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A damning NZ forestry inquiry report released

12 May 2023
Production forestry should be stopped in extreme erosion zones around Wairoa and Gisborne, a damning inquiry into forestry slash and land use has found. Source: NewstalkZB The Government commissioned a ministerial inquiry into land use and forestry slash after Cyclone Gabrielle, conce
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AFCA field trip in Queensland to showcase industry opportunities

12 May 2023
The Australian Forest Contractors Association hosted a Skills 360 Driving Futures Field Trip near Maryborough in Queensland this week taking in a number of timber sites in the area. Source: Timberbiz AFCA general manager Carlie Porteous said the day was an opportunity for the industry
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Key forestry funding commitments in Albanese budget

12 May 2023
The Australian Forest Products Association has welcomed the Albanese Government’s continued support of the forest products sector with the ongoing delivery of key funding commitments in the Federal Budget. Source: Timberbiz The 2023-24 Budget continues the rollout of key forestry init
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Parkside Queensland crying out for harvesting contractors

12 May 2023
Parkside Forestry’s plans for expansion in Queensland are being hampered by a lack of harvesting contractors. Source: Timberbiz Parkside Forestry Operations Manager Dan Maples says he needs two crews right now. “And I can’t get them,” he said. Mr Maples said hi
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Friday analysis: facing the labor shortage and skilling the workforce

12 May 2023
Everyone knows there is a shortage of labor across the board in Australia at the moment. There is barely an industry not touched. The jobs are there but filling them is a major headache for employers. The timber industry is not immune, and the focus is well and truly on the lack of dr
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Salone del Mobile 2023

10 May 2023
Wood proved once again to be one of the prime materials for the brands exhibiting their products at the Salone del Mobile, Milano 2023, both for its sustainable characteristics and for the ancestral or perhaps utopian meanings that it inevitably takes on. Source: Timberbiz The trend w
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UPM prepares to meet EU recyclability targets with new products

10 May 2023
With the packaging industry preparing to meet EU recyclability targets, the demand for innovative and sustainable solutions is growing fast. In a recent co-creation project with SN Maschinenbau GmbH, a leading manufacturer of horizontal pouch-packaging machines, UPM Specialty Papers t
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Indonesian forestry could increase

10 May 2023
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto has stated that the forestry sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) of 0.66% in 2022 could be continuously increased through efforts, including carbon sequestration. Source: Antara “With
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NAB closes another rural branch after pocketing $4B profits

10 May 2023
Senator Matthew Canavan and Member for Flynn Colin Boyce MP, have expressed their disappointment in NAB’s decisions to close the Biggenden branch. Biggenden is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland. Source: Timberbiz NAB has indicated that it will be closin
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Oh deer, too many

10 May 2023
A joint PIRSA and Limestone Coast Landscape Board feral deer culling program has been hailed a success by the South Australian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz The aerial shooting program was extended south into the Green Triangle forestry estate for the first time and r
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