Financial records of MPs for the six-month period between January and June this year show Senator Colbeck racked up about $157,000 in total travel allowances, the most of any Tasmanian federal politician. Source: The Examiner Almost $90,000 was on international travel. Department of F

The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) will be holding another contractors “Hall of Fame” dinner in conjunction with AUSTimber2016. Source: Timberbiz To be held on 13 April as part of the AUSTimber celebrations, the industry is keen to recognise the people wh

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) announced an historic leap forward for the South Australian forest industries with the establishment of a state based association presence to further the interests of the forest industries of SA. Source: Timberbiz “I am delighted to re

Promoting sustainable forest management and having it recognized and rewarded in the supply chain from the local to the global level is a key priority shared by the many delegates who attended the 2015 PEFC Forest Certification Week in Montreux, Switzerland. Sources: PEFC/PR Newswire

Increasing housing starts and higher consumer spending will drive anticipated operating income growth for the global paper and forest products industry of 1%-3% in 2016, underpinning the current stable outlook for the sector for the next 12 months, says Moody’s Investors Service

It may be a hard time for business in Central Queensland, but the timber industry seems to be going against the grain. Source: The Morning Bulletin Ken Hay of K & S Timber Supplies of Queensland said it had been a big year for the company, made even bigger by the cyclone and a gro

Few things have as detrimental an impact as stamp duty on household finances, according to the Housing Industry Association. Source: Timberbiz This is based on results contained in the HIA’s Summer 2015 edition of Stamp Duty Watch publication. During November 2015, the typical stamp d

The Federal Government would abandon a plan to log in Tasmania’s World Heritage Area if the United Nations environment committee did not ratify it. Source: ABC News UNESCO has previously said it does not support the logging of specialty species timbers in the Wilderness World He