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Passionate scientists and foresters’ mentoring program

31 January 2024
Forestry Australia is doing a nation-wide call out for passionate scientists and forestry professionals to take part in its highly sought after Mentoring Program. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia CEO Jacquie Martin said the program was a great opportunity to super-charge forestry
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Duck Creek fire remediation and closures

29 January 2024
The Forestry Corporation of NSW has closed burnt areas in Bibblewindi, Jacks Creek and Pilliga EastState Forests to the public following the recent Duck Creek fire. Source: Narrabri Courier Forestry Corporation’s cypress production and fire manager district, Conan Rossler said the dam
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New chair and directors for PFT

29 January 2024
Private Forests Tasmania has appointed a new chair and two directors to the board. The new chair is Jim Wilson who replaces Mr Evan Rolley. Source: Timberbiz Bob Rutherford has been appointed as a new director for three years, coming onto the board with extensive expertise in forestry
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Now Vic govt throws timber cutters to the wolves

24 January 2024
Firewood, fence post and specialty timber cutters will be banned from harvesting standing and fallen timber from 5 February – five months ahead of the planned mid-year cut-off. Source: Weekly Times Fifty licensees, who operate under Victoria’s community forestry program, were told las
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Labor’s trend to lock up forests to appease the activist class

24 January 2024
A concerning trend observed in Labor-led state governments in Australia – the locking up of productive state forests – raises questions about the relationships between bureaucrats, inner-city Labor MPs and the activist class and the poor understanding they have of rural communities, a
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NSW state forests closed after Duck Creek fires

22 January 2024
Forestry Corporation of NSW has closed burnt areas in Bibblewindi, Jacks Creek and Pilliga East State Forests to the public following the recent Duck Creek fire. Source: Timberbiz The damage is a potential safety risk to visitors, said Forestry Corporation’s Cypress Production and Fir
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Timber Training Creswick rolls out new courses for 2024

22 January 2024
Through 2022/23 Timber Training Creswick (RTOid 4168) has been working on new courses and course content for delivery to industry. Source: Timberbiz Fire Management Training for Tasmania: In 2023 Timber Training Creswick developed and ran a pilot program for Certificate II in public s
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AFPA submission to Senate Economics Legislation Committee

22 January 2024
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has provided feedback on the Government amendments to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share – Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023 (Bill). AFPA has said that plantation forestry was never the intended
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Opinion: Joel Fitzgibbon – Schneiders’ mischievous hardwood claims

19 January 2024
In the wake of the Federal Court’s recent decision on native forestry, Lyndon Schneiders (executive director of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation) tells us the Albanese government has recognised the need for a new native forestry approach. So too has the forestry indu
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Friday analysis: it’s time to turn off legal aid for activists

19 January 2024
It’s time Federal Government funding of the Environmental Defenders Office was turned off. Just last week it lost the case brought by the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) against the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of NSW with its lawyers arguing that the RFA should not have
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