Push for plantation to replace native timber
25 January 2017
A forestry expert says the Victorian timber industry could be at risk of collapse after decades of mismanagement of native resources. Source: ABC News The owner of Australia’s largest hardwood sawmill in Heyfield in Victoria’s Gippsland region announced last week it would
Continue Reading →Hyne timber behind Fraser Coast announcement
25 January 2017
Hyne Timber congratulated the Fraser Coast Council on their announcement of a Wood Encouragement Policy. Source: Timberbiz Hyne Timber’s CEO, Jon Kleinschmidt said a number of progressive regions throughout the world have such a policy and it is fitting for the Fraser Coast to t
Continue Reading →Gympie joins Fraser Coast in Wood First
25 January 2017
Timber Queensland has applauded the adoption by the Gympie Regional Council of a Wood Encouragement Policy (WEP), which will help drive the greater use of timber in local building and construction. Source: Timberbiz This news followed hot on the heels of the announcement by Fraser Coa
Continue Reading →Tarkeeth protesters guilty and fined
19 January 2017
Two men and a woman known as the ‘Tarkeeth Three’ have been found guilty of protest action after they attempted to block Forestry Corporation NSW’s logging operation at Tarkeeth State Forest. Source: The Coffs Coast Advocate Protesters rallied outside the Coffs Harbo
Continue Reading →Kangaroo Island Timbers doesn’t wash with abalone production
19 January 2017
A battle is brewing between the ASX-listed Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers and the country’s largest abalone farmer Yumbah Aquaculture over a proposed wharf required for the transportation of major timber supplies from Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Source: The Australia
Continue Reading →Will Tas Labor support logging plan?
19 January 2017
The Tasmanian Opposition has yet to decide whether it will support or oppose the Government’s plan to open selected forests for logging in 2018. Source: ABC News The Hodgman Government plans to table legislation when Parliament resumes in March to open up more than 300,000 hecta
Continue Reading →Hyne upgrades Maryborough facility
19 January 2017
Hyne Timber Maryborough is preparing for a predicted mass timber construction boom by upgrading their facilities. Source: The Fraser Coast Chronicle A rare machine has been added to their glue laminating plant. Called a Hundegger K2i, the Maryborough manufacturer is the third in Austr
Continue Reading →ASH jobs on the line without long term timber
19 January 2017
Hundreds of jobs are on the line at a sawmill at Heyfield in Victoria’s east if it does not get access to a long-term supply of timber. Source: ABC News Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH), which employs about 250 staff, processes about 150,000 cubic metres of timber each yea
Continue Reading →Champion chopper gearing up for Easter show
12 January 2017
Champion woodchopper Chris Owen can notch another award into his axe handle after he swept the votes for December’s Sportsperson of the Month Award. Source: The Daily Examiner In fine form at the Canterbury A&P Show in New Zealand, Mr Owen was crowned the 2016 Les Gilsenan M
Continue Reading →Pine clearing in Canberra
12 January 2017
Almost 14 years on from the worst bushfires in the ACT’s history, pine clearing is under way in an effort to prevent such devastation ever happening again. Source: ABC News The inquiry into the 2003 fires found more should have been done to reduce fuel loads around Canberra, inc
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