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Friday analysis: EPA and Bob Brown Foundation both interfering with work

19 February 2021
In what can only be good news, timber harvesting is resuming on the South Coast of New South Wales and Eden. The news will come as a relief to the mills that have run out of logs to process and were close to laying off workers and closing. Source: Bruce Mitchell The news will also com
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Another Incident Notification with WorkSafe about Bob Brown Foundation

17 February 2021
Forest & Wood Communities Australia has lodged an Incident Notification with WorkSafe Tasmania following the protest action at the Artec Mill on Friday. It is the second time this month FWCA has formally requested prosecutions of the Bob Brown Foundation by the work safety regulat
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Risky business due to Bob Brown Foundation protests

15 February 2021
The Bob Brown Foundation has been condemned over protesters’ dangerous behaviour last week at the Artec Mill at Bell Bay where haulage trucks were forced to be backed up for kilometres, unable to unload.  Source: Timberbiz The Australian Forest Contractors Association says the f
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Recycled report again falsely links native forestry and bushfires

12 February 2021
The Australian Forest Products Association has again rejected a recycled report falsely claiming a link between native forestry operations and increased bushfire intensity. The AFPA says this latest claim comes from a so-called expert review of 51 previously published scientific paper
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Opinion: John O’Donnell – Cool forest hazard reduction burning in eastern Australia.

12 February 2021
There are plenty of cases where bushfires travel very long distances in very short periods, including the Dunns Rd, Green Valley and Gospers Mtn bushfires in NSW in 2019/ 20 especially in hot dry conditions with high fuel loads. The areas of these bushfires were Dunns Rd, 334,000 ha,
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Friday analysis: STT no to fundraiser in the forest for Bob Brown Foundation

12 February 2021
It can be a bit hard to read the Bob Brown Foundation sometimes. At its best, the foundation is a masterful public relations manipulator. There is no doubt at about that. However, the latest “outrage” to come out of the organisation reaches new heights of audacity. Source: Bruce Mitch
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Draft of Forest Safety Code Tas completed

10 February 2021
After almost five years, an Exposure Draft of the Forest Safety Code Tasmania will be presented to the Minister for Justice, the Honourable Elise Archer with a recommendation that it should be adopted as an amended version of the documents that is prescribed in the Work Health and Saf
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Fire in Manawatu Tangimoana forest burns through 53ha

08 February 2021
Fire and emergency services in New Zealand have been fighting a fire in the Manawatu Tangimoana forest. They were called to the fire around 6pm on 4 February and by the morning of 5 February it had burnt through 40ha of forestry. Source: Timberbiz Six helicopters and heavy machinery w
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100 days of inactivity after Bushfire Royal Commission findings

08 February 2021
One hundred days after the Bushfire Royal Commission handed down its findings, bushfire survivors are still waiting on the federal government to take clear, decisive action on all recommendations. Source: Timberbiz “It has been 100 days since our members travelled to Canberra to hear
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Driver and owner wellbeing programs back on the road

05 February 2021
Professional Ownership and Driver Wellbeing Program sessions are set to recommence after a long delay due to COVID 19 travel restrictions. Sessions will be held late March in Tasmania and sessions in Western Australia are currently being organised with the date to be confirmed. Source
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