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Forestry Tasmania donates trees

10 September 2015
Schools across Tasmania have again benefited from trees donated by Forestry Tasmania (FT), grown by its nursery for National Tree Day. Source: Timberbiz, Forestry Tasmania National Tree Day is supported throughout Australia by Planet Ark. The Assistant Manager of FT Perth nursery, Car
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Richard Stanton Memorial Awards

10 September 2015
Australia’s forestry industry will pay tribute to a man who devoted his life to sustainable forest management in Australia and internationally. Source: Timberbiz The inaugural Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence will be presented at a dinner organised by Australian Forestry
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Conservation groups tour for Minister Speakman

03 September 2015
Conservation groups have called on NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman to intervene and stop logging core koala habitat in state forests near Casino. Source: Echonet Representatives of the North Coast Environment Council (NCEC), the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) and Nambucca Va
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TFS announces $113m profit

03 September 2015
Tropical Forestry Services (TFS), one of Australia’s largest forestry companies, has announced a full year after-tax profit of $113 million, courtesy of the falling currency. Source: ABC Rural TFS owns a number of Indian sandalwood plantations in the Northern Territory, Ord Vall
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Logging standard is cost effective

03 September 2015
According to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) the logging standard is cost effective and that Senator David Leyonhjelm has a head-in-the-sand outlook. Source: The Australian Financial Review Adam Beaumont of the Forest Stewardship Council submitted an opinion piece to the Australi
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Australand rebranded as Frasers Property Australia

03 September 2015
Diversified property group Australand will be known as Frasers Property Australia, following its acquisition almost a year ago by Frasers Centrepoint Limited (FCL). Source: Timberbiz The rebranding marks the completion of the integration of Australand with FCL’s existing Australia bus
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Gunns still blazing for forest contractors

03 September 2015
There are fears forest contractors in Tasmania and interstate face potential bankruptcy because of new legal action being taken by Gunns Limited liquidators. Sources: ABC News, Herald Sun, AAP The Corporations Act requires the liquidator PPB to identify creditors, including contractor
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Illegal logging sessions

27 August 2015
Throughout September 2015, officers from the Department of Agriculture’s Targeting and Enforcement and Forestry branches will be visiting key capital cities to hold free information sessions on Australia’s illegal logging laws. Source: Timberbiz The illegal logging session
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FRAME program focus is on prefab timber and engineered wood

27 August 2015
The FRAME Australia 2016 Conference and Exhibition, now in its 18th year, will be held on 23 May at Park Hyatt Melbourne with the theme “Building construction with prefabricated timber and engineered wood”. Source: Timberbiz “The 2016 event will be the largest ever held with mor
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Government may buy time for Leadbeaters

27 August 2015
In a highly sensitive move, the Victorian Government is considering a plan that could buy the logging industry out of a forest to save the state’s faunal emblem, the Leadbeater’s possum. Source: ABC News The Leadbeater’s possum is one of the most critically endangere
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