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Friday analysis: Burning issues including a new shadow forestry minister

29 January 2021
South Australia had the first real bushfire of the season at the weekend. Sadly, homes and buildings were lost. Trees were lost. But it was short, sharp and brought under effective control through the efforts of Forestry SA, the CFS, crews from the Department of Environment and Water,
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Harvest jobs expo on Kangaroo Island

27 January 2021
About 50 people were at the Kingscote Town Hall at the weekend for the Harvest Jobs Expo, arranged by Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers and its harvest contractor Harvestco. Source: Timberbiz Harvestco, which operates in the Green Triangle, NSW and Qld, is keen to employ Kangaroo Isl
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Focus on year-round bushfire prevention, not last-minute water bombing

25 January 2021
The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers are calling for a greater focus on year-round bushfire prevention activities over the use of water bombing aircraft. In a submission to Queensland’s K’gari (Fraser Island) Bushfire Review IFA/AFG president Bob Gordo
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HomeBuilder success underlined by new data

22 January 2021
The overwhelming success of the Federal Government’s HomeBuilder scheme in driving economic recovery has been confirmed by new data released this week, according to Master Builders Australia. Source: Timberbiz “It’s even more proof that a stronger building industry means a stronger ec
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Australian Pine Log Price Index January

22 January 2021
The Australian Pine Log Price Index for the January to June 2020 period has just been released. Source: Friday Offcuts The Australian Pine Log Price Index is compiled by KPMG using data provided by Australian softwood growers. The Index documents changes in pine log prices achieved by
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Victor Violante appointed Deputy CEO at AFPA

22 January 2021
The Australian Forest Products Association has appointed Victor Violante to the new role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer after more than four years in the organisation. Source: Timberbiz Mr Violante has held the position of Senior Policy Manager for the past 4 ½ years, looking after
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Opinion: Marc Peruzzi – mass timber could be the silver buckshot

22 January 2021
Here’s something you probably didn’t know: the construction business accounts for an estimated 23% of the world’s carbon-dioxide emissions—5.7 billion tons, according to the most recent estimates. Much of this comes from the use of concrete and steel, the two biggest contributors to e
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Dizzying heights of new home builds can’t last

20 January 2021
New Home Sales reached remarkable heights in December, nearly doubling compared with the number of sales recorded in November, according to HIA economist, Angela Lillicrap. The surge in sales has been attributed to HomeBuilder as households finalised contracts to build a new home befo
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New CEO for Vic Forest Products Association

20 January 2021
Former Australian Pork senior executive Deb Kerr is the Victorian Forest Products Association’s foundation CEO. Ms Kerr has extensive experience in the primary industries sector, having worked in various industry representative roles across the sector, and most recently as a senior ex
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Pine log yard development for Eden

20 January 2021
Since the devastating 2020 bushfires, vital revenue from softwood export log sales together with woodchip sales from interim woodchip operations has allowed Allied Natural Wood Exports (ANWE) to retain employment during the rebuild of the Eden wood processing and export facility. Sour
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