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AUSTimber 2012 – News

23 November 2011
Komatsu Forest Managing Director inspects AUSTimber 2012 site Recently Mike Jones, Managing Director of Komatsu Forest (Australia) flew to Mount Gambier to meet with AUSTimber 2012 staff and plan the Komatsu Forest Exhibition sites. After viewing the sites for the forwarder competiti
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Davids Timber launches their innovative LOSP treatment plant

23 November 2011
On Friday 18th November, Davids Timber, Victoria’s leading outdoor timber wholesalers, launched their new Light Organic Solvent Preservative (LOSP) treatment plant at their factory in South Dandenong. MC’d by Tony Wilson, of Race Around the World fame, and launched by the Hon. Louise
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WOODCO’S STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN – REGIONAL WORKSHOP

21 November 2011
Many of you will have been involved in and have seen the Woodco Industry Strategy Study which recommended that Woodco develop an Industry Strategic Action Plan. A project team has developed a draft of this plan. This will be presented at regional workshops. We want your feedback and
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Weak Home Building Conditions No Excuse to Ignore Longer-Term Skilled Labour Needs

21 November 2011
The latest HIA Trades Report, a survey of the Housing Industry Association’s builder and sub-contractor members, provides new evidence of the continuing weakness in new home building as we head towards the end of 2011. HIA Acting Chief Economist, Andrew Harvey, said that the pressure
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Special timbers sector endangered by Tas Forestry IGA – Media release from Senator Richard Colbeck

21 November 2011
Stakeholders of Tasmania’s valuable special timbers sector who are unhappy with the industry-destroying Tasmanian forestry Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) have the backing of the Federal Coalition. Coalition Forestry spokesman Senator Richard Colbeck said concerns raised by furnitur
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NEWS RELEASE – EOI ON FOREST FORWARD ROTATIONS NOW UNDER WAY

16 November 2011
The first stage for the sale of up to three forest rotations in the state’s South-East is now under way. Treasurer Jack Snelling has announced the process has now begun with the Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) open to the market. “This is the start of the competitive tender
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Decision support tools profiled for Australian foresters

09 November 2011
As well as the very latest data collection, mapping and inventory tools that have already been detailed in a previous update, forest management and estate planning have also been added to this year’s ForestTECH 2011 series. Like remote sensing, foresters involved in the design of this
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Minister Walsh commits to timber industry future at VAFI Annual Dinner – Media release

09 November 2011
Over 200 representatives from the forest and wood products industry, government, academia and media gathered in the Crown River Room in Southbank on Friday, 4 November for the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) Annual Dinner.
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