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Friday analysis: Turning a blind eye to a work safe environment

05 March 2021
Everyone who works in Australia – actually anywhere – should have the right to expect to work in a safe environment free of risk of injury or harm – physical and/or mental. That unalienable right is even enshrined in legislation across the country. But that legislation is challenged o
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Tas Labor, Liberals and FWCA say they’ve had enough of BBF protestors

03 March 2021
Tasmania’s forest workers, their families and communities are tired of the emotional and financial stress caused by professional activists who continue to disrupt their workplaces, according to Forest and Wood Communities Australia. Source: Timberbiz The FWCA says that protest action
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Britton Timbers labels BBF protestors terrorists in Tasmania

01 March 2021
An attack by protestors on a sawmill in Tasmania this morning has prompted a call from the Managing Director of Britton Timbers that enough is enough. Source: Timberbiz Eight Bob Brown Foundation protesters were arrested after an early morning sit-in at McKays sawmill in Brighton. The
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Murrindindi Council decision leads protestors to Snobs Creek

01 March 2021
Protestors have begun disrupting forestry activities at coupes at Snobs Creek in the Central Highlands of Victoria following a local council’s unanimous decision last week to advocate for logging to cease in the area. Source: Timberbiz Murrindindi Shire Council on Wednesday called on
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$29m funding for SA bushfire affected regions

01 March 2021
The Australian and South Australian Governments announced almost $29 million in funding for 12 new projects to boost local economies across South Australia’s bushfire-affected communities. Source: Timberbiz Local Economic Recovery (LER) support under the National Bushfire Recovery Fun
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PRO Driver lifts workflow for drivers and fleet managers

24 February 2021
Webfleet Solutions, one of the world’s leading telematics providers and part of Bridgestone, is introducing its upgraded PRO Driver Terminal: the PRO 8475. Equipped with advanced technologies, including LTE connectivity and Google Services, the versatile premium tablet supports driver
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More Bob Brown Foundation arrests for halting logging in Tasmania

24 February 2021
Police arrested four Bob Brown Foundation protestors in Tasmania’s Wentworth Hills on Monday after they stopped forestry activity at the site. The protestors had attached themselves to logging machinery. Source: Timberbiz It follows the arrest of two protesters at Artec’s woodch
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AFCA driver wellbeing program dates for Tasmania & Queensland

22 February 2021
The Professional Ownership and Driver Wellbeing Program sessions are back on the road after the Covid-19 shutdown, with opening sessions in Queensland and Tasmania. The sessions will be in Maryborough, Launceston, Hobart and Burnie in March. Source: Timberbiz The 2.5-hour sessions are
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Barilaro says Labor and Greens delaying bushfire victims’ funds

19 February 2021
NSW Labor and the Greens have been accused of actively preventing bushfire victims from receiving their share of $250 million in disaster recovery funding by playing political games in the NSW Legislative Council. Source: Timberbiz Despite the NSW Government’s best efforts to roll out
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Opinion Vic Jurskis: Too many experts spoil the bushfire picture

19 February 2021
The Bushfires Royal Commission totally failed to address the absence of sustainable land management which led to Black Summer. It didn’t even properly fulfill its requirement to consider the outcomes of previous Inquiries, stopping short at the 2004 COAG Report by two academics
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