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Date set for Green Triangle awards in 2022

10 December 2021
The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards Ceremony will be held on 11 March 2022 in Mount Gambier. Celebrating category finalists and announcing the 2021 GTTIA Award winners, the gala event will showcase the individuals and companies achieving great things in the area. Source: Timberb
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Scion building wins PEFC world award

03 December 2021
New Zealand’s Scion Innovation Hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, by RTA Studio/Irving Smith Architects has won the PEFC Best Use of Certified Timber prize. Located in New Zealand, Scion Innovation Hub was chosen as the most outstanding of the eight shortlisted projects from around the worl
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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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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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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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UK Wood Awards winners

29 November 2021
The Wood Awards 2021 winners have been revealed, recognising six buildings and two products as the year’s best structures made out of timber. The annual honours, which were established in 1971 as the ‘premier competition for excellence in architecture and product design in wood’, are
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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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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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Target exceeded for AKD’s annual pink up for breast cancer

24 November 2021
AKD’s annual ‘Pink Up October’ initiative has raised more than $176,000 for the McGrath Foundation, far exceeding their target of $100,000. This takes the total raised over the past two years to more than $250,000, contributing vital funds to this valuable cause. Source: Timberbiz Wit
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