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Timber plantation sales could be cattle pasture

20 March 2014
The possible return of tens of thousands of hectares of timber plantation to productive agricultural land across NSW’s high rainfall zones is being welcomed as a potential economic and social boon to bush communities. Source: The Land
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New Forest plans a new wave of deals

20 March 2014
San Francisco-based New Forests is planning a new wave of deals, targeting up to $1.7 billion of Australia's state-owned pine forests ahead of an expected surge in demand from China and the US. Source: The Australian
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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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Ta Ann splits greens with peace deal but guarantees work

13 March 2014
There appears to be a split in the environmental movement over a peace deal struck between three major green groups and the veneer producer Ta Ann Tasmania. Source: ABC News
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Greens about face for timber votes

13 March 2014
The Greens proposed an $11.5 million timber industry investment based in Braddon, Tasmania. Source: The Advocate
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NSW bioenergy discredited by Greens

13 March 2014
The O’Farrell government has opened the way for the state’s forests to be used to generate electricity in a move blasted by the Greens as “devastating”. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
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Post tensioned timber technology first in NZ

13 March 2014
The first multi-storey post-earthquake timber building using low-damage post-tensioned timber technology has opened in Christchurch. Source: Voxy NZ
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Tas sawmill receives warm welcome in Queensland

13 March 2014
A Tasmanian timber company has relocated some of its business to central Queensland. Source: ABC News
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