The most valuable part of a tradie’s toolkit is their health and safety and August is Tradies Health Month. Source: Timberbiz Safe Work Australia is calling on tradies to make their health – and the health of their co-workers – a priority. Michelle Baxter, Safe Work Australia CEO, sai

American consumers may be fuelling logging linked to illegal land grabs in Papua New Guinea which have devastated local communities and the world’s third largest tropical rain forest, Global Witness said. Source: Yahoo 7News Timber logged in the impoverished Pacific nation is ex

For the first time, authorities fighting the spread of wilding conifers will have a complete picture of infestations throughout the country. Source: Otage Daily Times The Wilding Conifer Information System (WCIS) is a web-based mapping and monitoring tool developed by Land Information

A recently completed analysis of Australia’s national forest industry biosecurity programs has revealed exotic pests are a real and rising risk to Australian plantations and native forests – and that the right investments in prevention and mitigation pay off. Source: Timberbiz The com

A massive crowd left organisers short on food but long on satisfaction, it was the standout at this year’s Glenreagh Timber Festival. Source: Coff’s Coast Advocate Festival president Chris Hanson said his committee had budgeted on a crowd of 3000 to 5000 but said on Saturday at

“The outcome of Tuesday’s RBA meeting means that the Official Cash Rate has now been held steady for 12 consecutive months,” HIA Senior Economist, Shane Garrett said. “The decision to hold rates steady was made in the context of fairly restrained price inflation across the econo

Two disparate worlds — city-based corporate retailing and farming of the nation’s oldest agricultural land — will come together in a landmark philanthropic deal to restore degraded landscapes across three states. Source: The Australian Officeworks will announce a multi-million-dollar

New Zealand couple Karen and Wayne Corbin are administrators and competitors in timber sports. When Wayne Corbin competes in Brisbane in August, he will be the third in his family to represent New Zealand in timber sports. Source: Stuff NZ It will be a proud occasion for the Corbins o