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Gippsland Forestry Expo linking forestry education and careers

Australia’s forestry industry is finding it difficult to attract qualified or experienced people to work in this interesting and rewarding sector. Source: Timberbiz This is despite the fact that Australia’s forest industry is a dynamic and sustainable provider of regional employment,
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Stumped on how to remove stumps, not anymore

An Australian and an American hope they are about to solve a problem that has had others stumped. Source: The Weekly Times Naracoorte’s Brad Dickenson knew he was looking at something special when he saw a video clip on social media of a machine in the US wrenching old stumps out of t
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Coalmining clearing forests

Coalmining companies were given approval to clear nearly 10% of what is now a critically endangered forest in the New South Wales Hunter Valley over the past decade, according to evidence before a government commission. Source: The Guardian It has prompted calls for politicians and bu
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Australia’s most dangerous jobs not compensated well

In 2016, the industry recorded 44 deaths on the job, but despite the inherent danger involved, the average agriculture, forestry and fishing worker is paid just $76,630 per annum, compared with the average national earning of $75,598. Source: The Morning Bulletin Manufacturing is the
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AFPA lobbies in SA elections

South Australian parties and candidates are being urged to commit to a 10-point plan that will double the economic value of timber manufacturing in SA, drive innovation and create thousands more regional jobs in our Forest Industries in the State’s South East. Source: Timberbiz The br
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Farmers core plank in forestry’s strategic growth

Farmers and farmland use incentives are a central plank in a new strategic plan to bolster the viability of Australia forestry sector. Sources: Farm Online, Queensland Country Life In September last year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that a National Forest Industries Plan
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CBUS property chief joins GBCA board

Adrian Pozzo (Chief Executive Officer of Cbus Property) has been appointed to the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) board of directors, as sustainability stalwart Mark Gray retires. Source: Timberbiz According to GBCA Chair, Rod Fehring, Mr Pozzo’s appointment adds extra dept
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Aussie trees sweat to survive the heat

Australian researchers growing trees in climate change conditions have found the leaves “sweat” to survive extreme heatwaves. Source: The Guardian The year-long experiment showed that trees continue to release water through their leaves as an evaporative cooling system during periods
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Protesters hold up logging operations

Protesters held up logging operations for three hours in Tasmania’s remote west in the first forestry conflict since the High Court shot down the state’s tough workplace protection laws. Source: ABC News Eight protesters gathered at a Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) logg
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A Field trip to add to NSW RFA debate

NSW Greens MP Justin Field will be making a field trip to the Coffs Coast for a ‘forest to sea’ listening tour. The South Coast MP will be joining community groups which have called on the NSW Government’s planned extension of Regional Forest Agreements a crisis for
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