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We need 70,000 more new homes this year

22 January 2024
Latest building approvals figures show new home builds continue to remain too low despite an uptick in higher density building, according to Master Builders Australia. Source: Timberbiz Responding to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, MBA chief economist Shane Garre
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Timber Training Creswick rolls out new courses for 2024

22 January 2024
Through 2022/23 Timber Training Creswick (RTOid 4168) has been working on new courses and course content for delivery to industry. Source: Timberbiz Fire Management Training for Tasmania: In 2023 Timber Training Creswick developed and ran a pilot program for Certificate II in public s
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AFPA submission to Senate Economics Legislation Committee

22 January 2024
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has provided feedback on the Government amendments to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share – Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023 (Bill). AFPA has said that plantation forestry was never the intended
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Shot hole borer beetle alert for WA

19 January 2024
Destructive beetle Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) was first detected in August 2021 in WA and has now been confirmed in more than 80 suburbs across the metropolitan area in backyards, street verges, public open spaces, parks and reserves. Source: Timberbiz A Quarantine Area is in
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$10M for 11 WA businesses in native forest transition plan

19 January 2024
Eleven South West businesses will share in almost $10 million in funding as part of the WA Government’s Native Forest Transition Plan to continue to drive economic diversification and jobs in the region. Source: Timberbiz The New Industry Development Grants (NIDG) aim to attract
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Opinion: Joel Fitzgibbon – Schneiders’ mischievous hardwood claims

19 January 2024
In the wake of the Federal Court’s recent decision on native forestry, Lyndon Schneiders (executive director of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation) tells us the Albanese government has recognised the need for a new native forestry approach. So too has the forestry indu
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Friday analysis: it’s time to turn off legal aid for activists

19 January 2024
It’s time Federal Government funding of the Environmental Defenders Office was turned off. Just last week it lost the case brought by the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) against the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of NSW with its lawyers arguing that the RFA should not have
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Cutting Down Our Town is a call to action

17 January 2024
Forest and Wood Communities Australia Executive Officer and renowned Australian singer-songwriter Mick Harrington has released a heartfelt anthem, “Cutting Down Our Town,” shedding light on the challenges faced by sustainable native timber towns in Victoria. Source: Timberbiz This emo
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French buy Tuan wood pellet plant in Queensland

17 January 2024
Albioma has purchased the Tuan wood pellet plant in Queensland. The business, previously owned by Altus Renewables, went into administration in late 2023. Source: Timberbiz The plant’s raw material is formed of residues supplied under long-term agreements by the region’s m
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Oxley Nationals back locals and Federal Court

17 January 2024
The Federal Court decision to dismiss a challenge by environmental activists to the North East New South Wales Regional Forest Agreement meant that more than 5000 workers across the North Coast can breathe a sigh of relief, knowing their livelihoods aren’t facing an imminent threat, a
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