Timber Communities Australia has announced the resignation of Helen Murray, who has been the national coordinator and its key representative for almost four years. Source: Timberbiz Since joining in 2014 Ms Murray has been a dedicated and proactive representative for TCA’s members fro

The construction of a $42 million export facility for woodchip processing in the Huon Valley will support 145 ongoing jobs and breathe new life into the struggling forestry industry in the South, proponents say. Source: The Mercury Southwood Fibre, which already has a sawmill and proc

The Tasmanian Government is being accused of rorting a federal subsidy scheme to help solve a lingering forestry issue. Source: ABC News The Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES) helps Tasmanian producers overcome their geographic disadvantage, helping them sell into interstate

The words “native timber industry” should not be words frowned upon, yet with relentless misinformation campaigns, outright lies and targeting of voters in the inner city, it seems they are according to Ricky Muir. Source: The Weekly Times Writing for The Weekly Times Mr Muir said: Th

The LNP will deliver an innovative $6 million package for broad industry R&D and to establish a dedicated Farm Forestry Centre to expand private farm forestry to better support the state’s forest and timber industries. Source: My Sunshine Coast LNP Shadow Agriculture, Fisher

Developer Lendlease has unveiled the design of a second engineered timber building at Barangaroo South designed by Tzannes. Sources: Architectureau, The Sydney Morning Herald The building is proposed as a “sister” to International House Sydney, also designed by Tzannes, which was comp

In the past 12 months, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia have all taken steps to develop import regulations designed to keep illegally logged timber out of their markets. Source: Eco Business In most cases, timber import regulations give governments

A 2017 study by the Global Financial Integrity ranked illegal logging as the third largest global crime in value, after counterfeiting and drug trafficking. Source: The Conversation Australia imports roughly $8.1 billion worth of timber products a year, and according to estimates from