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Video shows impact of myrtle rust vividly

12 April 2024
A new video has documented the impact that myrtle rust has on indigenous communities and the environment, reinforcing the need to maintain momentum in breeding for resistance and monitoring its spread. Source: Timberbiz Whakakotahitanga i te Kaupapa | Unity of Purpose, released by Sci
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Quintis in receivership

12 April 2024
A mass sandalwood supplier with NT roots has entered receivership after a lengthy period of turmoil. Quintis Australia leases land for sandalwood plantations in the NT, Queensland, and Western Australia. Source: NT News The company’s NT holdings are in the Douglas Daly area. Quintis A
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Labor confused by softwood and hardwood

12 April 2024
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has queried whether Premier Jacinta Allan, who is overseeing the shutdown of the native timber industry, even knows the difference between hardwood and softwood. Source: Timberbiz “In Parliament last year I asked the Premier a simple question, wh
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Opinion: Gordon Wilson – Poles apart, why Labor doesn’t understand the need for native forestry

12 April 2024
Walk out your front door and look down the street.  If you are in the regions or in suburbia, then you will look at a tall wooden pole that carries the cables that gives you electricity. Have you taken much notice of them?  Probably not, but the pole is native hardwood harvested from
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Friday analysis: stability in Tasmania delivered from unlikely sources

12 April 2024
Stability seems to have been delivered for the timber industry in Tasmania following a deal struck between the minority Rockliff Government and the three newly elected members of the Jacqui Lambie Network. The three new members are Miriam Beswick (Braddon), Andrew Jenner (Lyons), and
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Foresta to build torrefied wood pellet plant in NZ

10 April 2024
Foresta, an Australian listed company, announced the signing of a 30-year lease on a property in Kawerau, in the Bay of Plenty with plans to build New Zealand’s first low emissions fossil free fuel plant. Source: Timberbiz It plans to invest $300 million building the plant which will
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NSW expansion of softwood plantations grants open for more

10 April 2024
New South Wales will record the biggest expansion of softwood plantations in a decade, growing the timber frames needed to build more houses. Source: Timberbiz Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) NSW CEO James Jooste said new softwood plantations are critical to resolving th
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International expert needed to help lead SA centre of excellence

10 April 2024
The global search to find an internationally recognised expert to lead South Australia’s Forestry Centre of Excellence as director has begun, with leading forestry researcher Dr Jim O’Heir appointed as the general manger. Source: Timberbiz South Australia’s Dr O̵
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Highlights of the SA Forest Products disaster resilience summit

10 April 2024
Funding to support disaster resilience in the primary industries has been highlighted at a South Australian Forest Products Association disaster resilience summit in Mt Gambier. Source: Timberbiz A new pilot project led by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) and P
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Workshops fostering collaboration on plant biosecurity

08 April 2024
The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry sponsored six delegates from neighbouring countries to take part in two national plant biosecurity workshops recently. Source: Timberbiz The visit was part of the government’s $2.395 million commitment to Plant Health Australia as i
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