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New agriculture visa to help forestry sector with staffing

23 August 2021
Migrant workers could soon be brought to Australia under a dedicated agriculture visa with the new category to be established next month. The Australian Agriculture visa will be available to workers across the agriculture (including meat processing), forestry and fisheries sectors and
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Design challenge in challenging times to reinvigorate buildings

23 August 2021
Record entries have been received for this year’s inter-University design challenge, the Fleetwood Challenge Cup. Developed by Fleetwood Australia in partnership with prefabAUS, the challenge delivers innovative solutions from showcasing prefabrication and adaptive re-use of existing
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Mass timber journal editor in Chicago project joining timber and steel

20 August 2021
Mass Timber Construction Journal founder/editor-in-chief, podcast host and global mass timber industry expert, Paul Kremer, has been appointed to the steering committee for an innovative project with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) based in Chicago. Source: Tim
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ACT acts to allow forestry and timber as essential industries

20 August 2021
The ACT Government has allowed forestry and timber operations to resume as essential industries under the Territory’s COVID lockdown rules following concerted efforts from the Australian Forest Products Association and industry. Source: Timberbiz “We welcome the ACT Government’s decis
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Friday analysis: rewriting the rules for forestry and events in Covid times

20 August 2021
If there is anything to be learnt from the pandemic, the first on the list must be what we got wrong, the second is how we ensure those mistakes don’t happen again, and thirdly, will things ever be the same again. The first is easy. We got so much wrong, and we are still getting thing
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FSC Friday to raise global awareness of responsible forest management

18 August 2021
On 24 September 2021 we will celebrate “FSC Friday”. This year the idea is to raise global awareness of the importance of responsible forest management and the important interplay between climate change and forests. Source: Timberbiz As part of this annual awareness day, F
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PEFC refresher training for auditors, reviewers or certification decision makers

18 August 2021
Auditors, reviewers and certification decision makers are invited to express interest in an online PEFC recognised chain of custody refresher training on the 2-3 September 2021. This event will be held if there is sufficient interest, so it is recommended that you register your intere
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Shortage of timber hampers construction sector

18 August 2021
CoreLogic’s national measure of residential construction costs show an increase of 1.4% in the three months to June 2021, outpacing the Consumer Price Index of 0.8% for the same period. Sources: CoreLogic, Timberbiz The latest Cordell Housing Index Price (CHIP) results show an annual
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50 containers of Aussie bound timber abandoned in China

18 August 2021
Five hundred homes worth of timber destined for Melbourne has been abandoned at a Shanghai dock because a shipping company accepted a lucrative offer to divert course to Los Angeles. Source: The Age, The Hardware Journal The Master Builders Association of Victoria (MBAV) said 50 conta
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Australia’s oldest paper mill

16 August 2021
Though it has not been in operation for many years, Australia’s oldest paper mill is still standing on the banks of the Barwon River at Fyansford, just outside Geelong in Victoria. Constructed from 1876-78, the mill’s bluestone and brick buildings are still in place, as are the manage
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