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Forestry UK gender pay gap report

28 January 2022
The Forestry Commission in the UK has published its gender pay gap report for the 2020-2021 year it publishes the mean and medium gender pay gaps, the bonus pay gap and the proportions of male and female employees in each pay quartile. Source: Timberbiz The average (mean) hourly rate
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Komatsu Mobile Fuel Tank – quicker safer onsite refuelling

28 January 2022
Refuelling can take up a great deal of your time when working in the forest, this is why Komatsu offers a fuel tank that increases forest machine productivity while being rugged enough to handle demanding forest environments. Source: Timberbiz As with all Komatsu products, the Mobile
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Former Forestry Tas HQ to become a university building

28 January 2022
The iconic domed former headquarters of Forestry Tasmania in Hobart is set to be transformed into learning spaces for the University of Tasmania, under a development proposal submitted to the city council. Sources: Architecture AU, University of Tasmania The multi-award-winning buildi
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Decision Tree program for WA to assess farms for forestry

28 January 2022
A new farm forestry program, Decision Tree, has been launched in WA aimed at assessing the suitability of farms for plantation forestry, as well as providing information and assistance to landowners seeking to plant trees. Source: Timberbiz Through Decision Tree’s unique assessment to
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SA pushes for 50 million more trees before election

28 January 2022
South Australia’s forest products industry wants 50 million new trees planted to ensure South Australians have access to cheap, environmentally efficient structural timber framing for decades to come. Source: Timberbiz The peak body representing the entire forest products value chain
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New AFCA GM tours Gippsland for face-to-face talks

28 January 2022
If there is one thing that we have learnt this past two years is that the best conversations are had in person. With only six weeks in the role as the new General Manager for Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA), Carlie Porteous is already out visiting members in regional
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Tas Government to invest in forestry and timber

28 January 2022
The Tasmanian Government is investing in its $1.2 billion timber and forestry industry to gain higher returns by increasing value-added production and supporting more jobs in regional Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz Seven projects around Tasmania will share in a $6 million investment thro
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Opinion: Simon Talbot – the elephant in Tasmania’s forest

28 January 2022
For more than two years Tasmania’s economy has led the nation, with the CommSec’s State of the States Report for January 2022 reaffirming a booming Tasmanian economy. Two key areas of sustained growth have a direct impact on the state’s forestry and forest products sector, namely: Rec
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Friday analysis: Tasmania backs forestry while Victoria and WA run for cover

28 January 2022
The Tasmanian Government is certainly putting its money where its mouth is in terms of forestry and timber. An investment of $6 million in a calculated bid to gain higher returns by increasing value-added production is hardly spare change. Seven projects around Tasmania will share in
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VicForests refutes claim that native logging isn’t viable

24 January 2022
VicForests CEO Monique Dawson has hit back at criticism which has questioned the economic viability of VicForests’ business model. She was commenting on an article in the Weekly Times written by Warburton Environment president Nic Fox and a VicForests logging contractor Jason McKinnel
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