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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

New low odour LOSP treatment world first

* New Low Odour LOSP TIMBERLINK AUSTRALIA is the first in the world to offer a new Low Odour LOSP (Light Organic Solvent Preservative) treatment that has up to 30 times less odour than traditional LOSP formulations. This world first patent pending treatment has been developed in conju
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Land supply shortages are shutting out home buyers

The HIA-CoreLogic RP Data Residential Land Report is provided each quarter by the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry and CoreLogic RP Data, Australia’s leading property information analytics provider. The March 2015 quarter report show
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Log Haulage Manual

A Log Haulage Manual is now available for download from the ForestWorks website. The manual details safety standards and best practice operations for the industry around load restraint; loading and unloading trucks; transporting forestry logs and produce. It also supports the training
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Eye to stopping accidents

NEW SAFETY glasses are designed to recognise when a truck driver is falling asleep. Source: TimberBiz The aim of the iDriveALERT glasses is to prevent accidents that arise from drivers falling asleep behind the wheel. Vibrations and fatigue alarms are activated when the drivers head n
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Funding grants for women in the agricultural sector

  In 2015 Women & Leadership Australia is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across all sectors. Source: TimberBiz From July 1 2015 the initiative is providing women in the agriculture sector with grants for leadership development. Mor
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Melbourne venue for major forest and forest products conference

DANA’s Australian Forestry and Forest Products Sector: Its status in 2015 and trends going forward Conference, is being held in Melbourne on August 13 & 14. Source: DANA, TimberBiz All details are on the website: http://danamelbourne2015.com/ This is the fourth annual DANA M
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PrefabAUS 2015 Conference – last chance to purchase early bird tickets

The PrefabAUS Annual Conference is being held 14-15-16 September in Melbourne and this is your last chance to purchase early bird tickets at a $330 discount. The early bird tickets end tomorrow (24 July) so be quick. Source: TimberBiz Exploring this year’s theme of ‘industry transform
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Focus on increasing plantation productivity

INCREASING COMPETITION in the timberland investment market will lead investment managers to explore new business models and investment structures, according to New Forests founder and Chief Executive Officer David Brand. Source: TimberBiz He was speaking on the release of New Forests&
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