Logging in Tasmania has been a highly controversial issue for a number of years, and the Hall family from the north-east of the state have seen the good and the bad. Source: ABC News Even though the industry has been though a series of highs and lows, Ken Hall and his wife Karen are m

A leading researcher from the world’s largest university wood and forestry program is to be appointed as Foundation Fellow for Australia’s National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life. Source: Timberbiz Professor Philip Evans will take on the position while maintaining an ong

Australian Sustainable Hardwoods says it is prepared to consider selling its Heyfield timber mill to the Victorian Government. Source: The Weekly Times “If the Government came forward with a genuine offer, in the context of saving the jobs of the workers, the board may consider a sale

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulates the Turnbull Government for honouring its pre-election pledge of $4 million in the Federal Budget to establish a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation. Source: Timberbiz AFPA CEO Mr Ross Hampton said work was

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told US President Donald Trump in a telephone call that he “refuted the baseless allegations” that persuaded Washington to slap a 20% tariff on softwood timber from Canada, according to the Prime Minister’s office. Source: The Australian Mr Trude

In an era of rising anti-globalisation and protectionism, countries in the Asia-Pacific region have turned their eyes to the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Source: Eco Business The regional free trade proposal aims to reduce barriers for trade and inv

A study by the NSW Government using new techniques to more accurately model the distribution of koalas in north east NSW could lead to better management of its habitat, and highlights the need for further research, according to the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA). Source

A simple conveyor belt joins Hyne Timber’s Tuan Mill and neighbouring Altus Renewables. Such is the way for efficient transformation on one plant’s sustainable by-product into another plant’s core business being biofuel. Source: Timberbiz It is certainly not unusual for la