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Timber transporter – Citizen of the Year

14 February 2020
Brian Smith of Brian Smith Timber Transport, which his family founded in 1989, was recently awarded with the Walcha Citizen of the Year award. He is one of the largest employers in Walcha with his trucking and logging business and he was recognised for this alongside his support of th
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Salvaging burnt timber in NSW has begun

14 February 2020
The Northern NSW forestry industry has begun salvaging burnt timber from softwood plantations impacted by recent fires, with local production to increase fourfold over the next year. Forestry Corporation NSW Grafton District Manager Trent Froud said plantation timber harvesting would
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Forestry workers crisis meeting with federal ministers

14 February 2020
A delegation of forestry contractors from Victoria and NSW yesterday held a series of productive meetings with Federal Government and Opposition Ministers, Shadow Minsters and local MPs in Canberra to highlight the crisis they are facing as a result of the bushfires. Source: Timberbiz
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VicForest employs the 10 contractors put off last week

14 February 2020
VicForests will begin harvesting roadside timber along the Princes Highway in East Gippsland, employing contractors put out of work last week. VicForests was forced to issue force majeure notices to 10 contractors when it became obvious it could not fulfil certain contracts following
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Friday Analysis: Knowns & Unknowns

14 February 2020
To paraphrase former US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, the timber industry in Australia and New Zealand currently have some known knowns, and some unknown unknowns. To put it another way, the timber industry hopes it has a future, it just isn’t certain of what that future looks
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Hyne says bushfire recovery will take years

12 February 2020
While the full extent of fire impact in South Eastern New South Wales and the salvageability time frames remain unknown, what was known was that full recovery will take many years, according to Hyne Timber CEO Jon Kleinschmidt. Source: Timberbiz “Until plantations are re-established i
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Norske Skog to sell Tas forest assets to New Forests

12 February 2020
Norske Skog has entered into an agreement to sell its Tasmanian forest assets to a fund controlled by the Australian based investment manager New Forests Pty Ltd. The purchase price for the assets is $62.5 million. The transaction will result in a gain to be recognized in the first qu
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Consultation needed for national skills standards for forestry

12 February 2020
AFCA has reminded forestry workers to not miss out on the chance to have a say on changes to national skills standards for forestry jobs as these views are critical to ensuring skills standards meet industry needs. Source: Timberbiz Skills standards are developed with industry help an
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KIPT’s claim for losses in progress

12 February 2020
  KIPT reported to investors that its insurer, Primacy Underwriting Management Pty Ltd, had accepted its claim for losses and provided the timber company with a $10 million “progress payment”. Source: Timberbiz “The balance of the claim is being progressed by the insurer, and fur
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Bob Brown takes credit for logging shutdown – not true says Sustainable Tasmania

12 February 2020
Sustainable Timber Tasmania has rejected claims by the Bob Brown Foundation that protests have shut down logging operations in the logging coupe north of the Pieman River in the South-East Tarkine. The protest is the second in the Tarkine in recent weeks, with a separate action focuss
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