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Tasmanian Labor promoting Tas first timber policy

26 July 2023
State Labor says a Tasmanian first timber policy needs to be established to prevent Tasmanian-grown logs travelling across the Bass Strait to be milled in Victoria. Source: The Examiner The Tasmanian forestry industry has expressed alarm over past months after the Victorian Government
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Labor Enviro action group report pushes for public plantations

26 July 2023
More than 300 Labor branches have backed a push by the party’s environmental arm for the Albanese government to fund an expanded, publicly owned plantation industry to ensure the country gets the timber it needs and end native forest logging. Source: The Guardian A report by the Labor
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AFCA Professional Freight Task Management program

24 July 2023
Following the success of Australian Forest Contractors Association’s (AFCA) Professional Ownership & Driver Wellbeing Program (PODW), AFCA has launched a new initiative. Source: Timberbiz AFCA has again collaborated with industry experts Alan Pincott from ATSSS- Australian Truckin
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New site manager appointed at Hyne Tumbarumba

24 July 2023
Hyne Timber has appointed Kristina Kaminski as the new site manager of the Hyne Tumbarumba Mill. Source: Timberbiz Ms Kaminski has been the mill’s operations manager since joining the company in February 2023 and this recent promotion to site manager makes her the first female to ever
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Sales of new homes sink in all states

21 July 2023
Sales of new homes across Australia fell by 4.8% in June, to remain at rock bottom levels. And HIA Chief Economist Tim Reardon says this poor result in June leaves sales in the 2022/23 financial year down by 33.2% compared with the previous year. Source: Timberbiz The HIA New Home Sal
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Archaic rules stop heavy-duty electric trucks in their tracks

21 July 2023
Australia’s archaic road rules, and its unique weight restrictions on trucks, have emerged as a major stumbling block to moves to transform the country’s heavy duty truck fleet to fully electric. Source:  The Driven Volvo Trucks, the world’s biggest maker of heavy-duty electric trucks
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Illegal felling a by-product of halting native forestry

21 July 2023
Throughout Victoria, illegal firewood collection as a result of the end of the sustainable native timber industry has taken hold in some of our most valued and rare ecological gems. Source: Timberbiz In remote areas and rural towns, particularly in low socio-economic situations firewo
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Andrews government accused of plundering timber from Tasmania

21 July 2023
The Andrews government is being accused of plundering timber from Tasmania after announcing the closure of the Victorian industry. The Herald Sun reported this week that the Heyfield Mill, 49% owned by the Victorian Government and operated by Australian Sustainable Hardwoods, has been
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Opinion: John Cameron – Andrews Gov’t mismanagement of native timber industry

21 July 2023
The Andrews Government decision to close the native forest timber industry culminates eight years of mismanagement that turned VicForests from a profitable business into a loss maker. Victoria will no longer be a major domestic producer of appearance grade and further manufacturing gr
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Friday analysis: Victoria sourcing native timber from Tas highlights Andrews’ hypocrisy

21 July 2023
Two things are certain about Victoria. The premier Dan Andrews plays a mean political game, and certain sections of the media in that State will do all they can – indeed everything they can – to bring him down. This week it was the story that the Andrews government was being accused o
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