The Victorian Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning will change logging regulations after clearing VicForests of illegal logging in East Gippsland. Source: ABC News The state-owned VicForests has been cleared of logging cool temperate mixed rainforest in the Bendoc State

Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins VAFI recently hosted an industry tour for Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins, Member for Western Metropolitan and Upper House Cross-bencher. The objective of the day was to showcase the forest and wood products industry in Victoria, and meet members of the communities

* 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

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

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

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

  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

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