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Margules Groome – Are Australian Forestry Growers and Processors Ready for Climate-Related Disclosures

03 November 2023
Earlier this year, the Australian Government confirmed that it will make climate-related disclosures mandatory for large businesses and financial institutions. In June 2023, the Commonwealth Treasury proposed a design for a mandatory climate reporting framework. The framework is to be
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Students win awards for signature furniture pieces in Victoria

01 November 2023
Students from Lilydale’s Ranges TEC have received awards for signature furniture pieces crafted from native timber donated by Powelltown Sawmills as part of their community awareness course requirements. Source: Timberbiz The course, a partnership between the school, the mill and VicF
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PALM scheme addresses labour shortage for Parkside

01 November 2023
Parkside Timbers is utilising the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme to address labour shortages in its sawmills. The company has engaged with 25 workers from Samoa to join their teams at the Theodore and Wandoan sawmills in central Queensland. Source: Timberbiz Parkside
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Reports with opportunities to deliver additional saw log production

01 November 2023
Two new reports have been released by the Tasmania Forestry Hub outlining opportunities to support silvicultural interventions that could deliver additional saw log production in the next 10 years. Source: Timberbiz Australia faces an ongoing shortage of structural grade timber for us
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ABS review of occupations in forest and wood industries

30 October 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is undertaking a comprehensive review of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), a system that describes and categorises occupations and is used in the census to collect data about the workforce. Source:
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Skilled tradies in short supply slows down building

30 October 2023
The shortage of skilled trades people remained acute in the September quarter of 2023 despite the return of skilled migration and a slowing in home building activity. Source: Timberbiz The HIA Trades Report released this week provides a quarterly review of the availability of skilled
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Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards presented

30 October 2023
The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards on Friday night honoured leading forestry researcher Dr Jim O’Hehir with its Timber Legend Award. Source: Timberbiz Five hundred people packed The Barn outside Mount Gambier for the fourth awards night, this year hosted by TV and radio&#
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City of Mount Gambier rejects affiliation with SA Forest Products Association

27 October 2023
Elected members at the City of Mount Gambier have rejected the idea of becoming an affiliate member of the South Australian Forest Products Association (SAFPA). Source: The Border Watch The idea was put to councillors in May, but it was decided to postpone a decision until they could
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ASH MASSLAM the mass timber glulam product with EWPA certification

27 October 2023
Australian Sustainable Hardwoods’ MASSLAM SL35 and MASSLAM 45 have achieved Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia product certification. As such they are the only mass timber glulam products in Australia to hold the EWPA’s certification. Source: Timberbiz Ach
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Clarence Valley Council’s support for native hardwood gains momentum

27 October 2023
The Australian Forest Products Association NSW has welcomed the Clarence Valley Council’s demonstration of strong support for the native hardwood industry. Source: Timberbiz In a recent council meeting in Maclean, Northern NSW, the council emphatically rejected a motion to stop native
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