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WA may face supply shortage because of bushfires

21 January 2016
The West Australian timber industry may face a supply shortage in 10 to 15 years as the effects of recent major bushfires are realised. Source: ABC Rural Thousands of hectares of state-owned timber plantations have been lost in major bushfires since November, with trees up to 40 years
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Illegal logging forced WA sandalwood quota

21 January 2016
The West Australian Government was forced to drop the annual harvesting quota of wild sandalwood because it took too long to tackle illegal logging, according to one of the state’s biggest harvesters. Source: ABC News Environment Minister Albert Jacob announced last month that t
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Uncertain future of Mid North timber workers

21 January 2016
Timber workers in the Mid North of SA claim they are being kept in the dark by the State Government over its plans for the local forestry industry, with up to 100 jobs at risk. Source: The Advertiser Bundaleer and Wirrabara forests were devastated by fires in 2013 and 2014. About 2000
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EPA fines NSW Forestry

21 January 2016
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued two penalty notices to Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) for harming a threatened species during harvesting operations in northern NSW last year. Source: The Northern Star In March 2015 the EPA received a report from a local
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$3m funding for biomass database

14 January 2016
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced $3 million of funding support for the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) to undertake a comprehensive biomass for bioenergy assessment. Source: Timberbiz ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the $6.2 mil
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Clarence Valley timber industry icon dies

14 January 2016
A man who helped shape Grafton and the Clarence Valley timber industry, Spiro Notaras, has died after battling the effects of a stroke. Mr Notaras, aged 83, died on Saturday. Source: ABC News He helped establish the timber industry in the region by buying and operating mills, one of t
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Forestry industry questions Wye River fire

14 January 2016
The Otway bushfire that destroyed more than 100 houses at Wye River and Separation Creek should have been contained before Christmas Day, foresters say. Source: The Age And if no lessons are learned from the disaster then popular Great Ocean Road towns will be at risk again in the yea
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Tas forestry behind woodchip export jump

14 January 2016
Tasmania’s forestry industry, and not the State Government, can claim credit for a significant jump in woodchip exports over the past 12 months, the Opposition and the Greens have said. Source: ABC News The industry is emerging from years of turmoil and decline, with new operato
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Gottstien Wood Science course top flight speakers

14 January 2016
Registrations are open for the Gottstein Wood Science course in February, lauded for many years as the most important industry educational event of its kind. Source: Timberbiz A host of top-flight speakers have been confirmed for the event in Melbourne to be held at the CSIRO Clayton
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WA reduces wild sandalwood quota

07 January 2016
The West Australian Government has outlined a significant restructure of the state sandalwood industry for 2016. Source: ABC Rural The changes will include a reduction in wild sandalwood harvest quotas as well as a modification of industry sales and marketing structures. The Legislati
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