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TFFPN appoints Workforce and Diversity manager

29 November 2021
Tracey Taylor has dipped in and out of forestry since university days, where she spent a summer working with Forestry Resources Tasmania harvesting and pollinating seed. Now the Tasmanian Forest Products Network (TFFPN) has welcomed her into a new role which will deliver for the indus
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Clean Energy Finance Corp report backs timber use in construction

29 November 2021
New Clean Energy Finance Corporation research shows expanding timber use in construction will significantly cut carbon emissions in the building and construction sector, according to the Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz The CEFC’s Australian buildings and infr
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Seven marketing excellence awards to Tasmania

29 November 2021
Tasmania’s forestry and timber industry have teamed up with a local marketing company to win seven awards for excellence at the Australian Marketing Institute’s (AMI) national awards. Source: Timberbiz Tasmanian marketing company The Claire Bennett Agency was responsible for all Tasma
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WA protest demands clarity on ending native forestry

29 November 2021
Forestry business owners and employees staged a peaceful protest in Bunbury late last week, frustrated with a lack of clarity from the State Government surrounding its decision to end native forestry. Source: Timberbiz The protest coincided with the second meeting of the Native Forest
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Timberlands’ Tammy Auld chair of SA forest products association

26 November 2021
Timberland Pacific’s Tammy Auld has been elected chairman of the South Australian Forest Products Association following the retirement of Inaugural Chair, Keith Lamb. Mr Lamb hailed the significance of this appointment as a demonstration of the strength of the organisation and its imp
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Victoria’s escalating forest wars are untenable with no real plan in place

26 November 2021
The professional association for forest scientists, growers and managers in Australia has expressed its concern at the escalating Victorian forest wars, saying changes are desperately needed in the way the State’s forests are managed. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia Vice Presiden
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Friday analysis: Victoria in strife with timber shortages and continuing lawfare

26 November 2021
It has been a rough week in Victoria with court action and protests highlighting the timber situation in that State. And it all stems from the Victorian Government’s decision to shut down the native timber industry by 2030. It began anew last week with the CMFEU warning that impending
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Forestry remains a high-risk occupation

24 November 2021
Australia’s agricultural sector has received a mixed report card in Safe Work Australia’s latest release of Australian workers’ compensation statistics. Sources: Beef Central, Timberbiz The 2019-20 report, released yesterday, provides the latest national statistics on accepted serious
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McCormack to remain as chair of AFPA with reaffirmed board

24 November 2021
Long-serving Australian Forest Products Association chairman Greg McCormack will continue in the role alongside a reaffirmed board of directors. Source: Timberbiz Mr McCormack said AFPA’s Board was in lockstep on the association’s priorities to advocate for Australia’s forest industri
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Australia a bioenergy powerhouse in a new Roadmap

22 November 2021
Australia’s potential as a bioenergy powerhouse has been unveiled in the Australian Renewable Agency’s Bioenergy Roadmap, which recognises the potential of industrial heat in Australia’s future renewable energy mix. Source: Timberbiz Australian Forest Products Association CEO Ross Ham
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