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Kids’ stuff from Kubota

13 May 2020
Kubota has come to the rescue of parents tearing their hair out with kids at home by restocking Kubota ride-on toys. There are seven different models with prices starting at $97. Source: Timberbiz The range includes an excavator, several pedal tractor versions with trailers, a pedal t
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Updated guidance for certification bodies and companies

13 May 2020
Responsible Wood, the National Governing Body for PEFC in Australia, has published the following statement from PEFC International. To support certified entities and certification bodies during the effects of COVID-19 worldwide, PEFC has produced guidance regarding auditing (chain of
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UK timber supply chain gears up for return to work

13 May 2020
The UK’s timber supply chain is gearing up for business according to a Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI) survey, with almost all businesses to reopen in May. The third of businesses which never closed, as shown in the survey, are set to be rejoined by the rest of the respondent
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Opal wins gold for packaging

13 May 2020
Opal (nee Australian Paper) has won a gold award for Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year – Product Protection at the 2020 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards. Source: Timberbiz The award was presented for Opal’s Moulded Paper Insert; a renewable alternati
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Digital campaign to thank health care workers and foresters

13 May 2020
Frontline food and health workers who have heroically cared for all of us during the COVID-19 pandemic are being lauded by the Australian Forest Products Association in a new digital campaign. Source: Timberbiz “These frontline workers are truly heroes. Whilst many of us have been qua
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Holdco asks directors to resign from Invercargill City Forests

13 May 2020
The three directors of an Invercargill City Council-owned forestry company which is being sold have effectively been forced to resign during the Covid-19 pandemic and two of them are unimpressed. Source: Stuff NZ Invercargill City Forests Limited chairman Mel Montgomery said she and f
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NZ forest safety conference now online in June

13 May 2020
The Forest Industry Engineering Association announced that its biennial forest safety conference will be going ahead in June – in a digital format. The new way of learning will include online chat rooms to allow for networking. Source: Timberbiz “While lockdown conditions have forced
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Gippsland to get $650m for bushfire recovery

13 May 2020
Gippsland is set to share in more than $650 million of additional bushfire recovery funding as part of a Federal Government package announced by local MP Darren Chester. Source: Timberbiz Mr Chester said the bushfires had impacted communities in East Gippsland and Wellington Shire wou
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National Housing Stimulus Plan to protect one million workers

13 May 2020
The Opposition is calling for a National Housing Stimulus Plan to build and repair social housing and affordable properties in a bid to protect almost one million workers relying on the construction industry. Source: Timberbiz Labor’s plan adds to a growing chorus of industry gr
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$15m in freight support for burnt timber

13 May 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the inclusion of $15 million in freight support for burnt timber, as part of the National Bushfire Industry Recovery Package announced today but urges more is needed to help the industry recover. Source: Timberbiz In annou
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