Waratah has served the global forestry industry for more than 40 years, pioneering mechanized harvesting with first-class products of quality, durability, and reliability paired with great customer support. Source: Timberbiz The company has always been in the forefront of technologica

The New Zealand Government is to hold a review into the eight-year-old program to save the kauri, with the Minister of Forestry calling previous efforts “grossly substandard”. Source: The New Zealand Herald Kauri trees in Auckland, the Coromandel and Northland are dying fr

Victorian taxpayers forked out more than $50 million to buy the Heyfield timber mill, it has emerged. Source: The Weekly Times The State Government paid $50.6 million to buy the Australian Sustainable Hardwood timber mill from the Hermal Group in September. The Government had remained

Environmental Projects (EP) is the Adelaide-based company in charge of putting together the Environmental Impact Statement for our facility at Smith Bay. Source: Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers Recently, EP invited representatives of interested Kangaroo Island groups to a Stakehold

Responsible Wood is seeking your comments on a proposed amendment to AS4707:2014.  AS4707 is the Australian adoption of the PEFC International Chain of Custody Standard. Source: Timberbiz In the adoption process, the word “Country” in the PEFC document was translated as “State” in AS4

Tasmania’s status as a national leader in forestry practices and innovation has been cemented with the official launch of a new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation hub in Launceston. Source: Timberbiz The Institute is backed by $4 million funding from the Australian and

People in the forestry and timber industry have been saddened at the sudden passing of Ken Hall, long-time harvest and haul contractor based in Scottsdale, Tasmania. Ken was 68. Source: Timberbiz He leaves his wife Karen; Manuel and Ange; Taneil and Luke; Candice and Justin; Denham; C

The forest industry’s economic contribution to the “Green Triangle” plantation region of south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia is significant – it directly generated $1.2 billion in sales last financial year and a total of $1.9 billion when flow-on effects in other indust