Plans by a statewide timber manufacturing organisation to build a new $7m facility on Mount Gambier’s fringe has hit a stumbling block after the proposal failed to receive vital Federal Government funding. Source: The Border Watch

An attempt to secure Tasmania's specialty timber industry by adding a last resort harvesting clause into the forest peace deal legislation has been added to the list of deal-breaking amendments by environmental groups. Source: The Examiner

More than 200,000 hectares of timber plantations established by the collapsed Tasmanian company Gunns is being put on the market. Source: ABC News

The Woodland Trust and forestry body Confor have brought together 17 signatories to a letter to Defra Secretary of State Owen Paterson, calling on him not to merge Forestry Commission England with Natural England or the Environment Agency. Source: Horticulture Week (UK)

Yorkshire-based Bamboo Bikes has added a cyclocross model to their bow, alongside their standard 26in-wheel mountain bike. Source: Bike Radar

The home designd by Stevens Lawson Architects won thee 18th Home of the Year Award. It is a holiday home on Waiheke Island, New Zealand with curving walls and secret doors.

Mitre 10 has snaffled another prized South Australian name with family-owned Banner Hardware joining forces with the independent retailer. Source: Adelaide Now

The Drouin West Timber and Truss site is one step closer to being rezoned as Industrial 3 despite objections from neighbours. Source: The Warragul Citizen