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AFPA pushes all feds to outline support for timber pre-election

25 February 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) wants all sides of federal politics to outline their plans to support the timber industries ahead of the upcoming Federal Election. Source: Timberbiz AFPA CEO Ross Hampton said Australia urgently required more timber and wood fibre pro
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Opinion: Nick Steel – We can’t rely on imports anymore

25 February 2022
We need to make a decision. Do we want to import timber, or grow it? About a quarter of the timber used in Australia for construction was, before the pandemic, being imported. It’s madness and it equates to around $2 billion spent importing timber every year. So, what happened? Well,
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Friday Analysis: Fed’s $86M plan is a conversation starter

25 February 2022
The Federal Government’s $86m plan for forestry announced this week must be generally applauded, but as the old saying goes, the devil will be in the detail. The $86 million for a cash-grant scheme is designed to help foresters and farmers in 11 declared regional forest hubs – includi
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Responsible Wood included in Green Building Council rating

23 February 2022
Responsible Wood has been included in the Green Building Council Australia’s (GBCA) Green Star Rating. The new framework provides guidance for all building materials used in Green Star projects and will apply to all new Green Star Rating Tools published by the Green Building Council o
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Nationals support is apparent at Heyfield Timber Festival

23 February 2022
The Nationals Gippsland team says ‘lives and livelihoods’ will be destroyed if the Andrews Government’s plan to shut down the native hardwood timber industry by 2030 proceeds. Source: Timberbiz In a strong show of support for Victoria’s sustainable native timber industry, The National
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$86M in seed capital to grow new plantations

23 February 2022
The announcement of $86 million in seed capital to grow new commercial plantation estate is another progressive step forward in realising the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub’s Trees into Farming plan, according to committee chair Cam MacDonald. Source: Timberbiz And, according to
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Union wants immediate action from Premier on timber jobs

21 February 2022
The union representing timber workers wants Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews to urgently amend laws to better protect timber jobs from green court challenges. The union wants an urgent response in the face of 10 court actions preventing timber operations and impacting the State
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Online searches for ‘cheap’ timber up more than 40%

16 February 2022
The boom in home renovations accompanied by supply chain shortages last year left people scrambling to get their hands on affordable timber, new data has revealed. Online searches in Australia for ‘cheap timber’ and related terms were up by more than 40% during some periods in 2021, c
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Monitoring planting success using AI and remote sensing

16 February 2022
Scion data scientists working with remote sensing experts Indufor have developed a new commercial service to monitor forest establishment and indigenous forest fragments. New Zealand will need to plant forests at unprecedented rates for decades to come if the country wishes to achieve
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Little impact on pines in WA fires

14 February 2022
Western Australia’s Forestry Minister Dave Kelly has reassured the local construction and building industry that recent bushfires in the State’s south have had little impact on the State’s pine plantations, and that construction timber supplies would continue unaffected. W
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