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Half a million for agroforestry research

26 May 2016
Timber industry representatives say a new plan for research into agroforestry will not be a repeat of failed managed investment schemes. Source: ABC Rural Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce announced $520,000 in funding for a research and development project to look into growing tree
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Border city for new XLam factory

26 May 2016
Albury-Wodonga, on the Victorian/New South Wales border, is set to be home to Australia’s first cross laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing plant. Source: ABC News The $25 million XLam operation is expected to create up to 54 jobs when it begins operations, scheduled for 2017. Wh
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Figures show growth in forestry

26 May 2016
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has released the Australian forest and wood products statistics: September and December quarters 2015 report. Source: Timberbiz ABARES Executive Director, Karen Schneider, said that the Australian fores
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Tired trees rest branches at night

19 May 2016
They don’t snore, but might creak during their slumbers. For the first time, trees have been shown to undergo physical changes at night that can be likened to sleep, or at least to day-night cycles that have been observed experimentally in smaller plants. Source: New Scientist Branche
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Lao’s new moratorium on timber exports

19 May 2016
The new Lao government has issued a moratorium on the export of logs and timber in a bid to reduce rampant and widespread illegal wood shipments outside the small Southeast Asian nation’s borders, according to a copy of the document obtained by RFA’s Lao Service. Source: Radio Free As
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Wanted: Executive Officer – Forest Research Australia

19 May 2016
A skilled CEO is sought to establish Forest Research Australia (FRA). Source: Timberbiz FRA is a new research centre of excellence, which is being established with the assistance of the industry-owned research and development corporation (RDC) Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)
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Merged Home Mitre 10 not for everyone

19 May 2016
Defections from the Mitre 10 and Home Timber & Hardware networks are shaping up as a bigger risk to Metcash’s bid to create a serious number two player in hardware than the competition watchdog investigation. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Rival buying group Hardware &
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Maori forestry adds 2500 jobs

19 May 2016
A Maori forestry project, which will see 32,000ha of Maori land replanted could create thousands of new jobs, the chairman of a Maori forestry collective says. Sources: The New Zealand Herald, The Northern Advocate Ten Maori land trusts – part of the Te Tai Tokerau Maori Forestr
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Housing construction loans to investors surge in March

19 May 2016
ABS housing finance figures show that lending to investors constructing new housing surged in March, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of the residential building industry. Source: Timberbiz “While total home lending edged marginally lower in March, lending to investors
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Corruption of a noble ideal for wood chips

19 May 2016
The fruition of blue gum plantations in Esperance illustrates the corruption of a noble ideal.  In July last year the first shipment of Esperance wood chips was exported with much fanfare but nine months later local farmers and contractors are still waiting for payment from that shipm
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