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Mount Gambier sees improvement in timber sales

27 March 2014
Mount Gambier-based processor Whitehead Timber Sales has reported a rise in sales as the market continues to gather strength. Source: The Border Watch
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Marlborough wood advocate dies in car crash

27 March 2014
Marlborough's staunchest advocate for using wood in buildings has died in a New Zealand North Island car crash. Source: The Marlborough Express, Stuff.co.nz
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Fimo conferences in NZ and Australia

27 March 2014
New Zealand and Australia will host a major forest investment and market outlook conference series Forest Investment and Market Outlook 2014. Source: Timberbiz
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Carter Holt Harvey price fixing

27 March 2014
Carter Holt Harvey, the wood company owned by Graeme Hart's Rank Group, was fined NZ$1.85 million by the High Court for price fixing in the Auckland commercial timber market. Source: National Business Review
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Industry signatories want Tas timber agreement to stay

20 March 2014
The timber industry will enter talks with the incoming Tasmanian Liberal government to devise a new strategy for the sector. Source: The Australian
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Tasmania’s new premier owns mandate for forestry

20 March 2014
Tasmania's incoming premier Will Hodgman is demanding green groups accept the Liberal party has a mandate to reboot the state's logging industry. Sources: AAP, ABC
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Specialty Tasmanian timbers need new agreement

20 March 2014
Boat builder and Tasmanian Special Timber Alliance spokesman Andrew Denman said while the peace deal did not need to be torn up it should be changed to ensure his sector remained sustainable. Sources: The Australian, ABC News
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ForestrySA’s green timber for China

20 March 2014
ForestrySA has been accused of putting timber industry jobs at risk by selling partly burnt logs to China. Source: The Flinders News
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NZ Greens back timber industry

20 March 2014
The Green Party in New Zealand says it will offer a NZ$1 million prize for the first company to build a 10-storey structural timber building in New Zealand. Source: Fairfax NZ News, Stuff.co.nz
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NZ Labour to announce forestry plan

20 March 2014
Labour is to announce a plan to get long term unemployed working in forestry when Leader David Cunliffe speaks to an industry conference in Wellington. Source: The New Zealand Herald
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