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Opinion: Vic Jurskis – You can find koalas everywhere using fairdinkum scientific survey techniques

06 October 2023
Charles Sturt University (CSU) has publicised yet another research project about koalas: ‘No time to lose’: conservation in focus for Save the Koala Month – CSU News They say “Australia’s iconic native animal, the koala, has alarmingly gone from a species ‘under no threat’ to ‘vulnera
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Local government “insufficiently resourced” to cope with forest slash problem

06 October 2023
New Zealand’s Forest Owners say the just-announced regulations to deal with forest slash will result in a mishmash of regulations which will lead to even less forest planting and compromise forest carbon sequestration to meet climate change targets. Source: Timberbiz FOA Preside
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NeXTimber presses first CLT panel at Tarpeena

06 October 2023
Timberlink’s NeXTimber facility has pressed its very first Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) panel, marking another significant milestone in the construction of Australia’s only combined CLT and GLT (Cross Laminated and Glue Laminated Timber) radiata pine mass timber facility. Source: Timb
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Super funds buy private forest management company

06 October 2023
Three superannuation companies have purchased Tasmania’s largest private forest management company Forico which was created by global investment group New Forests to manage 173,000 hectares of forest after acquiring it from Gunns in 2013. Source: Timberbiz Under the agreement, the thr
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Meet Sue – the Network’s new Convenor

06 October 2023
It wouldn’t be unusual to see Sue Grau riding her bike around Maria Island or exploring kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Source: Timberbiz You’d just as likely find her enjoying dinner with friends in Salamanca, buzzing around the netball court, or hitting up the dance floor in a nightclub. “My
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Without doubt bushfire mitigation in WA is better than Victoria

06 October 2023
This article has been prepared in response to the article in Timberbiz on 6th September titled ‘Doubts over WA prescribed burning program’. Source: John Cameron The Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia (EPA) recommended : An independent scientific review of prescrib
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Friday analysis: Timberlink takes a major step in engineered timber production

06 October 2023
This week Australia took a major step in increasing our sovereign capability to manufacture engineered timber products while reducing reliance on imports. In August this year Timberlink’s NeXTimber facility at Tarpeena in South Australia’s South East produced its first GLT beam. Timbe
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NZ Forest owners welcome National’s forest policy with some reservations

04 October 2023
New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association generally welcomes the National Party forestry policy announcement that it wants to give certainty and support to the forestry and wood processing industry clearly recognising its economic and environmental advantages. Source: Timberbiz FO
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New standards to make trucks across Australia safer

04 October 2023
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of increased width limits for trucks fitted with the most modern safety technologies. Source: Timberbiz The Safer Freight Vehicles package will see an increase to the overall width lim
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Fire tanker investment to protect NSW communities

04 October 2023
Forestry Corporation has taken delivery of three new fire tankers to ensure New South Wales communities are safeguarded from bushfires. Source: Timberbiz The state-of-the-art category one tankers have been supplied by the Rural Fire Service, as part of its new build program, to bolste
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