Vic Gov’t ups timber supply to Heyfield
08 June 2017
The Victorian Government has increased its timber supply offer to the embattled Heyfield mill, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. Source: Herald Sun The timber mill is now being offered 80cu m a year of timber from the Gippsland forest over the next three years, an overall increase of
Continue Reading →McVilly Timber is now Alliance Timber
08 June 2017
The Terang economy is set to be boosted with the return of a timber yard to the town. Alliance Timber is now operating out of the old McVilly Timber yard. Source: The Standard Dean Montgomery and Aaron Keating are the directors of Alliance Timber while Anthony Westwick will manage the
Continue Reading →NSW central tablelands $106m timber plant
08 June 2017
A $106 million expansion at a timber manufacturing plant on the New South Wales central tablelands has been approved by the State Government. Source: ABC News Borg Manufacturing has been given the green light to expand its existing medium density fibreboard (MDF) facility complex in O
Continue Reading →Frame defines the future
08 June 2017
The future of timber construction is in the factory. For designers and builders, that means precision control over their product, huge time and cost savings in building a project, be it residential or commercial. Source: Timberbiz The Frame Australia conference in Melbourne on June 19
Continue Reading →Timber Design Awards competition closes tomorrow
08 June 2017
The 18th Australian Timber Design Awards competition is open to built environment professionals and students. Source: Timberbiz Those professionals and students who want to showcase their built design and/or building projects in residential and/or public or commercial buildings that f
Continue Reading →Make it good with wood in $1m TV campaign
08 June 2017
Planet Ark and Peter Maddison make it good with wood in new $1 million national TV and online campaign. Source: Timberbiz A series of 15 second commercials showing different applications of wood and their benefits has launched on national TV, supported by a strong online video and mar
Continue Reading →Record plantation log harvest worth $2.3 billion
31 May 2017
Australia’s forest industry achieved a record plantation log harvest of more than 30 million cubic metres worth over $2.3 billion in 2015-16 according to a report. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) report, Australian f
Continue Reading →The construction evolution explained
31 May 2017
One of the biggest challenges designers and specifiers can have when looking to utilise timber as a construction material is lack of knowledge about the properties and benefits. Source: Timberbiz In many cases, misconceptions about fire risk and termite risk, or concerns over structur
Continue Reading →Tassie jobs go interstate according to government
25 May 2017
Resources Minister Guy Barnett says Tasmanian sawmillers and forestry workers are seeking employment interstate because they are unable to access enough timber in Tasmania. Source: The Examiner Ahead of debate in the upper house around the government’s polarising forest bill, Mr Barne
Continue Reading →Deloitte report confirms forestry relevance
25 May 2017
In responding to the Deloitte report released Make it big Adelaide, AFPA SA Manager John Stokes says it confirms the importance of forestry industry to the South Australian economy. Source: Timberbiz “As part of the agribusiness sector, Forestry contributes $1.5billion to the state’s
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