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Macquarie Group to manage forestry

04 December 2013
The Macquarie Group has struck a deal with BRI Ferrier offering to manage hundreds of millions of dollars worth of forestry assets nationally for the new owners of Forest Enterprises Australia. Source: The Australian
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Queensland government forest sale

04 December 2013
The Queensland government is embarking on another sale of forestry assets, through its power subsidiary Ergon Energy. Source: The Australian
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Deloitte puts FEA on the market

04 December 2013
Investors in the collapsed Forestry Enterprises Australia will be hoping to recoup some of the $400 million they poured into the business over several years as investment bank Gresham and receiver Deloitte officially place the plantation owner on the market. Source: The Australian
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ABARES report shows forestry hit hard

28 November 2013
An ABARES report has exposed the ousted Labor-Green Government for mismanagement of the Australian forest industry according to Senator Richard Colbeck. Source: Timberbiz
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FWPA establishes reference group

28 November 2013
Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited (FWPA) has announced the establishment of a reference group to provide strategic direction to its new Statistics and Economics Program. Source: Timberbiz
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Brooweena sawmill shuts

28 November 2013
The Brooweena sawmill south of Bundaberg has been given the order to close after workplace health and safety officers deemed one section of the mill, a single bench, unsafe for workers to operate. Sources: ABC News, The Fraser Coast Chronicle
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US experts at NZ forestry conference

28 November 2013
The forest industry is bringing in North American experts to a conference this week to help it tackle the high injury and death rates in New Zealand plantations. Source: Radio New Zealand
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NZ forestry death renews calls for actions

28 November 2013
The eighth death in New Zealand's forests this year has renewed calls for more action from the Government. Source: Stuff.co.nz, Fairfax NZ News
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Tasmanians will see forestry peace money

28 November 2013
Tasmania’s forestry peace deal funding will still flow, according to federal Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Jamie Briggs.
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More money needed in Tasmania

28 November 2013
A Tasmanian Parliamentary inquiry into forest industry exit packages has recommended more money be made available for people who were not eligible for grants. Source: ABC News
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