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Royal Commission open for business – have your say

16 March 2020
The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements has begun receiving public submissions. Individuals, organisations, community groups and the broader community can make a submission about the 2019-20 bushfire season by telephone or online. Source: Timberbiz The Federal
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Deere simplifies its grading solutions into entry level and premium

13 March 2020
At the 2020 CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show in Las Vegas, John Deere is showcasing an industry-leading range of OEM precision grade management solutions, including factory-integrated solutions across five product categories: motor graders, crawler dozers, excavators, skid steers and compact trac
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Russia develops project on containerized tree seedlings

13 March 2020
Russia’s Segezha Forest Industry Group has started work on the project to develop seed plantation centres that will grow containerized tree seedlings (CTSs). CTSs have a number of advantages. The seedlings are grown in special containers filled with soil; 100% of these seedlings adapt
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Malaysian Timber Council new CEO and COO

13 March 2020
The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) has appointed Wong Kah Cane as its Acting Chief Executive Officerd effective 13 March 2020. Mr. Wong, who joined MTC on 1 November 2019 as Deputy CEO, takes over from Richard Yu Tuan Chong. Source: Timberbiz Mr Wong, who graduated with a degree in Bu
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PhD student wins award for arborist drone

13 March 2020
University of Tasmania PhD student Sean Krisanski has been named as one of the winners of the 2020 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Mr Krisanski was recognised for his research into the development of an ‘arborist’ drone that can t
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Planned burns start in Victoria

13 March 2020
Central Victoria’s first planned burn of 2020 will take place on Wednesday despite the continuing fire danger period in the first of about 30 burns planned before next season’s fire danger period. Forest Fire Management Victoria will burn 81 hectares two kilometres to the
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Farmers and foresters to be ruled by koalas

13 March 2020
New South Wales new Koala State Environmental Planning Policy will cripple agriculture, private forestry and development in NSW, according to Timber NSW. Source: Timberbiz “This is a game changer and has been introduced by this government under the guise of saving and protecting koala
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Karri freeze in WA

13 March 2020
The Western Australian Government has placed a 12-month freeze on the logging of “two-tier” karri forests in the state’s wooded South West region. Two-tier karri forests are defined as mixed-age forests comprised of mature trees and younger regrowth trees. Source: AB
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Rare concession afforded to logging contractors

13 March 2020
Logging contractors have had a rare win with the announcement that they will be paid by VicForests in line with both their contractual obligations and the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005. Source: Timberbiz “The impetus for this came from timber industry businesses that
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Opinion: There’s only one way to make bushfires less powerful: take out the stuff that burns

13 March 2020
The need for a national bushfire policy has never been more urgent. Active land management such as hazard-reduction burning and forest thinning must lie at the core of any such policy. Source: Rod Keenan Done well, controlled burning limits a bushfire’s spread and makes suppression ea
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