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Job losses ripping through Victorian communities

03 March 2023
Victorian regional communities are feeling the brunt of brutal job and skills losses since the timber supply issues stemming from a Supreme Court order in November 2022 locking up Victoria’s native forests are causing mills to close down. Source: Timberbiz It was announced in 2019 by
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Opinion: Nick Steel – Tasmania and the Amazon at loggerheads

03 March 2023
The debate is over. Climate change is one of the biggest threats to our future. Around the world governments are responding to this threat and, in Tasmania, the forest industry is leading the charge. It’s agreed that natural forests and timber plantations are net absorbers of greenhou
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Friday analysis: A quiet election in NSW but it could spell trouble for forestry

03 March 2023
The New South Wales State election is in full swing now, and up until this week it has been an extremely quiet affair. Even the Sydney Morning Herald commented this week that people could be forgiven for not even realising there’s an election on 25 March. Cost of living is of course a
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China’s hardwood chip imports lift

01 March 2023
  The global woodchip trade is dominated by hardwood chip movements, with Asian nations – especially China – the major recipient. There are pressures in the Chinese economy, many of which were experienced in the last year. Yet, for all the noise, China received 18.8% (2.78 millio
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Euro project to take forestry productivity to the next level

01 March 2023
A new project will take agricultural and forestry related productivity to the next level. The consortium will develop European state-of-the-art technologies in electronic components and systems for future needs, building European resilience in critical sectors and strongly contribute
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Russian wood harvesting drops as sanctions take hold

01 March 2023
Russia harvested 194.6 million m3 of timber in 2022, which is 13.5% less than in the previous year. This was reported by the state news agency TASS, citing Roslesinforg. Source: Lesprom The reason for the decline in timber harvesting in the country was European sanctions and a ban on
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Sensible heads needed for sensible housing

01 March 2023
Master Builders Australia has called on the Senate not to miss an opportunity for sensible reform in helping to achieve the housing needs for the future. Source: Timberbiz In lodging its submission to the Economics Legislation Committee inquiry into housing bills Master Builders Austr
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Churchill Fellowships offer overseas avenues to gain knowledge

01 March 2023
Applications open this week for a program that offers people from the agricultural sector the opportunity to travel overseas and investigate a topic or issue they are passionate about. Source: Timberbiz Churchill Fellowships are a non-academic award available to Australians from all w
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Foresters redeploying machines and men to clean up NZ

01 March 2023
New Zealand’s forestry contractors are mucking in to help clean up post Cyclone Gabrielle while unable to get back to work as normal. Some forestry contractors affected by Cyclone Gabrielle remain unable to get back to work, reliant on landowners to grant re-entry to the forests. Whil
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Pilot skill set in forest operations for Tasmania

01 March 2023
The XA group of timber industry stakeholders in Tasmania, facilitated by Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network Workforce and Diversity manager Tracey Taylor, have been collaborating with TasTAFE on a Leadership and Safety Pilot Skill Set comprised of three Certificate IV in Fo
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