Australia's design professionals and builders are increasingly identifying timber as a material of choice for construction projects.

This year's Frame Australia Conference will mark 10 years since the inaugural gathering.

The timetable for an emissions trading scheme has been penciled in and already there have been preliminary talks on technical issues with industry and non-Government groups.

The average prices of freehold forestry in the UK rose 35% to 40% on the previous year, according to a 2008 Forest Market report.

Australasian Timber Drying Group’s 48th annual meeting will be held in South-East Queensland next month.

Integrated energy company AGL will move its customer communication to Australia’s first carbon neutral paper, ENVI.

Workplace safety failings which resulted in the death of a forklift driver have resulted in a northern-Victorian company being convicted and fined $200,000.

A3P welcomes last week’s opening of a $72 million sawmilling operation in Northern Tasmanian that will create at least 100 direct new jobs.