Tumbarumba mill wedged between two walls of fire

07 January 2020
Hyne’s Tumbarumba Mill employs approximately 200 people who are currently managing their personal response to the emergency as a priority. The mill has been shut since New Year’s Eve. The town had been trapped between two bushfires coming together from Victoria and New South Wales, ma
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Federal and State governments commit to bushfire relief

07 January 2020
Money and resources – both Federal and State – will soon begin pouring into the worst of the fire-ravaged areas of Victoria and New South Wales. Federally, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a $2bn bushfire recovery fund with rebuilding communities the top pri
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Kangaroo Island to begin salvage of burnt timber

07 January 2020
On Kangaroo Island where a third of the island was burnt, harvesting of plantation timber will begin early after almost 1900ha, or about 17% of the region’s biggest timber company’s holdings were affected by the fires. It was reported that lighting had set off a secondary fire in the
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Australia is under fire

07 January 2020
There are fears two massive bushfires burning on the NSW-Victorian border could join in coming days, creating one massive fire front. CFA state response controller Gavin Freeman said there was a “real potential” the fires burning along the state border could combine. The Corryong fire
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WWF wants to ban native forestry but builds HQ with native timber

19 December 2019
WWF Australia has released a document which undercuts years of sensible, science based advocacy by one of the world’s most respected environmental organisations and which will have international ramifications. Source: Timberbiz The WWF Australia report, Towards Two Billion Trees, cont
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Going the whole log

19 December 2019
At Hyne they believe that every centimetre of every log has potential and so they respect every tree since each has spent 30-40 years in the plantation growing straight, strong and tall. They call this a “whole of log‑philosophy”. Source: Timberbiz A tour of Laminex’s Toolara Queensla
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Tech design guide for mid rise timber building

19 December 2019
The increasing use of timber building systems in mid-rise construction is creating a demand for engineering and design professionals familiar with their requirements. The new WoodSolutions Technical Design Guide, Mid-rise Timber Building Structural Engineering has been written to addr
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Gottstein wood science course

19 December 2019
Forest products are much more efficient users of energy than other materials and there is now a decreasing availability of products from some regions and changes in quality from others. A greater understanding of the user’s final requirements is needed to adjust to this situation. Sou
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Robocalls highlight Labor’s betrayal of timber workers

19 December 2019
Tens of thousands of voters in regional Victoria have received robocalls over the past 48 hours, highlighting Labor’s betrayal of timber workers, their families and timber communities. Source: Timberbiz The calls feature a timber worker and Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and En
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AUSTimber opens entries for woodchop and forwarder competitions

17 December 2019
Entries have opened for two of the most sought after competitions aligned with AUSTimber 2020, the VicForests Wood Chop and the Komatsu National Forwarders competitions. The entry deadlines are 27 March and 28 February respectively. Source: Timberbiz Komatsu’s National Forwarder compe
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