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Independent review finds Queensland was prepared for bushfire season

An independent review of the September 2019 bushfires has found Queensland’s preparedness and response was highly effective in saving property and reducing the severity of fires at Stanthorpe, Sarabah and Peregian Springs. Source: Timberbiz Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the revie
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Tesla gets the green light for forestry clearing

The Berlin Higher Administrative Court (OVG Berlin-Brandenburg) has dismissed complaints against Tesla’s European Gigafactory construction project, Giga Berlin.  This means work can resume in clearing the tree farm currently on the property. Source: Electrek Giga Berlin construction e
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World first commercial biomethanol plant does pilot run

Södra has built the world’s first plant for commercial biomethanol, a sustainable fuel from forest biomass, at Södra’s pulp mill in Mönsterås. Over the next few days, a first pilot delivery will go to Emmelev A/S, a customer that will be using biomethanol in its biodiesel production.
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Ponsse new H9 harvester head

Ponsse has launched its new H9 harvester head at the Oregon Logging Conference in USA. According to Ponsse the H9 challenges other products in the same size class with its power and precision. Source: Timberbiz “Listening to the needs of our customers, we developed a robust cutting he
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Our firefighters thanked in Times Square

A 77-foot billboard in New York City’s Times Square has appeared thanks to Wunderman Thompson Australia and the NSW Rural Fire Service, sending a message of thanks to the Australian and US firefighters who have been working to defend the country during the bushfire crisis. Source: Tim
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Logging injunction against VicForests

VicForests’ logging operations in parts of the Central Highlands and Gippsland regions remain on hold with a Supreme Court injunction this week extended to a later date. Source: Timberbiz Environmental group Wildlife of the Central Highlands is fighting to stop VicForests from logging
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Bushfires put stop to privatisation of NSW forests

The summer’s devastating bushfires has ended plans for a $1bn privatisation of NSW forestry assets. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet yesterday said the decision was made following a five-month scoping study, which also assessed the financial impact of the damage from the bushfires. Sou
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Nationals call for fuel reduction to save lives

The Nationals in Victoria have launched a Fuel Reduction Saves Lives campaign calling for increased fuel reduction on public land. The Leader of the Nationals, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Peter Walsh and Shadow Assistant Minister for Public Land Use, Member for Eastern Victoria R
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Royal Commission to focus on natural disaster management

Improving natural disaster managements across all levels of government is expected to be one of the major focus points for the Royal Commission into the devastating bushfire confirmed by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday. Source: Timberbiz And the Australian Forest Products
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Friday Analysis: Good luck with the Royal Commission

So, there is to be a Royal Commission in the summer’s exhausting bushfire. That’s got to be a good thing, right? There is so much to be explored by the Royal Commission which, as the Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised in January, will be quick. Not a long-winded, strung-out junket
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