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Call for all sides of politics to focus on planting for the future

21 March 2022
International Day of Forests Australia’s forest industries are marking today’s International Day of Forests to call on all sides of politics to focus on getting more production trees planted nationally, while guaranteeing a secure future for our sustainable native forest industries, t
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Drop-in sessions for forest contractors on forestry plans

18 March 2022
Last week the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) coordinated drop-in sessions for members, forest contracting businesses and their crews to get much needed information on the latest updates to the Victorian Forestry Plan and the increased role of the regulator in relatio
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Pulp and paper celebrate Global Recycling Day today

18 March 2022
Today, Global Recycling Day, is an opportunity to recognise the great work Australia’s sustainable pulp and paper industries do recycling renewable paper and packaging products over and over again, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Vi
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FWPA central database for private forestry information

18 March 2022
Forest & Wood Products Australia is developing a single, centralised database for private forestry information through a national project to collect and collate information about commercial farm plantations, private native forests and Indigenous managed forests around Australia. S
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Opinion: SETA – Activists campaign to determine the future of the native forest industry in NSW

18 March 2022
The article published in the Age and Sydney Morning Herald on 15 March once again highlights how activist networking paints native forest harvesting as THE threat to the sustainability of NSW native forests. Like many reports advocating for the closure of the native forest industry, t
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Opinion: David Quill SATP commends SA Labour Party’s forestry policy

18 March 2022
The policy of the South Australian Labour Party of ensuring a sustainable forest industry released by opposition leader Peter Malinauskas is seen as a breath of fresh air to the South Australian Timber Processors Association. Our organisation was formed in August 2017 with the express
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F&T Time with Kersten Gentle

16 March 2022
The Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia has launched its new Podcast series ‘F&T Time with Kersten Gentle’. Source: Timberbiz “We haven’t been able to sit and have a cuppa with members for two years due to the pandemic, so the aim of F&T Time is to keep the
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WoodSolutions for working with waterlogged timber

16 March 2022
The record-breaking floods in Queensland and NSW have devastated communities and severely damaged or wiped-out infrastructure and homes but all may not be lost when talking timber. Source: Timberbiz Waterlogged timber that could be salvaged is often thrown away, and in today’s market
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Enviro group squirrels away money to avoid paying VicForests’ legal costs

16 March 2022
Anti-logging campaigners Environment East Gippsland have admitted diverting $336,000 into a trust fund just three weeks before commencing legal action against VicForests, which will stop the money being used to cover any court-awarded costs if it lost the case. Source: Weekly Times Re
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Green Triangle awards now in June

11 March 2022
The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards night scheduled for October will now be held on 10 June 2022. Source: Timberbiz After hitting the pause button on previously planned events the GTTIA Committee is planning for the event to be held at The Barn, Mount Gambier. The decision comes
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