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Not enough review causes issues for end of WA native forestry

23 May 2022
Forestry Australia believes that reports coal may have to be imported to produce high-grade silicon in Western Australia* cast further doubt over the decision to end native timber harvesting in the state. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Australia Vice President Dr Lachlan McCaw said the re
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Mitsui and Nomura buy control of New Forests

23 May 2022
Global investment manager New Forests has been sold to Mitsui & Co. Ltd and Nomura Holdings Inc. The agreement, which is subject to regulatory approval and expected to be completed by December 2022, will see Mitsui become a 49% shareholder and Nomura a 41% shareholder, with the re
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New chair to lead VicForests’ board ‘a labor mate’ say Nationals

23 May 2022
The appointment of Ben Hubbard as the new chairman of VicForests has been attacked by the Nationals in Victoria as a “sneaky move to parachute another Labor mate into an executive role”. Source: Timberbiz Mr Hubbard will take on the roles of director and chairman of the VicForests boa
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AFPA welcomes new Labor government now sworn in

23 May 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has congratulated the incoming Albanese Labor Government and signalled its determination to assist Labor meet timber production targets and more ambitious climate goals. Source: Timberbiz Anthony Albanese was sworn in as Australia’s 31st prim
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Get in quick with your Gottstein application

20 May 2022
Gottstein Trust flagship grants program applicants have until 3 June to get their applications in. These opportunities are open to absolutely anyone – an in-field machinery operator,  nursery worker,  mill worker, TAFE student, haulage operator, PhD researcher, architect, engineer, si
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Careers Week launch of VR experiences in forestry

20 May 2022
New resources have been launched during Careers Week 2022 that allow school students of all ages to glimpse a virtual day in the life of a different people working in forestry and wood, without leaving the classroom. Source: Timberbiz ForestLearning’s hugely successful ForestVR techno
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Australian consumption of overseas timber is high and at risk

20 May 2022
Australia’s consumption of sawn timber for housing and other uses lifted to an all-time high year-ended March 2022. Data released and loaded to IndustryEdge’s Wood Market Edge online platform shows supply of timber continues to work to meet Australia’s huge demand for new houses. Sour
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Albanese writes a promise to keep Tasmanian native forestry

20 May 2022
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has personally written to Tasmanian timber workers backing their jobs and industry in an intervention that comes as the timber worker union, CFMEU Manufacturing, releases a scorecard that highlights the gaps in the Coalition policy. In his letter Mr
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Opinion: Ross Hampton – a worldwide complacency about future timber supplies

20 May 2022
For some time now I’ve been struck by the lack of a serious conversation about the vital need to ensure timber and fibre resources keep up with global demand. For this reason, I recently travelled to London, Edinburgh and Rome with the primary objective of understanding better what po
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Friday analysis: Labor’s link to the Greens is the devil in the detail in the Federal election

20 May 2022
The biggest risk to the Australian timber industry in tomorrow’s Federal Election it seems is that it ends with a Labor Government with the support of independents. And by independents, in particular, read The Greens. Consider this. Greens Senator for Tasmania Peter Whish-Wilson is al
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