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Pallet pressure may dampen Christmas spirit

06 December 2021
Pressure is mounting to solve the nation’s pallet shortage as Australia’s largest pallet producer says it may have to stop production, threatening the availability of food and drinks on supermarket shelves in the lead up to Christmas. Source: Timberbiz The Age has reported that the su
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Gentle induction into Association Forum Hall of Fame

03 December 2021
Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association executive officer Kersten Gentle has been inducted into the Association Forum’s 2021 Hall of Fame. Source: Timberbiz The award recognises individuals who have made an outstanding high-level contribution and commitment to an association or asso
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AFCA new general manager Carlie Porteous

03 December 2021
Carlie Porteous is the new general manager of the Australian Forest Contractors Association. She brings more than 10 years’ experience in the forestry industry to the role having previously worked with all aspects of the value chain; contractors, growers, processors and government age
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Friday analysis: VicForests should be protected against vexatious litigation

03 December 2021
Lawfare. It’s a word that first saw the light of day, it is said, in the 1975 manuscript Whither Goeth the Law, which argues that the Western legal system has become overly contentious, and utilitarian as compared with the more humanitarian, norm-based Eastern system. More recently, i
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Ray Walker hanging up his chainsaw after more than 40 years

01 December 2021
At age 74 and having spent more than 40 of those years working with the forest industry as trainer, safety officer and all-round legend Ray Walker is hanging up the keys of his trusty Nissan Patrol to head into retirement. Source: Timberbiz Week after month after year Ray criss-crosse
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Healthy building approvals continue

01 December 2021
Detached building approvals are continuing to sustain healthy levels, above those seen pre-COVID according to the HIA. The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its monthly building approvals data for detached and multi-unit data covering all states and territories. Sourc
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Pallet problems about to hit the supermarket shelves

01 December 2021
Regional Victoria’s Christmas has been thrown into chaos because the supply chain has all but run out of pallets. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said it might sound laughable that the most basic items, such as a few pieces of wood nailed together, c
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Tzannes architects another winner with timber veneer

01 December 2021
The Australian Timber Design Awards again attracted outstanding examples of the use of timber veneers in the Timber Veneer category sponsored by the Timber Veneer Association of Australia (TVAA). The overall winner was the Judith Neilson Centre for Journalism and Ideas, based in Sydne
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Green lawfare costs VicForests $4.8m plus

01 December 2021
Victoria’s beleaguered native forest timber industry is being swamped with green lawfare cases, costing VicForests $4.8 million in 2020-21. Source: Weekly Times The state-owned forest manager’s latest annual report shows it “has been the respondent to an unprecedented volume of third-
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Australian Timber Design Award winners

01 December 2021
The $11.3 million Eric Tweedale Stadium in Western Sydney is the overall winner of this year’s Australian Timber Design Awards. The stunning stadium, offering a new home for community sport and providing residents and visitors with a revitalised facility, is also winner of the People’
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