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AS4707 standard for chain of custody released

20 September 2021
Responsible Wood has published the latest version of the AS4707 standards for chain of custody. Reviewed by Responsible Wood every five years, the standard was approved for publication following review by the AS 4707 standards reference committee and working group chaired by Peter Zed
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WA announces $350m for softwood expansion

20 September 2021
WA Premier Mark McGowan announced a record investment of $350 million to expand Western Australia’s softwood plantation timber industry. The Forest Products Commission (FPC) welcomed the announcement. Source: Timberbiz This record investment is expected to provide at least an addition
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Mount Gambier McDonnell timber business sold

20 September 2021
The AAM Investment Group has agreed to terms for the purchase of the Mount Gambier-based NF McDonnell & Sons softwood timber processing business, with finalisation of the sale scheduled to be completed before the end of November 2021. Source: Border Watch Established in 1944 by Ne
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VicForests has released the amended Timber Release Plan

20 September 2021
VicForests’ Board has approved the amendments to the TRP, in accordance with the requirements of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004, and a notice in relation to the amended TRP was published in the Victoria Government Gazette S 506 on Wednesday.   Source: Timberbiz The amendmen
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Friday analysis: push for Cross Benchers to beat the Bill

17 September 2021
Thursday’s decision by the State Government in Victoria to delay a vote on radical reforms to Victoria’s forests legislation must only be seen as just that – a delay. But it might just be enough if there are enough delaying tactics deployed. And it seems likely that delaying tactics w
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NSW Gov’t redirects export softwood to domestic market

17 September 2021
The domestic softwood timber industry in NSW has received a significant boost with the NSW Government directing Forestry Corporation to divert selected softwood log exports impacted by the China trade embargo, to domestic markets. Source: Timberbiz Deputy Premier and Minister responsi
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Tas Greens want to abolish sawlog quotas

17 September 2021
A move by the Tasmanian Greens to abolish sawlog quotas will simply result in timber being imported from unregulated overseas markets, according to the Tasmanian Forest Products Association. Source: Timberbiz On Wednesday the Greens tabled the Forest Management Amendment (Minimum Sawl
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Wood machining may be declassified as apprentice numbers are too low

17 September 2021
Wood machining is at serious risk of being declassified as a trade due a declining number of apprentices over the past decade, according to the managing director of Accurate Australia and New Zealand Craig Honeyman. Source: Timberbiz Mr Honeyman is working to gather data from stakehol
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Labor’s ‘draconian’ forest bill delayed – vote adjourned

17 September 2021
Timber workers, businesses the unions and communities have been urged to make their voice heard, after State Parliament yesterday delayed a vote on radical reforms to Victoria’s forests legislation. Source: Timberbiz The Forests Legislation (Compliance and Enforcement) Bill 2019 was s
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Opinion: Professors Tolhurst and Vanclay – Poor science is used to stop native forest harvesting

17 September 2021
Some ecologists and conservationists, opposed to timber harvesting, are trying to use bushfire disasters as a lever to stop native forest harvesting, but their case is based on opinion, beliefs and selective science. A 2016 study of over 1 million hectares burnt by wildfire in the 200
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