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Koala logging ban sends a chilling message to NSW timber workers

13 September 2023
Tuesday’s announcement by the NSW Government that it will ban harvesting in parts of Northern NSW previously allocated for timber production has sent a chill down the spine of every timber worker in the state, according to the CFMEU’s manufacturing division. Source: Timber
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Upgrade of Kinleith Mill – more jobs, less greenhouse emissions

11 September 2023
A New Zealand study has revealed that upgrading Kinleith Mill’s energy infrastructure and building a new large-scale sawmill to supply timber and bespoke engineered mass-timber products could provide hundreds of jobs and boost the economy according the NZ Forestry Minister, Peeni Hena
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Alliance with Japan to bring timber design to Brisbane Olympics

11 September 2023
An alliance of local and global architects wants to bring sustainable timber design to the Brisbane Olympics and fresh, local eyes to Olympic venue design in south-east Queensland. Source: Timberbiz Australian design practice Buchan has spearheaded the alliance, joining forces with Ja
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AFCA merges two courses into the Professional Freight Task Management program

11 September 2023
Following the resounding success of the Professional Ownership & Driver Wellbeing Program, the Australian Forest Contractors Association has launched a ground-breaking program merging two highly successful initiatives into Professional Freight Task Management Program. Source: Timb
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East Gippsland Shire Council votes to support of timber ban reversal

11 September 2023
East Gippsland Shire council sat in consideration of a motion supporting the world class Victorian sustainable native timber sector at a council meeting. After hearing an emotional public submission from FWCA Executive Officer Mick Harrington alongside a desperate plea from local coun
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FORESTRY NOW the State of the Industry Review

11 September 2023
The past three years have been a period of upheaval within the timber industry nationally with bushfires, COVID lockdowns, China, the decision to halt the native timber industry in at least two States and legal challenges to the timber industry as a whole. Source: Timberbiz On top of
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Updated TIRES report detects the potholes in our freight network

08 September 2023
A new report into the expected volume of timber freight movements across Victorian roads over the next five years has been released, which will assist in attracting essential funding to maintain local roads for the timber industry and wider community into the future. Source: Timberbiz
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Bunnings builds its own Victorian frame and truss facility

08 September 2023
Bunnings is investing $75 million in plants to manufacture timber wall frames and roof trusses for houses, townhouses and low-rise apartment buildings as it seeks to make its commercial business as big as its consumer-focused retail side. Source: Australian Financial Review Wesfarmers
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VicForests teetering on the verge of demolition

08 September 2023
Victoria’s state-owned logging business is on the verge of being dismantled and absorbed into other areas of the bureaucracy after the state government reclassified it and announced a review of its operations. Source: The Age, Timberbiz VicForests has been under financial pressure aft
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Opinion: Nick Steel – Building homes out of local timber

08 September 2023
The State Government’s plan to build 10,000 new homes by 2032 will not only help put more Tasmanians in a home today but, with the forestry industry’s support, into the future, writes TFPA CEO Nick Steel. We know that Tasmania, and in fact the whole country, is in the depths of a hous
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