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Sales of new homes keep rising

19 June 2023
Sales of new homes across Australia increased for the second month in a row in May despite the ongoing rise in the cash rate. Source: Timberbiz The HIA New Home Sales report – a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states – is a leading indicator of f
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Forestry Industry Brigades still not included in presumptive rights scheme

19 June 2023
The Andrews Labor Government has announced its intention to expand the presumptive rights scheme to include specific cancers affecting women. Source: Timberbiz Presumptive rights mean that career and volunteer firefighters diagnosed with certain cancers do not need to prove firefighti
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Timber to feature at Brisbane Olympics

19 June 2023
Australia’s forest products sector has backed the Queensland Government’s plan for a climate positive Olympic Games in 2032, including through the use of climate friendly timber and wood products in Olympic venues and infrastructure. Source: Timberbiz “AFPA and Timber Queensland welco
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Fire mitigation inadequate across eastern Australia

16 June 2023
Reviewing and rethinking the impacts, costs and risks of inadequate fire mitigation measures and ongoing major bushfires across Eastern Australia. Source: Timberbiz In relation to the 2019/ 20 bushfires and follow up inquiries/commission, it is apparent that the impacts, costs and ris
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SA’s boost in additional firefighting capabilities in budget

16 June 2023
This week’s South Australian State Budget has delivered a much-needed boost in additional aerial firefighting capability that will help protect the State’s critical sustainable forest plantations as we head into more difficult summer periods ahead. Source: Timberbiz “South Australia h
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Delegation to Federal Parliament to save native hardwood industry

16 June 2023
The fight to save the native hardwood timber industry needs to become a national issue, according to Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Source: Timberbiz Mr Chester led a delegation of three Gippsland Mayors in meetings with senior government and opposition representatives i
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Minister D’Ambrosio ‘slips out the back door’ to avoid Gippsland forestry workers

16 June 2023
Labor’s Minister for Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio has denied Gippsland native timber workers an audience in the Latrobe Valley, instead choosing to return to Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz Gippsland timber workers and their families called on Minister D‘Ambrosio to meet with them to
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Opinion: Jack Bowen – and where is our hardwood going to come from Premier

16 June 2023
I, along with many in the timber merchant sector, am still reeling from the recent shock announcement by the Andrews Victorian Government to prematurely end native forest production in Victoria within six months – by 1 January 2024. The decision is reprehensible and irresponsible and
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Friday analysis: D’Ambrosio literally turned her back on Gippsland forestry

16 June 2023
When Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews announced the premature closure of the State’s native timber industry recently, he noted, “It’s not good enough for us to just cross our fingers and hope for the best. We need a plan to support workers, their families and support local jobs.” He
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Bowering Nursery endures tough season

14 June 2023
Forestry Corporation’s Blowering Nursery is at full production in readiness for the 2023 planting season, with almost three million seedlings inspected to ensure they meet the required standard. Source: Timberbiz These seedlings will join a further 3.5 million from Forestry Corporatio
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