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VicForests’ strong endorsement from Responsible Wood audit

28 November 2018
General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Alex Messina, said VicForests was proud of its Responsible Wood AFS certification which has been maintained for more than 10 years. The May 2018 Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) Surveillance Audit report, the latest for Responsible Wood certific
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Forestry chief dumped from new Victorian Cabinet

28 November 2018
Former Victorian forestry chief, Philip Dalidakis, has been dumped from the new Victorian Labor Cabinet because half the ministers will be women. Mr Dalidakis, a former chief executive of the Victorian Forest Industries Association and a strong forestry supporter, was omitted from the
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Inflation below target – low wages growth at core of failure to spend

26 November 2018
At an annualised 1.9%, Australia’s inflation rate for the year-ended September is feeding into concerns about faltering consumption and a possibly slowing economy. The annualised rate was below the 2.1% recorded in the June Quarter and sees inflation fall below the RBA’s target band o
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Pulp prices softening

26 November 2018
Pulp price sentiments softened towards the end of October, with demand and supply fundamentals beginning to impact prices. The issue for the upstream supply chain – including the supply of woodchips from Australia – is that softening pulp prices may place woodchip prices under pressur
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Growing forest research in South Australia & Tasmania

26 November 2018
Forest industries in Tasmania and South Australia are set to benefit from inaugural research projects funded through the $8 million National Institute for Forest Products Innovation. NIFPI’s Launceston centre will fund projects ranging from improving remotely acquired forestry data to
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Call for Strathbogie Forest “reserve”

26 November 2018
The Strathbogie Shire Council is calling on the Victorian Government to end native forest logging and protect the Strathbogie Forest in new conservation reserve. The 5-2 council decision came on the back of a new community-fund report recommending protection of the Strathbogie forest
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Labor rejects ABC’s allegations on improper harvesting

26 November 2018
The Andrews Government – senior ministers and relevant departments – has strongly rejected allegations made on the ABC that VicForests has illegally harvested native forest timber on a massive scale. ABC’s 7:30 Report, three days before Saturday’s state election, accused VicForests of
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ABC story appears to cast doubt on VicForests

22 November 2018
VicForests refutes claims made by ABC regarding illegal harvesting saying the ABC has based its story on a narrow interpretation of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004. Under the Act, VicForests must comply with the terms and information described in the Allocation Order as gaze
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

22 November 2018
Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. Find out more at www.industryedge.com.au USD920/t – the pric
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CFMEU at loggerheads with FSC on new standards

22 November 2018
Just recently FSC Australia was making the news with what it called its ‘groundbreaking’ Australian version of the world’s strongest forestry standard. In FSC’s media release it pointed to a certification standard “jointly agreed by industry, environment and community interests”. Whil
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