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Guide to help reduce work-related driving deaths and injuries

10 December 2008
WorkSafe Victoria and the Transport Accident Commission have launched a guide to help reduce deaths and injuries resulting from work-related driving.
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It’s what’s under the veneer that counts

10 December 2008
Tasmanian rotary veneer company Ta Ann was crowned as the Australian Emerging Exporter of the Year at the national export awards in Melbourne at the weekend.
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Posthumous presentation of inaugural award

08 December 2008
Stephen Jamieson, timberman and 25-year veteran firefighter who lost his life in January, has been posthumously awarded the inaugural Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) Lifetime Service Award.
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Product development and research pays off

08 December 2008
FORESTRY TASMANIA managing director Bob Gordon says the opening of the Ta Ann rotary peel veneer mill at the Smithton Wood Centre would benefit Tasmania by creating jobs and establishing new export markets. The new manufacturing enterprise follows almost 10 years of product developme
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Hands-on learning programs on offer in Queensland

08 December 2008
If ever you have wanted to know something about growing trees, then a series of Master Tree Grower South East Queensland programs is the obvious choice.
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Service with a smile

08 December 2008
LONG-SERVING employees who have reached 40 year, 35 year and 25 year milestones with Forestry Tasmania have been recognised at events held at Smithton, Scottsdale, Hobart, and Geeveston.
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Campers asked to observe Solid Fuel Fire Ban

01 December 2008
Numerous small fires have occurred of late in the Murray/Murrumbidgee region, and Forests NSW is concerned that some campers may not be paying attention to the Solid Fuel Fire Ban, that is now in place.
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Forestry is at the crossroads

01 December 2008
Forestry: a climate of change is the theme for the Institute of Foresters of Australia Conference at The Events Centre, Caloundra, Queensland, from 6-10 September, 2009.
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Foresters’ scholarship a first class option

26 November 2008
Local university student Lauren Pittard-Robb has been awarded the Institute of Foresters of Australia 2008 scholarship. She is studying forestry through Southern Cross University in Mount Gambier.
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Adaptive management is only sensible option available

26 November 2008
The Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) has sought Government action over the current critical situation of the streams and forests in WA, and says that adaptive management is really the only sensible option available. The institute spelled out its concerns in a letter to the W
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