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NZ battles its own blaze but sends more fire fighters to Australia

09 January 2020
In New Zealand 55 Fire and Emergency firefighters plus support staff and Pan Pac and Forest Management New Zealand fire staff are into their ninth day of fighting a blaze at Hawke’s Bay. Despite their own problems the country has sent a further 21 NZ fire fighters to Australia to help
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Timber resources burning will be felt downstream for many years

09 January 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association has again commended all fire-fighting services and co-ordinators at a local, state and federal level, but with many more weeks of the fire season still to run, is appealing for a clear national consensus that the priority for deployment of re
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Almost all of Kangaroo Island plantations affected by fire

09 January 2020
Early aerial assessments indicate that 80% to 90% of Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers’ trees valued in excess of $100 million and all of the island’s independent plantations have been affected by fire. Source: Timberbiz The region’s largest plantation holdings owner on Tuesday suspe
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Better management needed by government to reduce bushfire risk

09 January 2020
Pressure is mounting on State governments to better manage national parks through hazard reduction burning and selective logging, to avoid a repeat of the bushfire crisis sweeping the nation. Fires yesterday in extreme conditions continued to threaten areas in south eastern  NSW, east
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Stakeholder tour of Jarrahwood

07 January 2020
A bus tour through Jarrahwood plantation near Donnybrook has helped improve stakeholder understanding about WA’s softwood forestry industry. Source: Timberbiz Stakeholder Engagement Leader Soni Lamond said the tour covered key aspects of softwood production, including establishment, m
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VicForests releases amended Timber Release Plan and Utilisation Plan

07 January 2020
VicForests has released the amended Timber Release Plan (TRP) and Timber Utilisation Plan (TUP) following the completion of its consultation period. VicForests Chief Executive Officer Monique Dawson said the gazetted plans, released on Christmas Eve, provided industry with certainty,
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Hyne’s Tumbarumba mill wedged between two walls of fire

07 January 2020
Hyne’s Tumbarumba Mill employs approximately 200 people who are currently managing their personal response to the emergency as a priority. The mill has been shut since New Year’s Eve. The town had been trapped between two bushfires coming together from Victoria and New South Wales, ma
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Federal and State governments commit to bushfire relief

07 January 2020
Money and resources – both Federal and State – will soon begin pouring into the worst of the fire-ravaged areas of Victoria and New South Wales. Federally, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a $2bn bushfire recovery fund with rebuilding communities the top pri
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Kangaroo Island to begin salvage of burnt timber

07 January 2020
On Kangaroo Island where a third of the island was burnt, harvesting of plantation timber will begin early after almost 1900ha, or about 17% of the region’s biggest timber company’s holdings were affected by the fires. It was reported that lighting had set off a secondary fire in the
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Australia is under fire

07 January 2020
There are fears two massive bushfires burning on the NSW-Victorian border could join in coming days, creating one massive fire front. CFA state response controller Gavin Freeman said there was a “real potential” the fires burning along the state border could combine. The Corryong fire
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