The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced $3 million of funding support for the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) to undertake a comprehensive biomass for bioenergy assessment. Source: Timberbiz ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the $6.2 mil

A clear out sale at Wauchope Wood and Turning Supplies has been attracting everyone from leading national timber merchants to small-scale wood hobbyists. Source: Wauchope Gazette With the land now sold, the business closure ends an important chapter in Wauchope’s timber history.

After a woodchopping career spanning six decades, octogenarian Martin Conole will be inducted into the Australian Axeman’s Hall of Fame this month. Source: ABC News But Mr Conole’s days of swinging axes are far from over. He will be inducted during an Australia Day woodchopping

A man who helped shape Grafton and the Clarence Valley timber industry, Spiro Notaras, has died after battling the effects of a stroke. Mr Notaras, aged 83, died on Saturday. Source: ABC News He helped establish the timber industry in the region by buying and operating mills, one of t

The Otway bushfire that destroyed more than 100 houses at Wye River and Separation Creek should have been contained before Christmas Day, foresters say. Source: The Age And if no lessons are learned from the disaster then popular Great Ocean Road towns will be at risk again in the yea

Greenheart Group has signed a conditional deal to buy Northland Forest Managers (1995) for $1.5 million. Source: NBR The Hong Kong-listed owner of Northland’s Mangakahia forestry estate is expanding its New Zealand interests. Greenheart Group says it entered into a conditional a

Tasmania’s forestry industry, and not the State Government, can claim credit for a significant jump in woodchip exports over the past 12 months, the Opposition and the Greens have said. Source: ABC News The industry is emerging from years of turmoil and decline, with new operato

The Wood Council of New Zealand is delighted that Dr Andrew McEwen has received an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours’ List for services to forestry. Source: Timberbiz The Wood Council of New Zealand the represents forest growers, forestry contract