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TV ads for wood are a grand design

01 May 2014
Award-winning architect Peter Maddison, host of Grand Designs Australia, is promoting wood for Planet Ark and Wood. Naturally Better. Source: Timberbiz
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Recycled hardwood for bridges

01 May 2014
Timber from the cleared Nambucca Heads to Urunga Pacific Hwy route is being recycled for use on heritage timber bridges. Source: The Coffs Coast Advocate
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A veneer idea for special Tas timbers

24 April 2014
A fourth generation timber worker said that it was time to adopt a new attitude to Tasmania's special timbers to extend the life and value from the remaining supply. Source: ABC Rural
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Contractor found for Esperance blue gums

24 April 2014
Farmers who were left with acres of trees are relieved to have closure over the blue gums they planted before the global financial crisis. Source: The Esperance Express
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Plantation timber harvest opposed

24 April 2014
The axe is to fall on Compartment 16 of Pine Creek State Forest with the start of the harvest but local environmental groups argue the timber plantation is crucial for koalas. Source: The Bellingen Shire Courier Sun
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The future of affordable medium rise housing

24 April 2014
Increased density of housing in the middle suburbs surrounding city centres is becoming the strategy for growth in most Australian states. Source: Timberbiz
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AFCA says industry under resourced

24 April 2014
Colin McCulloch chief executive officer of the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) said that he didn’t think he had seen the industry as busy but as under resourced. Source: Timberbiz
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Blue gums put out to pasture

24 April 2014
Several thousand hectares of farmland is up for grabs in Victoria, and similar land parcels have been on offer in South Australia and Western Australia in recent times. Source: ABC Online
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Gippsland moves closer to timber training

24 April 2014
Wellington Shire Council will convene a meeting to further investigate the potential for a timber and forestry education precinct for Gippsland. Source: The Gippsland Times and Maffra Spectator
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Unions’ legal action against forestry companies

24 April 2014
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) in New Zealand is taking legal action against two forestry companies over the deaths of workers. Source: Radio New Zealand, TVNZ
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