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Fire mitigation inadequate across eastern Australia

16 June 2023
Reviewing and rethinking the impacts, costs and risks of inadequate fire mitigation measures and ongoing major bushfires across Eastern Australia. Source: Timberbiz In relation to the 2019/ 20 bushfires and follow up inquiries/commission, it is apparent that the impacts, costs and ris
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SA’s boost in additional firefighting capabilities in budget

16 June 2023
This week’s South Australian State Budget has delivered a much-needed boost in additional aerial firefighting capability that will help protect the State’s critical sustainable forest plantations as we head into more difficult summer periods ahead. Source: Timberbiz “South Australia h
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NZ Government to invest in bioenergy plant and biomass research

16 June 2023
The Government is making a start on a more sustainable forestry industry with investments into a bioenergy plant, research into biomass and better forestry practices, Forestry Minister Peeni Henare announced. Source: Timberbiz “The Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use recognised current
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Delegation to Federal Parliament to save native hardwood industry

16 June 2023
The fight to save the native hardwood timber industry needs to become a national issue, according to Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester. Source: Timberbiz Mr Chester led a delegation of three Gippsland Mayors in meetings with senior government and opposition representatives i
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Minister D’Ambrosio ‘slips out the back door’ to avoid Gippsland forestry workers

16 June 2023
Labor’s Minister for Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio has denied Gippsland native timber workers an audience in the Latrobe Valley, instead choosing to return to Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz Gippsland timber workers and their families called on Minister D‘Ambrosio to meet with them to
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Opinion: Jack Bowen – and where is our hardwood going to come from Premier

16 June 2023
I, along with many in the timber merchant sector, am still reeling from the recent shock announcement by the Andrews Victorian Government to prematurely end native forest production in Victoria within six months – by 1 January 2024. The decision is reprehensible and irresponsible and
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Friday analysis: D’Ambrosio literally turned her back on Gippsland forestry

16 June 2023
When Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews announced the premature closure of the State’s native timber industry recently, he noted, “It’s not good enough for us to just cross our fingers and hope for the best. We need a plan to support workers, their families and support local jobs.” He
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Oregon University to receive $1M to study fire effects on mass timber products

14 June 2023
US Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced that Oregon State University will receive US$1 million from the US Department of Agriculture to study the effects of fire on mass timber products to determine sustainability for their increased use in new construction. Source: Timb
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Investors edgy with new Euro zero-tolerance deforestation laws

14 June 2023
As a new European Union zero-tolerance deforestation law looms, several major investors told Reuters they are concerned about their exposure to the issue, with some saying they could quit consumer goods makers with “risky” supply chains. Source: Reuters The EU agreed in De
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Canadian wildfires take 1% of forested land, old growth is the most at risk

14 June 2023
Canada has lost more than 1% of its forested land to wildfires over the past few weeks. That’s from the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), a trade association representing Canada’s wood, pulp, and paper producers both nationally and internationally.  Source: MyMuskokaNow De
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