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App for female truckies for on road support

20 August 2021
A new smartphone app supported by the Victorian Government will be a one-stop-shop for female truck drivers to give them the confidence and support they need on the road. Source: Timberbiz The $1.38 million OzTruck App will provide 24/7 emergency support during breakdowns and crashes,
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Massive forestry staff shortages flagged in Cypus before fire storms

13 August 2021
A year before the recent catastrophic fire that burned nearly 55 square kilometres in the forest areas of Limassol and Larnaca and killed four people, employees at the forestry department wrote to President Nicos Anastasiades warning him about the risks, but received no response, acco
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Howitt Society asks coroner to look at Black Summer bushfires

04 August 2021
The Howitt Society has asked the Victorian Coroner to investigate aspects of the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires. Following the fires, the Government of Victoria commissioned a report by the Inspector General for Emergency Management (IGEM) and the Commonwealth Government commissi
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Howitt Society asks coroner to look at Black Summer bushfires

02 August 2021
The Howitt Society has asked the Victorian Coroner to investigate aspects of the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires. Following the fires, the Government of Victoria commissioned a report by the Inspector General for Emergency Management (IGEM) and the Commonwealth Government commissi
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Research says forestry is not to blame for Black Summer bushfires

30 July 2021
The Australian Forest Products Association has welcomed new research highlighting that forestry operations and timber harvesting are not to blame for the devastating 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires.  Source: Timberbiz The research paper authored by six of Australia’s most eminent fores
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No evidence timber harvesting increased the severity of the 2019/20 bushfires

30 July 2021
A new paper reviewing the science behind claims that forest management and timber harvesting worsened the 2019/20 bushfires has been welcomed by the professional association representing some 1,000 scientific and professional forest land managers in Australia. Source: Timberbiz The 20
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Friday analysis: moving on from pseudo-science in bushfire research

30 July 2021
There is some hope that the recent research paper authored by six eminent forest ecology and bushfire scientists led by Professor Rodney Keenan and Professor Peter Kanowski from the ANU might go some way in shutting the hysterical blame game that logging of native forests increased th
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Opinion: Viv Forbes – Green policies are a lethal threat

30 July 2021
Green extremists plan to convert Australia into “tree heaven”. They will bully this through, no matter what the cost. Huge areas of forest are already converted to “locked-up-land” – national parks, world heritage areas, Kyoto protected trees, remnant vegetatio
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Two SA projects to manage pests and weeds in rural areas

26 July 2021
The Australian Government is providing $740,000 to South Australia (SA) for two projects to improve the management of priority pest species for SA farmers, land managers and the environment, through a Federation Funding Agreement with states and territories as part of the $30.3 millio
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VicForests acknowledges ABC apology – Vic drinking water was safe

23 July 2021
VicForests has acknowledged an apology from the ABC regarding its inaccurate reporting of allegations raised by Professor David Lindenmayer. Source: Timberbiz In April this year, the ABC reported on work from the ANU’s Prof David Lindenmayer, stating his “research found there has been
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