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Friday analysis: Alliance brings hope

18 September 2020
At a time when good news can be a bit hard to find, Alliance Timber’s decision to extend its Dartmoor operations in the Green Triangle is a tiny ray of light. Source: Bruce Mitchell The Alliance Timber Group’s Dartmoor mill site is looking to extend its opening hours to 6am to 10pm se
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Webinar to prepare for coming bushfire season

14 September 2020
The Institute of Foresters Australia (IFA) is hosting a webinar on 23 September to focus on preparation for the next bushfire season in Australia. Source: Timberbiz Gary Morgan AM AFSM will provide a brief round-up of findings and recommendations which were released by State-level inq
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VFPA replacing VAFI within 6 months

14 September 2020
The newly formed Victorian Forest Products Association will replace the Victorian Association of Forest Industries possibly within six months. The VFPA announced its 23 foundation members and elected its Interim Governing Council in early September. The new Association will span Victo
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VicForests lodges appeal in Full Federal Court

14 September 2020
VicForests has lodged its appeal in the Full Federal Court following the Federal Court’s Orders relating to the Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum case. The appeal papers were lodged late last Friday. Source: Timberbiz Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam has welcome
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Review of Australian Standard for chain of custody: committee positions open

11 September 2020
Responsible Wood as an Accredited Standard Development Organisation has responsibility for developing and maintaining Australian Standard AS 4707 Chain of Custody for Forest Products and it has announced the commencement of the five-yearly review of AS 4707. Source: Timberbiz AS 4707
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Vic timber transition plan labelled a sham – not one hardwood tree planted

11 September 2020
The Victorian Government’s native timber transition plan has been labelled a sham after Labor walked away from establishing hardwood plantations. During State Parliament this week the Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath pushed Minister for Agriculture, Jaclyn Sym
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‘Bodgy’ paper clearly shows a conflict of interest

09 September 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association wants the University of Tasmania to investigate Dr Jennifer Sanger over her links to the Bob Brown Foundation. Dr Sanger was co-author of a peer reviewed scientific paper with Professor James Kirkpatrick and Suyanti Winoto-Lewin from the Univ
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FSC Friday in late September

07 September 2020
FSC ANZ is inviting stakeholders to celebrate FSC Friday on 25 September. FSC says that despite 2020 being a turbulent year, there is a lot to celebrate, including a sustainability led recovery. Source: Timberbiz FSC Friday began in 2008 and quickly grew into a global celebration, hig
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Building approvals up 12% in July

07 September 2020
The HomeBuilder program has been very positive for the detached house sector, but the impact of this program is yet to be seen in ABS approval data. The lift in detached house approvals in July is more likely to reflect building application lodgement and processing returning to normal
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Foundation members for new Vic Forest Products Association

04 September 2020
The newly formed Victorian Forest Products Association has announced its 23 foundation members and elected its Interim governing council. The new association will span Victoria’s forest industry value chain including plantations, native forestry operators, sawmills and pulp and paper
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