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Forestry Corp fined for harm to koala habitat

17 June 2022
Fines and costs totalling $285,600 have been levelled against Forestry Corporation NSW after the Land and Environment Court found tree felling in exclusion zones had done “actual harm” to koala habitat in Wild Cattle Creek Forest near Coffs Harbour. Source: Timberbiz The Land and Envi
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OPINION – Justin Law: The new battleground

03 June 2022
  Last week, The Age reported on new laws introduced by the Victorian Government which would see tougher penalties for illegal workplace invaders. It was no surprise that the journalist, at a publication which is notorious for its hard line against sustainable forestry, would mak
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Disability is no barrier to working in construction

30 May 2022
Construction appears unreachable to someone in a wheelchair since it entails scaling ladders and working in restricted places. However, this is not always the case. Source: Timberbiz In 2018, approximately 1,130,200 persons worked in the construction business, with just 91,600 disable
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Victoria and Tasmania assert the rights of workers to a safe workplace

27 May 2022
The Australian Forest Contractors Association has welcomed the Victorian Government’s initial steps this week to strengthen workplace laws protecting Victorian forestry workers from workplace trespass. Source: Timberbiz The Sustainable Forests Timber Amendment (Timber Harvesting Safet
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Friday analysis: safeguarding timber workers from protests finally gains traction

27 May 2022
The Victorian Government has taken firm – and in some quarters unexpected – action to safeguard the State’s timber workers from protestors. The proposed new laws are made of stern stuff, and the Government is to be applauded for its action. Protestors who illegally enter coupes in Vic
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Fuel break corridors made safer for firefighting in Victoria

25 May 2022
Forest Fire Management Victoria has begun work to strengthen 217 kilometres of strategic fuel breaks across the North Eastern Victoria. Source: Timberbiz Strategic fuel breaks are used as corridors where vegetation and fuels are significantly reduced to create a safer area for firefig
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Victoria’s new Bill to stop illegal forest protestors

25 May 2022
Protestors who illegally enter coupes in Victoria and dangerously interfere with workers or their machinery will be subject to stronger penalties including maximum fines of more than $21,000 or 12-months imprisonment. Source: Timberbiz And PVC and metal pipes, which can be used in dan
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Cutting Through to the root of problems

13 May 2022
Forico is partnering with Rural Alive and Well and its sector-specific Cutting Through program, aimed at bringing critical support to Tasmanians in the forestry and timber industry. Source: Timberbiz RAW is a Tasmanian not-for-profit organisation, building mentally healthy and resilie
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Tasmanian Police Offences Amendment Bill has support from both sides

06 May 2022
The Tasmanian Liberal Government has introduced legislation to protect the rights of workers, and to deter unlawful interference with workplaces. The government signalled in August that it would re-introduce its anti-protest legislation which failed to pass in the Upper House in March
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Opinion: Vic Jurkis – healthy safe forests regardless of climate change or logging

06 May 2022
Studies of Black Summer by both pro-logging and anti-logging academics did not test the effects of logging on the extent and severity of the fires, as claimed. There is no direct relationship between logging history and fire behaviour. Logging can affect the arrangement and quantity o
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