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New category for Timber Design Awards honours engineers

05 July 2021
The Australian Timber Design Awards has introduced a new category to honour engineering in timber design – Merit – Excellence in Engineering. The award aims to recognise engineering as an essential aspect of the design of timber structures. Source: Timberbiz This year the
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Big Timber reality series on Netflix

30 June 2021
Big Timber follows the dangerous work of a logger and sawmill owner Kevin Wenstob of Sooke, Canada as he and his crew go to extremes to keep the family sawmill, and their way of life, alive. Sources: Netflix, Binge, IMDB, Victoria News Big Timber follows the dangerous work of Wenstob
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One split second can change your life

30 June 2021
One split second of inattention was all it took to change Rollo Craib’s life. After 15 years and 54 surgeries since his near-fatal motorbike accident, last week Rollo shared his journey with representatives of WA’s forestry industry. Source: Timberbiz While his accident was not relate
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Tasmanian Timber Awards include tree farming category

30 June 2021
The Tasmanian Timber Awards recognises and celebrates the excellence and best practice within our industry and acknowledges those who are leaders in their fields. Fourteen award categories are available for nomination including ‘Tree Farmer of the Year’.  Source: Timberbiz Tree Farmer
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Richard Stanton award for forestry excellence is open

30 June 2021
Responsible Wood is calling for nominations for this year’s coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence in Forest Management or Chain of Custody. This is the seventh year of the award which pays tribute to a man who devoted his life to sustainable forest management in Austra
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National University Wood Challenge

23 June 2021
The Australian Government, through the National Forest Industries Plan, Growing a Better Australia – A Billion Trees for Jobs and Growth and in conjunction with Forest & Wood Products Australia, has launched the 2021 National University Wood Challenge. Source: Timberbiz The challe
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World Rainforest Day tomorrow

21 June 2021
World Rainforest Day on 22 June is a collaborative effort to raise awareness and encourage action to protect the world’s rainforests. Rainforests cover less than 3% of the Earth’s area but are essential to life on Earth and more than 25% of the medicines we use originate from ra
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Frame appoints Corp Comm to run 2021 conference

21 June 2021
Frame Australia, organisers of the Timber Offsite Construction 2021 Conference and Exhibition has appointed event managers Corp Comm to run this year’s event on 16 -17 November. Source: Timberbiz “Corp Comm has been organising events for 20 years and brings a team of highly skilled ev
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Logging contractors should work to salvage trees after Victorian storms

21 June 2021
Victoria’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Forestry Gary Blackwood wants the Victorian Government to engage logging contractors to assist with the salvage of fallen trees within the storm ravaged areas of the state. Source: Timberbiz Mr Blackwood said currently logging contractors were
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Tasmania plans R&D powerhouse but needs Government funds

21 June 2021
Plans will be unveiled today for a new world-scale forest industries research and development powerhouse in Tasmania. The industry co-funded National Institute for Forest Products Innovation NIFPI would be headquartered at the University of Tasmania’s Newnham campus in Launceston and
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