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Howarth Timber buys Northern Timber

17 October 2013
Howarth Timber & Building Supplies is continuing to expand and invest in its business by purchasing the assets and trade of Northern Timber. Source: Builders’ Merchants News
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East Gippsland struggles with timber downturn

17 October 2013
A logging community in Victoria's east Gippsland is struggling to deal with a downturn in the timber industry. Source: ABC Rural
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Koalas need more than eucalypts

17 October 2013
The koala is a nocturnal tree-hugger that sleeps a lot and is fussy about which eucalyptus leaves to eat and the latest research suggests efforts to save koalas from extinction by protecting their habitat may be barking up the wrong tree. Source: ABC News
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Occupational health and cancer

17 October 2013
Public health researchers have identified which carcinogens are likely to contribute most to occupational cancer in New Zealand workplaces. Source: Health Canal
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ASIC deregisters timber investment schemes

17 October 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has deregistered five former timber managed investment schemes (MIS) that had been managed by Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers (KPT). Source: Money Management
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SA harvesting rights unfair advantage

17 October 2013
An adviser on the $670 million sale of Forestry SA harvesting rights was given an unfair advantage to help secure a multi-million dollar job, a report to Parliament has found. Source: The Australian
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Gisborne region growth will continue

17 October 2013
The already-huge contribution forestry is making to New Zealand’s Gisborne-East Coast region is set to keep growing, the industry said. Source: Radio New Zealand
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Queensland timber employees to get entitlements

17 October 2013
Liquidators of a southern Queensland timber firm say they are very close to reaching a deal that would see employees get their full entitlements. Source: ABC News
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Need to work together says Forest Contractors

17 October 2013
The bar was raised through audience participation when the Australian Forest Contractors Association conducted its latest “Business is Different Now” workshop in Bunbury early in October. Source: Timberbiz
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Anti-Dumping Commission looks at Chinese paper

17 October 2013
The timber industry has welcomed an investigation into the alleged dumping of Chinese office paper in the Australian market. Source: ABC Rural
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