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Aussie logs for Aussie jobs report released

26 March 2021
The key role timber products can play in helping Australia achieve its climate goals has been recognised through a newly released House of Representative Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources report called “Aussie logs for Aussie jobs”. Source: Timberbiz The Committee’
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Tas Labor abandons workers by defeating workplace legislation

26 March 2021
Tasmania’s workplace protection legislation was defeated yesterday by two votes. The proposed laws would have imposed hefty fines and potential prison terms on protesters found to have impeded, obstructed or damaged Tasmanian businesses. Source: Timberbiz They would have introduced of
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Friday analysis: Tasmania Labor not for labourers

26 March 2021
All week we’ve been following the to and fro in Tasmania where Labor believes it is supporting workers by not supporting the Liberal Party in its efforts to improve workplace protection legislation. It has cited other workers such as nurses and teachers as its concern but not forestry
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11 forestry communities offered funding due to end of native timber

24 March 2021
Targeted funding to help communities affected by changes to native timber harvesting manage the transition and seek new job opportunities is being offered by the Victorian Government. Source: Timberbiz The Local Development Strategy grants of up to $400,000 available to 11 key forestr
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Blatantly wrong that Mountain Cattlemen Association want to stop logging

24 March 2021
The Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria has hit back at claims its members want to see logging cease in Eastern Victoria’s High Country. Source: Timberbiz “Claims that the MCAV have joined forces with two environmental groups calling for VicForests to surrender their right to
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Canberra assembly for forest industries future directions

24 March 2021
Australia’s forest industries representatives will convene in Canberra this week for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic’s worldwide impact on trade and commerce. Source: Timberbiz “It’s critical that representatives from across the full-value chain of Australia’s forest indust
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Feds stay committed to RFAs and reject Samuel Review

24 March 2021
The Federal Government has committed to retaining Australia’s Regional Forest Agreements and reject the Samuel Review’s criticism of them. Assistant Forestry Minister Jonathon Duniam told Senate Estimates yesterday he would not follow the recommendation of a statutory review of federa
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Port of Hobart an international gateway redevelopment

22 March 2021
Positioning the Port of Hobart as the international gateway to the Southern Ocean is the primary objective of a major multi-million-dollar redevelopment for Macquarie Wharfs proposed by TasPorts. Source: Timberbiz The initiative will actively support world-class Antarctic exploration
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Small-scale research into heat delamination in CLT

22 March 2021
A new research paper from the US examines the strength of wood adhesive bonds at high temperatures. The goal of the research is to better understand the conditions of heat delamination in cross laminated timber (CLT) that is exposed to fire. Source: Timberbiz Heat delamination in CLT
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Gippsland NIFPI offering $3.8m in research grants

22 March 2021
The Gippsland Centre of the National Institute for Forestry Products Innovation (NIFPI) has up to $3.8 million available for research grants and is now calling for proposals. Individual research grants from $50,000 to $500,000 are available for projects including the development of ne
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