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Royal Commission hears forestry opinion on bushfire disaster and future management

19 June 2020
The Royal Commission into Natural Disaster Arrangements has been told of the devastating impact the Black Summer bushfires had on forest industries around Australia. In its submission to the Royal Commission the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) also highlighted the need f
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Federal Government’s 12-month review of logging ops in Victoria

19 June 2020
The Federal government has given the green light to a 12-month review of logging operations in Victoria. The Victorian “major event review” will examine the environmental protections of its Regional Forest Agreements (RFA) and be conducted over around 12 months by an independent panel
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Photo competition to celebrate memories of Sugar Pine Walk

17 June 2020
Forestry Corporation of NSW has launched a photo competition to mark the passing of the iconic Sugar Pine Walk in Bago State Forest, following extensive damage in the 2019‐20 bushfire season. Sadly, the Sugar Pine Walk cannot be saved and work will soon begin to remove the burnt trees
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Forestry icon Rob de Fegely honoured with Member of the Order of Australia

10 June 2020
Forest industry icon Rob de Fegely was honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours with a Member of the Order of Australia for “Significant service to the forestry industry through business and advisory roles.” Source: Timberbiz Tasmanian Minister Guy Barnett congratulated Mr de Fegely s
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Ultimate Renewable wins Gold Quills

03 June 2020
Forest and Wood Products Australia’s The Ultimate Renewable branding has been named twice on the winners’ list for the 2020 International Association of Business Communicators Gold Quill Awards. Source: Timberbiz For more than 40 years, the IABC’s Gold Quill Awards has recognised exce
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Timber Offsite conference deferred to June 2021

03 June 2020
The impact of COVID-19 will continue to disrupt the world for some time and has made it necessary to defer the annual Timber Offsite Construction conference and exhibition to June next year. Source: Timberbiz The new timing will be Monday and Tuesday 21-22 June 2021 at the Crown Prome
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CLT360+ a new digital assistant for timber building installation

18 May 2020
In the small Norwegian town of Kolvereid, a new daycare centre was started at the beginning of 2020. It was one of wood construction company Woodcon’s many timber projects, but what looked like an ordinary building site was the testing ground for CLT360+, a digital assistant that is s
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Feedback to Responsible Wood on branding change

18 May 2020
Responsible Wood is looking for feedback with the release of a new survey marking an important milestone for Responsible Wood. From 1 January 2020, all certificate holders certified under the Responsible Wood scheme have mitigated to the Responsible Wood branding; with the Responsible
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Information – your key to navigating the future

18 May 2020
With COVID-19 front and centre of industry challenges right now and for the foreseeable future, there has never been a greater need for the latest news and information to be delivered to the forests and timber industry sectors. Ryan Media, as an independent and Australian-owned media
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NZ forest safety conference now online in June

13 May 2020
The Forest Industry Engineering Association announced that its biennial forest safety conference will be going ahead in June – in a digital format. The new way of learning will include online chat rooms to allow for networking. Source: Timberbiz “While lockdown conditions have forced
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