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Rugby star speaks at Hyne to promote workplace safety

30 November 2022
Queensland Rugby League legend and sports presenter, Shane Webcke, has a strong connection and commitment to workplace safety following the death of his father in a workplace incident.  Source: Timberbiz As the Queensland Government’s Safety Ambassador, Mr Webcke visits Queensland bus
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Bushfire season approaches without a much-needed major new strategy

25 November 2022
A comprehensive report into the 2019-20 Victorian bushfires highlights the need for a major overhaul of current forest management strategies according to the peak Australian association for forest scientists, professionals and growers. Source: Timberbiz Jointly commissioned by the Vic
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AFPA’s Diana Gibbs addresses UN COP27 conference

25 November 2022
Positioning the timber industry as part of the solution, not the problem, was the major message Riverina-based chair of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Diana Gibbs, took to this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) at Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. Sou
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First mass engineered timber emergency services complex open for business

23 November 2022
  Australia’s first mass engineered timber fire and emergency services complex has officially opened in Maryborough, Queensland to much celebration. The design and construction of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services North Coast Region Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and
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PBS vehicles to have access to broader range of tyres

21 November 2022
Performance Based Standards (PBS) vehicles will be able to use a broader range of tyres from 1 December 1, enabling the PBS scheme to better support and promote the next generation of smarter, safer and more productive vehicles. Source: Timberbiz The new approach will remove the restr
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Guardian angels for forestry workers’ safety

18 November 2022
Guardian Angel Safety, a provider of lone and remote work solutions in Australasia, has launched the Guardian Angel Portal to enable organisations to be more responsive to the changing safety needs of mobile workers working alone or remotely. Source: Timberbiz The new portal allows cu
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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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Australians present at COP27

14 November 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has promoted the important role of growing properly certified forestry plantations to fight global climate change, including planting one billion new trees in Australia by 2030 – at its first organised event at COP27 in Egypt overnight. Sourc
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The ABC’s inaccurate VicForests broadcasts slammed by media regulator

11 November 2022
The media watchdog has found that the ABC breached accuracy rules in stories about Victoria’s native forest industry. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) determined that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) breached broadcasting ru
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Tasmania rolls out AI to fight fires from the get-go

09 November 2022
Tasmania is set to continue to benefit from the rollout of new fire detection technology which will help reduce the spread of major bushfires, safeguarding valuable plantation assets and even local communities. Source: Timberbiz After a successful two-year trial, leading Tasmanian pla
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