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Passive House Training

15 January 2021
The Australian Passive House Association will be providing Certified Passive House Training Courses starting in March. APHA’s program will accommodate designers and trades people Australia-wide, building capacity with a world class curriculum and platform. Source: Timberbiz The course
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Opinion – Andrew Walker: Logging forests aren’t a fire risk, but state forests are

15 January 2021
Indigenous Tasmanians managed the forests right for 60,000 years, now our state forests are left to become tinderboxes under a struggling Parks and Wildlife department, wrote Andrew Walker in The Mercury newspaper. The time has come to have a mature debate about the future wellbeing o
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What contributed to fires on Kangaroo Island

11 January 2021
On the first anniversary of the Ravine Bushfire which burned 150,000 ha and tragically took two lives on Kangaroo Island, Keith Lamb, Chair of South Australian Forest Products Association (SAFPA), and Managing Director of Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers (KIPT), has reflected on pol
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CFA’s purpose-built rehab vehicle for firefighters

11 January 2021
South West Victorian firefighters will have more support when fighting fires, with CFA welcoming a new rehab vehicle for District 5. The purpose-built truck includes crucial equipment such as cooling chairs and health monitoring systems to help the rehab team provide much-needed assis
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Gippsland gets $10m upgrade to arterial roads

08 January 2021
Three arterial roads in Gippsland significantly impacted by last summer’s bushfires will receive more than $10 million in Federal Government funding to improve safety and resilience of the transport corridors. Source: Timberbiz The Bonang Rd, Mallacoota-Genoa Rd and Great Alpine Rd wi
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Opinion: John O’Donnell – Tough times where are the opportunities

08 January 2021
Our Australian economy is going through a relatively tough time at the moment, including in regard to COVID-19 and trade actions. There are current issues across Australia in regard to timber exports to China, an important Australian export market and there have been export restrictio
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Friday analysis: Good plans for 2021 but China isn’t one of them

08 January 2021
2021 seems to have got off to a reasonably good start with plans announced for a pellet plant on Kangaroo Island, a briquette plant at the Eden export facility and funding for Gippsland’s fire damaged road system. But the China problem just won’t go away. Source: Bruce Mitchell It’s C
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Citations for firefighting efforts awarded in NSW

06 January 2021
Bushfire Emergency Citations have been presented to more than 200 New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Southern Ranges Branch staff for their efforts fighting the dreadful 2019-20 bush fires that swept the region. Source: Timberbiz Southern Ranges Branch Director
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Dropout rates from industry to be examined by SA government

18 December 2020
The causes of higher than desired drop-out rates in forestry industries training is being examined by a South Australian Government funded project. Source: Timberbiz Mount Gambier-based Logging Investigation & Training Association and the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub gaine
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Green triangle appoints first fire manager

18 December 2020
Experienced forest and fire manager, Anthony Walsh has been appointed the Green Triangle Fire Alliance’s inaugural fire manager. With almost 20 years’ experience working in the Green Triangle managing some of the region’s largest plantation companies, Mr Walsh has developed strong rel
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