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Federal Labor needs to reverse the decline of forestry

01 September 2023
The Federal Opposition has called on the Albanese government to take greater control of the forest industry despite the Labor Party rejecting an internal push at its national conference to ban native forest harvesting. Source: Philip Hopkins, LaTrobe Valley Express The conference comm
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Opinion: Michael Harrington – Andrews’ trail of transition crumbs

01 September 2023
With the mood in Victorian timber towns at what seems to be an all-time low due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding native timber families and businesses caused by the Andrews state Labor government – Agriculture Minister Gayle Tierney has recently succumbed to common sense communi
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Friday analysis: Short-sighted Labor is short changing left, right and centre

01 September 2023
The wheels seem to be falling off the Labor Party’s end of the native logging bus. Take Western Australia first. In September 2021 the then-premier Mark McGowan announced that native forest logging in Western Australia will end at the start of 2024. Foresters said they were blindsided
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Fire at Hyne Maryborough

30 August 2023
Fire has damaged sheds at Hyne Timber’s Tuan Forest site near Maryborough in Queensland. It’s understood the fire started around 3:30pm on Tuesday in an industrial shed and spread to a second. Dozens of staff at the sawmill were evacuated. Source: Timberbiz A spokeswoman from th
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Thousands lodge submissions with Clarence Valley – don’t ban native forestry

30 August 2023
Timber NSW and the Clarence Valley timber community lodged thousands of submissions rejecting the Council Biodiversity Advisory Committee’s proposal to ban native forestry in NSW State forests. Sources: Timberbiz, photo Emma Pritchard Clarence Valley Independent The industry gathered
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WA sacrificing timber to sawmills to make firewood under ministerial order

30 August 2023
The WA Government’s new forestry policy is unravelling. The responsible Minister, Jackie Jarvis, has started to panic, reportedly ordering 120,000 tonnes of firewood to be produced, and in the process is sacrificing supplies to sawmills. Source: Gavin Butcher, Australian Rural & R
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Traralgon timber rally against Dan Andrews & the Greens

30 August 2023
About 500 people have attended another timber rally in Traralgon to protest against the state government’s policy to close the native timber industry in January. Source: LaTrobe Valley Express Held at Gippsland Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), people came to hear from the Gippsland Peop
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Ash forests on the brink of collapse without VicForests

30 August 2023
Victoria’s Ash forests are on the brink of ecosystem collapse following a poor flowering season and repeated fire events, warns the State’s leading forest flowering and seeding expert. Source: Timberbiz The issue highlights concerns raised by Forestry Australia, the seed collection se
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Gender and diversity in the Australian forestry industry

28 August 2023
In the latest episode of FWPA’s Statistics Count video series, Kevin Peachey, Statistics & Economics Manager at FWPA, takes viewers through the latest data on gender and diversity in the Australian forest and wood products industry. Source: Timberbiz The current gender balance in
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SA forestry saves woodchopping from the axe

28 August 2023
South Australia’s forest industries have stepped in to provide logs for the renowned woodchopping competition at the Royal Adelaide Show which starts Saturday. Source: Timberbiz The Royal Adelaide Show Woodchopping competition and the committee, led by Graeme Hyde, have successfully s
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