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Boost to financial counselling to assist bushfire victims

The Australian Government has instigated additional measures to support recovery from this seasons’ bushfires, which will include 60 more rural financial counsellors and support workers, with an injection of $15 million in additional funding to the Rural Financial Counselling Service
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Support packages ready for fire affected timber producers

Federal Government support packages of up to $75,000 for primary producers affected by the bushfire crisis have been welcomed by the nation’s timber industry bodies. Both the Australian Forest Products Association, Institute of Foresters of Australia and the Australian Forest Growers,
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AUSTimber2020 moves to November

This week’s decision to postpone AUSTimber2020 until November because of the devastating bushfires in East Gippsland has been met with wide-spread industry and community support. The decision to reschedule AUSTimber2020 from April required careful consideration of the impact on commit
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Kimberly-Clark new Asia-Pacific president

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has announced executive leadership changes to accelerate the company’s progress toward achieving its K-C Strategy 2022 goals. Aaron Powell, President of Kimberly-Clark Professional, has been named President of Kimberly-Clark’s Asia-Pacific consum
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South American company’s new record pulp production

South American company Celulose Nipo-Brasileira (CENIBRA) has set a new annual production record in 2019 with an output of 1,222,888 tons of bleached eucalyptus hardwood pulp. This figure is 16,676 tons above its budget. Source: Timberbiz According to Júlio César Tôrres Ribeiro, Indus
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World sales of European laminate flooring sees upturn

In 2019, the worldwide sales of the European Producers of Laminate Flooring (EPLF) members was 447 million m² of laminate flooring from European production. The second half of 2019 witnessed an upturn and it is stabilizing at a high level, even through the influence of a declining wor
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Boral Timber workers unlimited paid leave to help fight fires

Boral Timber, along with all Boral divisions, has offered unlimited paid leave to its employees who are responding to the bushfire crisis. The company has people in many communities affected by the disaster, the company has also supplied equipment to the firefighting efforts. Source:
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AFPA looks to working with Victorian Government to reduce bushfires

The Australian Forest Products Association has paid tribute to the thousands of forestry industry workers and contractors who have been working tirelessly for months fighting fires. Source: Timberbiz “While we are all rightly applauding the volunteer fire fighters in the various state
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Young NZ forestry intern battling Australian fires

A Canterbury University student could be the youngest New Zealander helping to fight the bush fires raging across Australia. Fergus Simpson, 22, planned to spend his summer in New South Wales on a forestry internship with the Forestry Corporation, but little did he know it would evolv
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Victorian logging road receives funding for upgrade

The Victorian Labor Government is boosting safety at a notorious narrow road in Victoria’s south-west with a major upgrade on Dunkeld-Cavendish Road, this is a major link between the Glenelg and Henty highways which sees the transportation of timber. Source: Timberbiz Acting Minister
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