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AFCA Professional Freight Task Management program

Following the success of Australian Forest Contractors Association’s (AFCA) Professional Ownership & Driver Wellbeing Program (PODW), AFCA has launched a new initiative. Source: Timberbiz AFCA has again collaborated with industry experts Alan Pincott from ATSSS- Australian Truckin
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Archaic rules stop heavy-duty electric trucks in their tracks

Australia’s archaic road rules, and its unique weight restrictions on trucks, have emerged as a major stumbling block to moves to transform the country’s heavy duty truck fleet to fully electric. Source:  The Driven Volvo Trucks, the world’s biggest maker of heavy-duty electric trucks
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Solar powered fire sensor

Dryad Networks (Dryad), an environmental IoT startup based in Berlin, has launched its solar-powered sensor network Silvanet to the market, delivering ultra-early wildfire detection and forest monitoring across the globe. Source: Timberbiz The new technology effectively mitigates wild
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Vic Government’s cold response to winter firewood

Concerns for the availability of commercial firewood have been raised following the Andrews Labor Government’s decision to shut down the native timber industry. Source: Timberbiz The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said it is clear that the Andrews Labor Government
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Persistent forest protester jailed in Tasmania

A Tasmanian forest protester has been sentenced to three months’ jail – the first time in a decade anyone in the state has served time for environmental activism. Sources: The Mercury, Timberbiz Colette Joan Harmsen, 47, raised her fist in defiance as she was led away by court securit
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Supreme Court green tape could tie up fuel reduction burns in Victoria

A legal case brought by the Save our Strathbogie Forests group against the Victorian government threatens to set a precedent that could tie up fuel reduction burns across Australia in bureaucratic and legislative green tape. Source: Weekly Times SOSF president Bertram Lobert has teame
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Writing a climate report to close native forestry without forestry scientists

The Andrews government has been accused of using a landmark Victorian climate report, which was written without any input from forestry researchers or the forest industry, to prematurely close the native forestry industry. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz These forestry groups res
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Friday analysis: Vic Labor, activists – votes & purported virtue is more important than environmental and humanitarian outcomes

The long-term damage caused by the State Government in Victoria’s decision to close the native timber industry – prematurely or otherwise – is rapidly becoming obvious. In fact, that government’s treatment of rural Victoria makes it even worse. John Cameron knows what he i
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OH&S in the future of forestry work

Climate change, demographic transitions, technological developments and innovation are megatrends affecting forestry work. As the conditions of forestry work change, so does the nature of the work-related risks. Source: Timberbiz Despite efforts and improvements made over the past few
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Forestry Corp helps feed koalas with 25,000 trees

Forestry Corporation has delivered 25,000 koala food tree seedlings to Bangalow Koalas to support the North Coast koala conservation group’s efforts to establish new wildlife habitat on private land. Source: Timberbiz Bangalow Koalas has set the goal of planting 90,000 trees over the
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