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Jobs at risk in NSW as timber supply runs low

22 February 2021
Thousands of jobs are at risk in New South Wales if the state’s timber supply runs out as soon as April, as predicted by experts, because of the bushfires and the pandemic. Some timber manufacturers are now calling for the resource to be freighted from interstate to NSW for processing
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New record for housing starts expected in 2021

19 February 2021
  The Housing Industry Association expects construction of almost 130,000 new detached homes will begin this year. The previous record of 120,000 starts in a calendar year was set in 2018. This forecast is contained in HIA’s economic and industry Outlook Report. Source: Timberbiz
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Harvesting resumes on South Coast despite negotiations with EPA

19 February 2021
Timber harvesting is resuming on the South Coast of New South Wales and Eden.  Daniel Tuan, General Manager Hardwood Forests, said the Forestry Corporation had been working constructively with the Environment Protection Authority for the past 15 months to negotiate site-specific opera
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Opinion Vic Jurskis: Too many experts spoil the bushfire picture

19 February 2021
The Bushfires Royal Commission totally failed to address the absence of sustainable land management which led to Black Summer. It didn’t even properly fulfill its requirement to consider the outcomes of previous Inquiries, stopping short at the 2004 COAG Report by two academics
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Friday analysis: EPA and Bob Brown Foundation both interfering with work

19 February 2021
In what can only be good news, timber harvesting is resuming on the South Coast of New South Wales and Eden. The news will come as a relief to the mills that have run out of logs to process and were close to laying off workers and closing. Source: Bruce Mitchell The news will also com
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Global container freight rates skyrocket with surcharges

17 February 2021
Global container freight rates continued to sky-rocket into the new year as major freight companies applied surcharges for premium service that some are calling ‘extortionate’. Source: IndustryEdge Early January discussion with two major importers to Australia included comments that t
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Risky business due to Bob Brown Foundation protests

15 February 2021
The Bob Brown Foundation has been condemned over protesters’ dangerous behaviour last week at the Artec Mill at Bell Bay where haulage trucks were forced to be backed up for kilometres, unable to unload.  Source: Timberbiz The Australian Forest Contractors Association says the f
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NZ log exports down 6.3% in 2020

15 February 2021
New Zealand’s log exports declined 6.3% in 2020, falling to 20.080 million m3 in the tumultuous year. As the year drew to a close, exports in December totalled 1.845 million m3, down 4.4% on the prior month but a solid 8.6% higher than exports recorded in December 2019. Source: Indust
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Victoria nowhere near safety target for reduced fuel loads

15 February 2021
Gippsland East Nationals MP Tim Bull wants Victoria’s Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio to outline how the State Government plans to address fuel loads, after it conceded it had only reached 43% of an already low target. Source: Timberbiz “In the lead up to last summer’s horrendous
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Five-storey Queensland building up in 26 days

15 February 2021
The latest five-storey mass engineered timber building to be constructed in Queensland topped out this week as the final prefabricated Glue Laminated Timber beams and Cross Laminated Timber panels were craned into position. Source: Timberbiz The NIOA facility extension in the Brisbane
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