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Forestry Australia free mentoring program

10 January 2024
Forestry Australia has opened applications for its 2024 Mentoring Program and these will close midnight 4 February 2024. The program is free for Forestry Australia members. A mentoring relationship is a powerful development experience that can deliver personal and professional benefit
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Important connections to work in forest and timber sectors

10 January 2024
Adrian Cowland remembers fondly as a child travelling distances with his dad, searching for billet wood for the Cooee brick yards, as well as collecting firewood for locals. This was his first foray into the forest industry. Source: Timberbiz Fast forward some years, and Mr Cowland no
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FSC Australian webinars on Euro regulations on deforestation free products

10 January 2024
FSC is kicking off the new year with a series of webinars to support the European Union’s Regulation on Deforestation Free Products (EUDR). This is a modular set of solutions that will support FSC certificate holders in EUDR compliance efforts. Source: Timberbiz The series of webinars
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A slow start for the government’s aim to build 1.2 million new homes

10 January 2024
New house building approvals decreased by 1.9% in the month of November according to HIA Chief Economist, Tim Reardon. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its monthly building approvals data for November 2023 for detached houses and multi-units covering all states and territo
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New options for Victoria’s hardwood operations

10 January 2024
The beginning of 2024 marked the end of harvesting wood fibre from Victoria’s public forests but not the end of Victoria’s sustainable native hardwood industry. Source: Timberbiz “The Victorian Government’s decision last May created chaos with some businesses across the native hardwoo
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A Federal Court may determine the future of native timber in NSW

10 January 2024
Today a Federal Court judgement may determine the fate of native timber harvesting in New South Wales. This sector deeply ingrained in regional, rural and remote NSW has for generations served as a sustainable cornerstone for communities, families and businesses. Source: Timberbiz The
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Join Private Forests Tasmania’s operations

08 January 2024
Private Forests Tasmania is looking for a Manager, Operations. The role will provide leadership and strategic management for Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) through oversight of its Operations Team and leading high-level projects, to further PFT’s legislated objective to facilitate and
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AFWI team on the ground in Tasmania

08 January 2024
A few new faces have popped up on the Tasmanian forestry scene since the establishment of Australian Forestry and Wood Innovations (AFWI) in 2023. Source: Timberbiz AFWI is a significant development for Australia’s forestry and forest products sectors and is a collaboration between th
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FWPA Forest Research Grants call for proposal and program briefing

08 January 2024
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) has provided notice of an upcoming Call for Proposals for its Forest Research Grants Program. Source: Timberbiz The Forest Research Grants Program supports collaborative activities that advance research, development and extension (RD&E) of
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Mining company Alcoa may supply hardwood to forestry

08 January 2024
Western Australia also shut its doors to native forestry this January the government saying it will now protect almost two million hectares of native karri, jarrah and wandoo forests. It will protect those forests from foresters but perhaps not from mining companies. Source: Timberbiz
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