Queensland building plan: timber should be a big part
22 March 2017
Proposals to improve the sustainability performance of residential buildings as part of a new Queensland Building Plan are ignoring the biggest carbon win, according to chief executive of Timber Queensland Mick Stephens. Source: The Fifth Estate His association has called on the gover
Continue Reading →Planet Ark reports on calm benefits of wood
22 March 2017
A new report shows significant health and wellbeing benefits can be had by incorporating wood in interior design and the construction of buildings according to a new report by Planet Ark. Source: Timberbiz The use of wood, especially in conjunction with the principles of ‘nature conne
Continue Reading →10 truckloads of timber for Easter Show
22 March 2017
Ten truckloads of timber from Badja, Bago and Yambulla State Forests are making their way to the Sydney Royal Easter Show to be used in wood chop competitions. Source: Eden Magnet Forestry Corporation of NSW’s sales and distribution supervisor Andy Costello said 4017 chopping blocks a
Continue Reading →Noel Pearson keynote at Institute of foresters conference
22 March 2017
Noel Pearson, director of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, has been named as a Keynote speaker for the 2017 Institute of Foresters conference about tropical forestry to be held in Cairns from 14-17 August. Source: Timberbiz Mr Pearson is Director of the Cape York In
Continue Reading →Tas forestry bill passes lower house
22 March 2017
The Tasmanian Government’s contentious forestry bill will be scrutinised closely in Parliament’s Upper House, with many of the independent Members of the Legislative Council indicating they are not sold on the legislation. Source: ABC News The State Government’s plan
Continue Reading →Heyfield workers rally but mill may go south
22 March 2017
The owners of the Heyfield sawmill have no intention to sell it to the State Government and have revealed more about details of their plans to relocate the mill to Tasmania. Sources: ABC News, The Age, AAP, Herald Sun, The Australian The jobs of 260 Heyfield workers are in limbo after
Continue Reading →Forestry Tas 230 regeneration burns in autumn
16 March 2017
Forestry Tasmania has announced about 230 regeneration burns are planned in harvested coupes this autumn. Source: The Mercury The state-owned forest manager said it would “soon begin” its annual planned burns program. In addition to the 230 regeneration burns, which range in size from
Continue Reading →Are Tiwi plantations in trouble
16 March 2017
The forestry operation that Tiwi Islanders have hoped for six decades would lift their communities out of poverty has denied it is about to collapse because it is unable to repay its debts. Source: ABC News Tiwi families on the islands, 70 kilometres north of Darwin, have supported th
Continue Reading →Kangaroo Island Timbers in midst of department dispute
16 March 2017
Underwater drilling has been halted off Kangaroo Island, prompting a dispute involving two government departments and the country’s largest abalone farm over whether the appropriate approvals had been given to the company carrying out the activity. Sources: ABC News, Timberbiz K
Continue Reading →FIAT will not support Tas Liberals
16 March 2017
Tasmania’s Resources Minister says the Liberals’ forestry legislation is squarely focused on the public interest, following the rejection of the plan by the peak body for the forest industry. Source: The Mercury The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania says it cannot support the
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