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Get SuperStream ready

Processing everyday superannuation transactions will become easier for employers, thanks to SuperStream. Source: Timberbiz SuperStream is an ATO’s initiative aimed at providing a safe, secure and more reliable way of processing everyday transactions, such as employee data and payments
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Not simple to fix forestry slash

A report on the environmental impacts of forestry prepared for New Zealand’s Gisborne District Council recommends identifying some forest areas that should not be replanted after harvest. Source: Gisborne Herald But chief science specialist Trevor Freeman told the council’s environmen
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David Chandler Keynote for “Doing Timber Business in Queensland”

Housing industry expert David Chandler OAM will make the Keynote Address “Shaking the Tree – Challenging our Conventional Thinking” at the Doing Timber Business in Queensland conference on 9 June 2016. Source: Timberbiz David has led major construction projects such
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Innovation through partnerships

The commercialisation of the Low Odour Timberlink Green LOSP outdoor product will be presented as a case study example of successful innovation in the timber products market in Australia, at the upcoming Wood Innovations conference to be held in late May/June in Melbourne and Rotorua.
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Changing Perceptions of Engineered Timber for Construction

A conference in Rotorua under the banner “Changing Perceptions of Engineered Timber for Construction” aims to encourage collaboration among designers, engineers, quantity surveyors, architects and developers. Source: Timberbiz This special one-day conference on 26 May from 8am-7pm at
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Quality building products remain an issue

An interim report by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into non-conforming building products shows a bipartisan commitment to ensure the quality of building products used in Australian buildings remains on the national agenda after the Federal election. Source: Timberbiz The comm
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Frame 2016 speaker highlights

Speakers from Europe, Canada, USA and local experts will present at the Frame Australia 2016 Conference and Exhibition with delegate attendance expected to be an all-time record high in 18 years of the event. Source: Timberbiz The conference theme “Building construction with prefabric
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Timber Design Awards media partner announced

Leading forests and timber products publisher Ryan Media has been appointed a supporting sponsor and media partner for the Australian Timber Design Awards. Source: Timberbiz Australasian Timber Magazine published by Ryan Media, which circulates in Australia and New Zealand, will provi
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Logging irradiated wood in Chornobyl

Urban explorers from Ukraine say they have discovered logging operations inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone and warn that irradiated wood is being sold to unsuspecting consumers. Source: CBC Canada “I wouldn’t want to live in such a house,” Artur Kalmykov said. The
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Myanmar Timber Enterprise to end logging

While there is no official announcement as yet a senior official of the Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE) has been quoted as saying that his organisation intends to end its logging operations from the end of this fiscal year. Source: Forestry Expo The plan submitted by the Forestry Depa
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