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Remote controlled Cats

23 August 2021
New Cat Command for Excavating is providing remote-control operation for select Cat excavators, removing the operator from the machine in potentially hazardous operating environments. Source: Timberbiz Command for Excavating enhances safe machine operation while reducing operator fati
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Australia must become self-sufficient in timber and fibre

23 August 2021
The COVID pandemic’s wrangling with international trade further highlights Australia’s need to develop sovereign capability in timber and fibre supply. It was revealed last week that a large shipment of European timber bound for Melbourne was abandoned in Shanghai after a shipping com
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New agriculture visa to help forestry sector with staffing

23 August 2021
Migrant workers could soon be brought to Australia under a dedicated agriculture visa with the new category to be established next month. The Australian Agriculture visa will be available to workers across the agriculture (including meat processing), forestry and fisheries sectors and
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Jim Wilson on board at Private Forests Tasmania

23 August 2021
Jim Wilson has been appointed as a new Private Forests Tasmania board member. Mr Wilson is the Forico plantation operations and services manager and will represent industrial private forest growers on the board. Source: Timberbiz He is a respected and innovative forestry leader with a
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Large Air Tanker to land and stay in Queensland

23 August 2021
A Large Air Tanker (LAT) secured by the Palaszczuk Government will soon arrive in Queensland, in time for the next bushfire season. The LAT will remain in Australia for the next four years as part of a landmark deal struck by the Palaszczuk Government in partnership with the Victorian
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Design challenge in challenging times to reinvigorate buildings

23 August 2021
Record entries have been received for this year’s inter-University design challenge, the Fleetwood Challenge Cup. Developed by Fleetwood Australia in partnership with prefabAUS, the challenge delivers innovative solutions from showcasing prefabrication and adaptive re-use of existing
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VicForest’s innovation and forest guardianship

23 August 2021
The story of VicForests’ innovation and environmental guardianship has landed in the offices, home offices, meeting rooms and boardrooms of key innovators and decision-makers across the Asia Pacific region – literally. Source: Timberbiz APAC Outlook is a magazine aimed at boardroom an
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National and international figures to present at National Forest Symposium

23 August 2021
  The head of climate diplomacy at the British High Commission will discuss the United Kingdom’s Road to net-zero with the help of forestry and timber at the National Forest Industries Symposium. Source: Timberbiz It comes after the Australian Forest Products Association secured
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New Zealand retains badge as largest log supplier to China

20 August 2021
According to China Customs, log imports in the first half of 2021 totalled 31.26 million cubic metres valued at US$5.265 billion (CIF), up 29% in volume and 48% in value. The average price for imported logs was US$167 (CIF) per cubic metre, up 15% from the same period of 2020. Of tota
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Mass timber journal editor in Chicago project joining timber and steel

20 August 2021
Mass Timber Construction Journal founder/editor-in-chief, podcast host and global mass timber industry expert, Paul Kremer, has been appointed to the steering committee for an innovative project with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) based in Chicago. Source: Tim
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