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Kangaroo Island bushfire report recognises great losses for timber industry

20 July 2020
Local knowledge, use of forestry experts, and better understanding of fire behaviour in plantations is critical for future fire management on Kangaroo Island. Incident Management Teams (IMTs) and fire ground leaders need access to people with local knowledge, including suitably traine
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Potential in NT for commercial indigenous forestry

17 July 2020
A new research project managed by Forest and Wood Products Australia will investigate the potential for commercial Indigenous forestry in the Northern Territory’s East Arnhem Land. The project aims to support the Traditional Owners to facilitate a sustainable forest-based livelihood a
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Queensland sawmilling company fined for stealing timber

17 July 2020
A Queensland sawmilling company and three of its employees have been fined a total of $17,500 in the Charleville Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to stealing State-owned timber. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said the
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VicForests lost 119 days’ production due to illegal protests

17 July 2020
VicForests, which aims to harvest 59 new coupes this year, has suffered more than 50 illegal protests at 31 coupes in the past eight months, resulting in 119 production days lost. In West Gippsland, 10 coupes have been hit by protest action, resulting in 87 days’ lost work. Source: Ph
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Why is Vic Govt opening a forestry centre in Gippsland?

17 July 2020
The Victorian State Government has come under fire over its announcement this week of a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation Centre in Gippsland. While the establishment of the centre has been widely applauded, industry bodies and the opposition have questioned why the sa
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Friday Analysis: The Victorian Government in a spin over forestry

17 July 2020
Just about everyone will be, at some stage, the victim of “spin”. It’s a given. Not all spin is bad, if the benefits described by the sender of the message are real and truly add value to the receiver of the message. Source: Bruce Mitchell Spinning becomes dysfunctional when the sende
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HomeBuilder program shows signs of promise

15 July 2020
New home sales rose 77.6% in June, from a record low result in May, off the back of the Government’s HomeBuilder program. While it will need sales figures from the next couple of months to get a more accurate picture of the impact of HomeBuilder on new homes and construction jobs, HIA
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Forest Products Innovation Centre to be set up in Gippsland

15 July 2020
A National Institute for Forest Products Innovation Centre will be established in Gippsland. It will be the third centre established in Australia funded by State Governments in South Australia, Tasmania and now Victoria with additional funding from the Federal Government. Source: Timb
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Secret scoping study to privatise Forestry Corp – Cabinet only access

15 July 2020
The NSW Government will keep a five-month, $1.2 million scoping study to privatise the Forestry Corporation secret after a freedom of information request to release it was refused, according to NSW Labor. Source: Timberbiz The Opposition claims that despite forking out around $10,000
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Extension for feedback on VicForests Timber Release Plan

15 July 2020
VicForests is extending the feedback period on the proposed changes to its Timber Release Plan and says the extension has been granted because of difficulties experienced by stakeholders opening web links to online information. Source: Timberbiz The public consultation period has been
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