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Detached homes on the rise

24 January 2022
More detached homes commenced construction in the 12 months to September 2021 than in any previous period. Lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne resulted in a sharp contraction in new detached home starts in the September quarter, with a 16.5% contraction compared to the record high of th
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PFT Trees on Farms Grants’ program extensions

24 January 2022
Due to overwhelming interest, Private Forests Tasmania’s Trees on Farms Grants Program has extended the closing date for applications to 11.59pm on Monday 7 February 2022. Source: Timberbiz The program, which was developed to assist farmers with upfront establishment costs of co
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PhDs in forestry achieved with the help of Forico and ARC

24 January 2022
  Forestry PhD graduates Michelle Balasso and Vilius Gendvilas obtained their PhD degrees from the University of Tasmania last year after being supported by Forico and other partners in their studies at the ARC Training Centre for Forest Value. Source: Timberbiz The Centre for Fo
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Green Triangle Timber awards take another Covid hit

21 January 2022
The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards night set down for 11 March has been postponed again due to Covid. Source: Timberbiz Initially planned for 29 October last year, the event was postponed then because of the pandemic. The 2020 event was cancelled for the same reasons. The commi
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New plantation forestry method will expand tree estates

21 January 2022
New forestry methods will give farmers, businesses and industries the ability to earn revenue through projects which will help Australia achieve its emissions reduction targets. Source: Timberbiz The new methods cover blue carbon, plantation forestry, abatement from industrial and com
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Friday analysis: Loopholes make wriggle room in Sustainable Forests Act

21 January 2022
It could be argued, mischievously perhaps, that loopholes are sometimes deliberately included in government-created rules and regulations to provide some wriggle room for various parties. Why else would a loophole exist in the Sustainable Forests Act which has enabled activist vigilan
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Close the loophole in Victoria’s Sustainable Forests Act

19 January 2022
Forest and Wood Communities Australia wants the Andrews Government to close the loophole in the Sustainable Forests Act which has enabled activist vigilantes to devastate the livelihoods of regional Victorians. Source: Timberbiz Unlike the Environment Protection Act 2017 (Section 347)
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Forestry Corp helps to open a café

17 January 2022
The Nyanggan Gapi Café had previously been run by Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation out of a small portable container. Thanks to its success and with the support of a grant from the NSW Regional Tourism and Infrastructure Fund, and Forestry Corporation of NSW the organis
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Engineered Wood Products welcomes new FWPA CEO

17 January 2022
The Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia has joined many other timber product industry voices welcoming the appointment of Andrew Leighton as the new Forest & Wood Products Australia Chief Executive Officer. Source: Timberbiz “Andrew has significant previous experie
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FWPA appoints new CEO

14 January 2022
Norske Skog Australasia managing director Andrew Leighton has been appointed Forest and Wood Products Australia’s new Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Ric Sinclair who retired as managing director late last year after 13 years in the role. Mr Leighton starts in his new role on Feb
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