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Gippsland gains additional support for recovery

29 June 2020
Gippsland’s timber industry will benefit from additional support as it recovers from the 2019-20 bushfires, according to the Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Mr Chester said the industry had been one of the hardest hit over summer and the measures would provide critical support to
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CFMEU gauges commitment of candidates to forestry in Eden-Monaro

29 June 2020
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has penned a survey for Eden-Monaro by-election candidates, to gauge their level of commitment to supporting the forest industries if elected next month. Source: Tumut and Adelong Times The CFMEU Manufacturing Divis
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VicForests Timber Release Plan feedback needed

29 June 2020
VicForests is seeking feedback on the proposed changes to its Timber Release Plan. The TRP change proposes an additional 59 new coupes in the Benalla-Mansfield, North-East and Tambo Forest Management Areas. Source: Timberbiz VicForests CEO Monique Dawson says that as part of this chan
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Friday Analysis: Victorian forestry fighting back

26 June 2020
There are signs the timber industry is getting organized for a fight in Victoria. Well, better organized. The Australian Forest Products Association started the ball rolling some time ago working at times with joint media releases with the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (V
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Nationals’ minister Walsh astounded that Labor won’t fight for jobs

26 June 2020
  Agriculture Minister Jaclyn Symes has again refused to fight for jobs in Victoria’s timber communities – including those in her own electorate of Northern Victoria. Source: Timberbiz Federal Labor has slammed the Andrews Government’s plan to ban Victoria’s native timber industr
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WA trials online timber auction and finds success

26 June 2020
With COVID-19 changing the way everybody lives, Western Australia’s Forest Products Commission’s Timber Auction has had to move with the times and go online. Forester – Senior Timber Assessor Steve Davis says it was unknown how successful this auction would be, given that logs a
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VicForest hamstrung by more Supreme Court injunctions

26 June 2020
VicForests has had another legal injunction stop its operations, after the Supreme Court heard allegations it had breached logging regulations in 14 coupes in the Central Highlands. This new court action places further pressure on the agency, which is now facing five court challenges
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Statistics show plantations sizes dropping in Australia

26 June 2020
The area under hardwood plantations across Australia has continued to drop according to Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences estimates in its Australian plantation statistics 2020 update. Source: Timberbiz Australia’s total commercial plantation area i
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Opinion Peter Attiwill: Kirkpatrick attack overshadows reality of bushfires

26 June 2020
Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick, supported by five co-authors, makes a spirited attack on timber harvesting (Logging has a clear link to bushfires, 8 June). That is unfortunate because it overshadows the very real issue of how we manage our fire-prone landscape. Kirkpatrick attacks a peer
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Opinion Graeme Elphinstone: conservative extremists have caused Tasmania to limp

26 June 2020
During my life I have seen many industries and businesses built up by people who have had vision, a passion for the future.  I think back to our Hobart waterfront and Henry Jones IXL and the massive orchard and fruit growing industries throughout Tasmania that supported that industry.
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