The new North Launceston Bunnings Warehouse being constructed on the old Gunns Lindsay Street site is expected to be completed by the middle of next year, at a cost of more than $45million. Source: The Examiner

Forestry owners should face corporate manslaughter charges if found to have not done enough to prevent workplace deaths according the New Zealand’s Labour party. Source: Stuff Co NZ

The Forest Growers Levy Trust, the New Zealand organisation representing the interests of all plantation forest owners is calling for nominations for its first elected board. Source: Scoop NZ

New Zealand’s Auckland Art Gallery was named the World Building of the Year at last week’s World Architecture Festival in Singapore. Source: Business Insider

A national trophy for excellence in design using plywood and laminated veneer lumber captured the imagination of architects and specifiers at the recent Australian Timber Design Awards in Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz

As the Victorian state winner of the 2013 Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) Rural Women’s Award, PhD student, Michelle Freeman will be heading to Canberra for the announcement of the national award. Source: Timberbiz

The Leadbeater’s Possum Advisory Group has held stakeholder forums to support the recovery of the species while maintaining a sustainable timber industry. Source: Timberbiz

THE EWPAA’s laboratory in Brisbane became an impromptu television studio when ABC-TV’s current affairs program Landline decided its national audience should know more about engineered wood, and cross-laminated timber in particular. Source: Timberbiz