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Avoiding the chop by sourcing wood from Tasmania

24 March 2023
Melbourne Royal Show organisers are exploring supply options interstate to ensure woodchopping is not axed from the event’s 175th anniversary in September. Source: Weekly Times The sport has been a major show attraction for more than a century, but wood is fast running out with a cour
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Opinion: FSC – How FSC Certified Forests contribute to human health and well-being

24 March 2023
As we celebrate International Day of Forests, it’s crucial to remind ourselves of the immense benefits that these green spaces provide to our well-being. From providing clean air, water, and soil, to food sources and regulating the water cycle and temperatures and filtering poll
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Friday analysis: NSW election holds the future of hardwood not koalas

24 March 2023
New South Wales goes to the polls tomorrow and it has been a relatively quiet affair. Even the Sydney Morning Herald commented earlier this month that people could be forgiven for not even realising there’s an election on March 25. Cost of living is of course, at the front of everyone
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Victoria’s firewood shortage, another wintertime pressure for households

22 March 2023
Firewood supplies in Victoria are under pressure this winter with commercial and domestic firewood harvesting both impacted by supply restrictions. Source: Timberbiz Speaking in State Parliament this week the Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region and Shadow Parliamentary Secret
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Sustainable forest management and products key to fighting climate change

22 March 2023
In its most recent report released this week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has cited sustainable forest management along with sustainably produced forest products, as key solutions to fighting climate change, according to Australian Forest Products Association CEO Joel
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Drop-in day for drivers’ wellbeing

22 March 2023
Representatives from the softwood forestry and timber industry are again joining forces to host a drop-in day on 29 March in Tumut, New South Wales to work with the region’s forestry transport industry on wellbeing and load safety. Source: Timberbiz The day is a place for conversation
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SA launches strategic plan for its Forestry Centre of Excellence

22 March 2023
The Strategic Plan for the Forestry Centre of Excellence has been launched by the South Australian Government, laying out the vision behind this $15 million 10-year collaborative project. Source: Timberbiz The Centre, the first of its kind in South Australia, is being developed to cre
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An open letter to Chris Minns MP and Penny Sharpe MP

22 March 2023
On behalf of Forestry Australia we congratulate you on your initiative to improve the outlook for endangered koalas in NSW. However, we need to take a suite of actions to conserve and maintain healthy and sustainable populations and simply creating a National Park may not be the most
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New homes on a boom and bust cycle

20 March 2023
Sales of new homes in the three months to February were 46.8% lower than at the same time the previous year, according to the HIA New Home Sales report, a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states, and a leading indicator of future detached home con
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Stihl Timbersport’s Aussie champion Laurence O’Toole

17 March 2023
Komatsu Forest congratulates Laurence O’Toole for becoming the Stihl Timbersport’s Australian Champion for 2023 at the event recently held at Glenelg SA. Source: Timberbiz There were the usual tough competitors with Brad De Losa and Brayden Meyer running second and third respectively,
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