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Sydney Innovation Hub’s hybrid design celebrates timber in all forms

29 April 2022
The Sydney Oakhill College Innovation Hub currently under construction will provide state of the art technical workshops as well as science and laboratory spaces to prepare college students for a rapidly changing world, empowering them to explore new ideas and become knowledge-creator
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Grant recipients planting the future of Tasmanian forests

29 April 2022
Planting more trees helps to protect the land for future generations and the Tasmanian Government congratulates eight landowners who will receive grants to integrate 329 hectares of trees on their land. Source: Timberbiz The Tasmanian Government, with assistance from the Australian Go
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Forest industries assured of more than $300M in new funding

29 April 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has confirmed that Australia’s forest industries have been assured more than $300 million in new funding, including a new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI), new measures to boost the billion timber trees program and su
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Opinion: VicForests – Active forest management may increase forest resilience and reduce bushfire risk

29 April 2022
Recent scientific studies into the 2019–20 black summer fires show timber harvesting had little impact on the extent and severity of the fires. [i] The studies conclude the extent and severity of the 2019–2020 bushfires were a result of years of below average rainfall, extreme fire we
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Federal Labor needs to be clear on regs for pulp and paper industry

27 April 2022
Australian Forest Products Association is insisting that any incoming Albanese Government not sacrifice vital regional manufacturing jobs through blunt changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund Safeguard Mechanism. Source: Timberbiz The AFPA, as the major national industry group represe
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WA agrees to a $26.9M transition program for native foresters

27 April 2022
The West Australian Government has reached agreement with the Forest Industries Federation WA on a $26.9 million Business Transition Program. The Business Transition Program will provide financial support to native timber sawmills and harvesters before native forest logging ends in 20
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Timber communities prove the fight is not over for Victoria’s native forestry

22 April 2022
Timber communities have vowed to fight back against Daniel Andrews’ policy to shut Victoria’s sustainable native timber industry. A round table forum held in Heyfield attended by community members, harvesters, industry groups, local councillors and Gippsland’s state and federal MPs st
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Australia faces a ‘critical housing timber shortage’ by 2050

22 April 2022
Australia’s housing construction sector faces a critical timber shortage and our reliance on imported timber will double by 2050 if our nation falls short of the plan to plant an additional one billion production Trees, a new interim report by Forest & Wood Products Australia has
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Opinion: Karen Stephens – false claims about Wombat Forest further an agenda

22 April 2022
It is disappointing to see on a week where forest managers and Traditional Owners commence work together to clear up significant storm damage in Victorian forests, that some groups are taking the chance to accuse them of harming the environment. Earlier this week we saw an historic an
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Friday Analysis: imported timber to double if we don’t plant one billion more trees

22 April 2022
So, Australia faces a ‘critical housing timber shortage’ by 2050. An interim report by Forest & Wood Products Australia has found that our reliance on imported timber will double by 2050 if our nation falls short of the plan to plant an additional one billion production trees. Thi
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