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Tas govt to pay sawmiller to stay

09 April 2015
A Launceston sawmiller will receive $1 million to stay in the timber sector rather than leave, in a record agreement struck under the Tasmanian Government’s rejigged Regional Sawmiller Structural Adjustment Grants Program. Source: Yahoo Barbers Sawmill on Dowling Street was to p
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Launch of Forest & Wood Products Support Group

09 April 2015
  Next week is the 2015 launch of the Forest and Wood Products Support Group at State Parliament in Victoria. Source: Timberbiz The Forest and Wood Products Support Group is an initiative to build relationships and understanding between members of the Victorian Parliament and the
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Carter Holt Harvey sell off

09 April 2015
New Zealand’s Graeme Hart is reported to be planning to sell a chunk of Carter Holt Harvey. Source: Stuff NZ It is too early to say whether his plans to partially float his building firm Carter Holt Harvey could be a flier, according to a fund manager. Hart plans to sell up to 60% of
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Kickstart a forest in Times Square

02 April 2015
Project Kickstarter aims to turn pavement into forest at Times Square in New York and it has reached its goal of US$25,000 on March 30. According to the plan, a forest will appear “overnight” in June 2016 and last approximately three weeks. Source: Business Insider It will provide a g
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Something rotten with Make it Right

02 April 2015
Actor Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation built more than 100 energy-efficient, modern homes in the storm-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. But some of the wood used is beginning to rot. Source: WWLTV The foundation has filed a lawsuit against the wood manufactu
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Lumber Liquidators in class action

02 April 2015
  A Michigan couple is among the plaintiffs in a federal class-action filed against Lumber Liquidators over free home tests the company has provided to customers to see if their wood flooring has high levels of formaldehyde. Source: Detroit Free Press The suit, filed in the US Di
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SA in housing recession

02 April 2015
Residential building approval data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights the dire state of South Australia’s new housing activity.  Source: Timberbiz “While the rest of Australia is experiencing a new home building boom, South Australia is in a new housing recessi
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Forestry Corp in wood chop

02 April 2015
One hundred flooded gum logs from Coffs Coast State Forests have made their way to Sydney’s Royal Easter Show for the popular wood chop event, thanks to a partnership between Forestry Corporation of NSW and the NSW Axemen’s Association. Source: The Coffs Coast Advocate Nor
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Study shows record carbon sequestered

02 April 2015
Plants are growing more quickly than people can cut them down, with fields and forests on the advance across the planet. Source: The Australian An Australian-led analysis of satellite data has found the amount of carbon sequestered in plants has risen by almost four billion tonnes sin
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Waimea in voluntary administration

02 April 2015
  Log transport company Waimea Contract Carriers, has been placed in voluntary administration owing NZ$14 million, with the possibility of closure not ruled out. Source: The Nelson Mail The firm has 120 staff – 90 in Nelson and 30 in Blenheim – and is one of the south
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