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Sydney Innovation Hub’s hybrid design celebrates timber in all forms

29 April 2022
The Sydney Oakhill College Innovation Hub currently under construction will provide state of the art technical workshops as well as science and laboratory spaces to prepare college students for a rapidly changing world, empowering them to explore new ideas and become knowledge-creator
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Grant recipients planting the future of Tasmanian forests

29 April 2022
Planting more trees helps to protect the land for future generations and the Tasmanian Government congratulates eight landowners who will receive grants to integrate 329 hectares of trees on their land. Source: Timberbiz The Tasmanian Government, with assistance from the Australian Go
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Opinion: VicForests – Active forest management may increase forest resilience and reduce bushfire risk

29 April 2022
Recent scientific studies into the 2019–20 black summer fires show timber harvesting had little impact on the extent and severity of the fires. [i] The studies conclude the extent and severity of the 2019–2020 bushfires were a result of years of below average rainfall, extreme fire we
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Friday Analysis: Nowa Nowa nursery was a media release not a reality

29 April 2022
Hindsight, it is said, is 20:20 vision. But it can also be extremely insightful. Take the Victorian State Government’s decision this week to scrap the native seedling nursery at Nowa Nowa, East Gippsland. The $2m nursery, announced in 2020, was to be built on the PR Adams sawmill site
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Federal Labor needs to be clear on regs for pulp and paper industry

27 April 2022
Australian Forest Products Association is insisting that any incoming Albanese Government not sacrifice vital regional manufacturing jobs through blunt changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund Safeguard Mechanism. Source: Timberbiz The AFPA, as the major national industry group represe
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WA agrees to a $26.9M transition program for native foresters

27 April 2022
The West Australian Government has reached agreement with the Forest Industries Federation WA on a $26.9 million Business Transition Program. The Business Transition Program will provide financial support to native timber sawmills and harvesters before native forest logging ends in 20
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C6 Australia’s most ambitious carbon negative building will tower over Perth

22 April 2022
Victorian developer Grange Development this week submitted plans to the City of South Perth for what is set to be the world’s tallest, $350 million hybrid timber tower, and Western Australia’s first carbon negative building. Source: Timberbiz If approved, the 183m high residential bui
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Largest redwood forestry estate in Australasia up for sale

22 April 2022
The largest redwood forestry estate in Australasia, spread across more than 8,000 hectares of freehold land in New Zealand, is being offered for sale through Arotahi Agribusiness. Source: Voxy The New Zealand Redwood Company is divesting the large estate, held in four blocks across th
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Andrews’ Government doles out more grants to move away from native forestry

22 April 2022
The Andrews Labor Government is supporting a further nine towns across Victoria to transition away from native timber harvesting, with targeted funding to develop new economic strategies and job opportunities. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas was in Murrindi
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Australia faces a ‘critical housing timber shortage’ by 2050

22 April 2022
Australia’s housing construction sector faces a critical timber shortage and our reliance on imported timber will double by 2050 if our nation falls short of the plan to plant an additional one billion production Trees, a new interim report by Forest & Wood Products Australia has
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