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NZ timber museum to reopen

13 February 2014
Putaruru's timber museum could soon be open again thanks to some friends of the museum. Source: Stuff Co NZ
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ABS stats show home lending steady

13 February 2014
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that new home lending remains steady while price growth has strengthened across Australia’s cities. Source: Timberbiz
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Flagship Canberra event focuses on innovation

13 February 2014
The annual flagship event for the forest, wood, paper and timber products industry will focus on innovation. Source: Timberbiz
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Forestry industries welcome heavy vehicle law reform

13 February 2014
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Heavy Vehicle National Law regulating trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles across most of Australia. Sources: Timberbiz, ATN,
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Robust timber returns at FIEA event

13 February 2014
With forest product exports continuing to enjoy a run of high commodity prices there is plenty of attention worldwide on the robust returns delivered from forest resources. Source: Timberbiz
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Green’s support of CLT shows lack of knowledge

06 February 2014
The Greens believe Tasmania's sprawling hardwood plantation estate would be worth more if the trees were not used to feed a pulp mill. Source: 7News, Timberbiz
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Greens claim of logging costly is wrong

06 February 2014
SE Fibre Exports (SEFE) is a company with an uncertain future. They export wood chips but for the last two years they have run at a loss. Source: ABC Rural
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World Heritage rewind

06 February 2014
Last year, after decades of fighting, environmentalists and the forestry industry reached a landmark agreement that added 170,000 hectares of old growth forest in Tasmania as a part of a World Heritage Site. Source: Eco-Business
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Logs export – local jobs fall out

06 February 2014
A boom in logging exports could mean wide-scale job losses for the New Zealand timber industry. Sources: NewstalkZB New Zealand radio, Fairfax NZ News, Stuff NZ, Scoop News NZ
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Canberra conference crucial to industry

06 February 2014
The important Industry Development Conference will take place on 4 March and will feature a series of Innovation Skills Forums designed especially for managers and business leaders across the full spectrum of industry.
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