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Mill closure in WA blamed on the end of native forestry

07 May 2022
Queensland’s Parkside Timber will close its green and dry mill at Greenbushes in Western Australia on Friday with 50 local employees stood down. The WA State Government’s decision to end native forestry by the end of 2023 has been blamed for the closure. Source: Timberbiz However WA F
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Virtually a timber design centre for NZ

06 May 2022
An agreement to create an industry advisory service for building designers will promote and facilitate greater use of timber in New Zealand buildings, says Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service deputy director general Jason Wilson. Source: Timberbiz “This advisory service, called
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Friday analysis: Federal Labor at a native loggerhead with WA and Victoria

06 May 2022
Anyone in the housing industry looking for some relief from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 0.25% increase in the cash rate was sadly disappointed. The idea that just maybe an increase in home loan interest rates may take some of the heat out of the housing market by slowing loan appl
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Bond arrives in Sydney’s northwest

04 May 2022
The Norwest Business Park development by Mulpha in Sydney’s northwest is a 377-hectare masterplan precinct that includes ‘The Bond’, which is the first of three mass wood buildings featuring biophilic design exposed mass timber and glulam frames supporting CLT floor and roof panels. S
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Timber Qld Growth Scholarships Program open to foster passion for forestry

04 May 2022
Timber Queensland has launched its annual ‘Growth Scholarships’ Program in 2022–2023. The new scholarship program is aimed at early and mid-career professionals and skilled workers to foster their passion for working in the Queensland forest and timber industry. Source: Timberbiz Timb
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Interest rate increase won’t affect rising cost of building materials

04 May 2022
Yesterday’s 0.25% increase in the cash rate will do little to arrest the rising cost of building materials, according to the Housing Industry Association. The HIA’s Chief Economist Tim Reardon said that home building activity was expected to ease modestly from its current elevated lev
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Blue Sky awards for blue sky thinkers in Australia

02 May 2022
Australia’s next generation of forest and forest product researchers and innovators have the chance to showcase their work, present to a global meeting of forest association CEOs and win a cash prize through the Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award for 2022/23. Source: Timberbi
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The Wimbledon of wood chopping

02 May 2022
Forestry Corporation of NSW was once again proud to support the Sydney Royal Easter Show tree felling championship, otherwise known as the Wimbledon of wood chopping and one of the most prestigious events at the show. Source: Timberbiz The organisation has supplied tree poles to the e
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Coalition’s commitment to wood products welcomed

02 May 2022
Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia has joined the chorus of industry voices in welcoming the Coalition’s election commitment of $219.5 million to support R&D activities, foster innovation, and build capacity in our renewable wood product manufacturing industries.
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Both sides of federal politics backs NIFPI for Uni of Tasmania

02 May 2022
The University of Tasmania in Launceston will be home to a trailblazing new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation that will position Australia as a world leader in timber and wood fibre R&D after the Federal Labor Party matched the Coalition’s $100 million pledge. Sour
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