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Mangorei Sawmills fined $30,000 for accident

22 January 2015
A New Plymouth New Zealand contractor has been fined NZ$30,000 after an employee rolled a digger down a hill and ended up on ACC for a year. Sources: Stuff NZ, Taranaki Daily News Mangorei Sawmills Ltd (MSL) was sentenced in New Plymouth District Court after pleading guilty to a charg
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Tasmanian Government to Remove “Wilderness”

22 January 2015
The Tasmanian government is attempting to remove the term “wilderness” from the state’s wilderness world heritage area. Source: The Guardian (UK) According to The Guardian this could open the vast ecosystem to selective logging, cruise ships and landing strips for aircraft. In a draft
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Wyong Timber Business Operates Without Consent

22 January 2015
Wyong mayor Doug Eaton’s family company has run a Mannering Park timber business for nearly a decade either without council consent, or without complying with a court-ordered approval condition linked to a road with a history of fatal crashes. Source: Newcastle Herald Now questions ar
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Another Bearly Viable National Park

22 January 2015
A timber industry spokesman Andrew Hurford has come out swinging against NSW Labor’s plan to create a 315,000-hectare Koala National Park. Sources: Northern Star, Coffs Coast Advocate The chairman of Timber NSW and managing director of Hurford Hardwood described the plan as R
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Universal’s majority interest in Aussie Integra

22 January 2015
Universal Forest Products is venturing outside of North America by acquiring a majority interest in Integra Packaging, a manufacturer and distributor of integrated packaging products based in Brisbane, Australia. Source: MLive Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed in a news rele
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Stop Logging in Victoria to Gain Emission Targets

22 January 2015
Stopping logging in Victoria’s central highlands would drive tens of millions of dollars into state coffers if the move were included under the Abbott government’s emissions reduction fund. Sources: The Age, The Bendigo Advertiser, The Brisbane Times Fairfax Media has seen
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3D wooden printing

15 January 2015
3D printing has lost its novelty value a bit, but new printing materials that MakerBot plans to release will make it a lot more interesting again. Source: PC World MakerBot is one of the best-known makers of desktop 3D printers, it announced that late this year its products would be a
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Carving out their niche with chainsaws

15 January 2015
Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges are abuzz with the sound of chainsaws as international competitors turn logs of wood into art. Source: ABC News The Australian Chainsaw Carving Championships are underway at Mount Dandenong, east of Melbourne. Competitors will race the clock to turn
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Fire app out of sync with reality

15 January 2015
A government app from the state of Victoria has been issuing alerts for forest fires that don’t exist. Source: FutureGov Residents of Redesdale town received warnings last week from the FireReady app that there was a fire out-of-control 3.5km away, when there was no fire within 20km.
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More mismanagement in forestry schemes likely

15 January 2015
Potential mis-selling and poor advice are likely to once again occur in the forestry managed investment scheme (FMIS) sector if amendments to the Future of Financial Advice legislation are allowed to proceed. Source: Money Management According to Industry Super Australia (ISA), in its
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