40 pieces of timber
20 April 2017
Furniture maker Rod Devries was a happy man after securing 40 historic pieces of timber from a demolished Orange building at auction. Source: Central Western Daily Mr Devries bought the large ironbark hardwood logs at $700 each. “I’ll be making furniture out of them,” he said. Mr Devr
Continue Reading →Gippsland to get a new radial timber mill
20 April 2017
A new state-of-the-art radial timber mill will be opening in Gippsland this month and is set to boost both productivity for the mill and jobs for the region. Source: Timberbiz Chris McEvoy, managing director of Radial Timber Australia said that the new mill opening in Yarram is a firs
Continue Reading →Timber towers is the way
13 April 2017
Timber construction is the only way cities can build enough housing for their growing populations and keep within agreed climate change emissions reductions, leading British architect Andrew Waugh said at Green Cities in Sydney. Source: Australian Financial Review London has a housing
Continue Reading →Maleny Wood Expo
13 April 2017
This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Maleny Wood Expo on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, which celebrates the region’s proud history of timber-gathering. The theme for this year’s annual event is “From seed to fine furniture”with activities over three days f
Continue Reading →Carter Holt Harvey lock out at Myrtleford
13 April 2017
About 160 Myrtleford Carter Holt Harvey timber mill workers faced a lockout after enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) talks broke down. Source: The Border Mail Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) assistant district secretary Andrew Vendramini said on Tuesday worker
Continue Reading →Labor struggling under the weight of Heyfield
13 April 2017
For a small town few Victorians had probably heard of six months ago, Heyfield is fuelling a hell of a political story. And for a town sitting in a safe conservative seat, it could potentially cause major ructions in the most marginal of urban electorates. Source: Herald Sun It is, of
Continue Reading →SA’s steps to Carbon Neutral Adelaide
13 April 2017
SA Premier Jay Weatherill witnessed testimony to the environmental and manufacturing opportunities for South Australia that can flow from innovative tall wood construction solutions. Source: Timberbiz The Premier was speaking at Building Greener Cities with Timber, an event highlighti
Continue Reading →Timber Design Awards new website
13 April 2017
The Australian Timber Design Awards’ team has launched its new website, complete with a fresh design, informative features and even a changed domain name. The new website, http://timberdesignawards.com.au has been completely redesigned to facilitate easy navigation for visitors as the
Continue Reading →Bunning says no to timber from Tasmania
13 April 2017
Australia’s largest household hardware chain will not sell timber sourced from contentious Tasmanian forests that the Government wants to re-open to logging earlier than planned. Source: ABC News The suppliers of timber to Bunnings have informed the retail giant that they would
Continue Reading →Old tools of the trade on display
05 April 2017
The soon-to-be-opened interpretive centre inside Railway House has seen the addition of a number of historical timber tools that will help tell the story of Busselton’s timber history. Source: The West Australian Several Busselton residents have donated tools to the centre which will
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