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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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Chopping down the competition at V8 Supercars

20 August 2015
Twenty-six year old Craig Owen from Grafton will chop in the first ever series at the V8 Supercars Supersprint at Sydney’s Motorsport Park this weekend. Source: The Daily Examiner Mr Owen will be among 10 elite competitors including former team world champion Dale Ryan from Kato
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Sawmiller takes Chinese copy cats on and wins

20 August 2015
A Wooragee sawmill manufacturer has won $430,000 against a Chinese copycat and said he was trying to protect intellectual property in China that could cripple small entrepreneurs. Source: The Border Mail Lucas Mill won a patent case in China against Chinese manufacturer SSML for makin
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Ta Ann plywood mill open for business

20 August 2015
Following a year-long construction phase, Ta Ann Tasmania executives showcased the company’s new $16 million plywood mill at its official opening last week. Source: Circular Head Chronicle Assisted by a $7.5 million federal government grant from the Tasmanian Jobs and Growth Package,
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Substandard plywood causes concern

20 August 2015
While Australia’s planning laws and standards for building product manufacturing are notoriously stringent, there is widespread concern that a growing amount of dodgy imported building materials are being used across the country. Source: Architecture & Design A 12-month market sur
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Prefab timber opportunities for Tasmania

20 August 2015
There are hopes Tasmania’s timber industry may find a new path to profitability, with the increasing use of prefabricated timber structures in major building projects. Source: ABC News Associate Professor Greg Nolan from the University of Tasmania said European and US builders w
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Ta Ann to source private forestry timber

13 August 2015
Ta Ann Tasmania says the private forest industry will be a vital source of timber as the company ramps up production at its new plywood plant in the north-west. Source: ABC Rural The new $16.4 million-dollar Smithton mill was co-funded with a $7.5 million-dollar Commonwealth grant and
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