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FLAG trains protestors in Tasmania

Logging opponents in Tasmania’s north-west are providing training sessions for residents who want to participate in protests. Source: ABC News The Forests of Lapoinya Action Group (FLAG) is lobbying to protect 49 hectares of native regrowth forest, which according to FLAG is hom
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Waratah to host worldwide meeting during AUSTimber

AUStimber 2016 will be a multi-function event for leading harvesting and processing head designer and manufacturer Waratah. “We will be utilising the opportunity to host our Worldwide Waratah Distribution meeting as well host a number of customers and design engineers from all o
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Forester is AUSTimber2016 Operations Manager

Wayne Shaw-Johnston’s first encounter with production forestry was as a university student in South Africa before embarking on a career that over the past 30 years has seen him in various management roles in South Africa, Tasmania and Gippsland. Source: Timberbiz Now Mr Shaw-Johnston
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No success without collaborative timber industry thinking

David Chandler OAM is a construction and housing industry expert and doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to what has been done, what can be done and what should be done to ensure the future of timber enterprises. Source: Timberbiz In the first of two no-holds-barred pieces, b
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