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VFPA analyses major parties in Vic election without support from Labor or Greens

18 November 2022
The Victorian Forest Products Association has analysed the responses of the major parties to its election asks. The analysis reveals that the Liberals and Nationals Coalition policies show the most overall support for forestry. Source: Timberbiz VFPA CEO Deb Kerr said it was extremely
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NSW forced to abandon bill to amend environmental planning

18 November 2022
The NSW government has abandoned plans for a bill to amend environmental planning and assessment laws to parliament with the goal of taking local councils out of the process and extending private logging approvals to 30 years. Source: Timberbiz Under environmental planning laws, counc
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Maryvale mill may have worker stand-downs as pulp log supply dries up

18 November 2022
The Latrobe Valley’s biggest employer, the Maryvale Paper Mill, has warned of worker stand-downs as its hardwood pulp log supplies dry up in the wake of a Supreme Court judgment that has halted native forest harvesting across most of the state. Source: Weekly Times Opal, which employs
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AgDay recognises role of forestry as a key component

18 November 2022
Australia’s forest industries are celebrating ‘Innovation in Agriculture’ this AgDay 2022 while recognising that our forestry, timber manufacturing and pulp and paper industries are all key cogs, essential to the food and fibre supply chain across the country and the world, acting Aus
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Opinion: John Cameron – Govt policy drives Gippsland timber industry to extinction

18 November 2022
The Andrews Government forest policy is driving the Gippsland timber industry towards extinction and leading to greater use of less ecologically sustainable building materials and imported forest products from countries with poor social and environmental records and manufactured using
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A choir of wooden dolls for Christmas

16 November 2022
Teenage Engineering has crafted a wooden choir with in time for the Christmas season. Sources: Yanko Design, Timberbiz The choir is inspired by the company’s very first project, the Absolut Choir which debuted in 2007 as a set of 22 wooden dolls. The eight-piece ensemble of dolls sing
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Wood energy on the rise in Europe out of sheer necessity

16 November 2022
For many people in economically well-developed countries of the UNECE region a wood stove or fireplace used to be a cosy way to heat a room in the cold season. This winter however, the role of wood energy may dramatically change for many people out of sheer necessity. Source: Timberbi
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FAO research shows call to action needed to grow forestry

16 November 2022
New research, sponsored by the FAO Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-Based Industries (ACSFI) and the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) and launched at the World Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt, recommends ‘a call to action’ for countries to tak
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Commercial plantations produce better water than farming or suburbs

16 November 2022
The President of New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association says that once again the commercial forest industry is having to point to its science based environmental credentials to organisations such as the Environmental Defence Society which Grant Dodson says should know better. S
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Driver safety day at Hyne Timber

16 November 2022
Softwood forest growers of Southern NSW and North East Victoria joined forces with one of their major customers, Hyne Timber, to host a driver safety day and start a conversation with the forestry transport industry. Source: Timberbiz All truck drivers leaving the Hyne Timber Tumbarum
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