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COVID-19, closed borders and the future of the housing market

15 April 2020
Australia’s new house building pipeline appears to be stable in mid-April, with construction work able to continue in most situations. The rush by builders to complete work to the next payment stage, over concern of an imminent sector or site closure is reportedly following through th
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AFCA provides COVID-19 Recommended Guidelines and Procedures document

08 April 2020
Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) members are being provided with a COVID-19 Recommended Guidelines and Procedures document which is being updated as new information becomes available.  Source: Timberbiz The website also has a list of resources that are also updated as
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Timber thefts from the Green Triangle

08 April 2020
People illegally cutting down protected redgum and stringybark trees from Green Triangle plantations are being warned the ‘forest is watching’. Police and forest landowners have joined forces to target reckless wood thieves who are fearlessly entering privately owned forestry estates
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Tasmania urges government to include forest products as essential

06 April 2020
The forest industry in Tasmania has written to the Tasmanian Minister for Resources Guy Barnett urging the Government to include Tasmania’s forest products industries as an essential service, should further restrictions on what businesses can operate be required to contain the spread
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Container crisis started in China to continue for months

06 April 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic crisis continues and deepens globally, shipping and freight continue to be the life blood for many nations. Beyond mere economics and trade, it is shipping and freight that delivers food and medical supplies to much of the world, every month. Source: IndustryE
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KIPT getting back on its feet after fire and flu

06 April 2020
Twelve weeks since the devastating bushfires, Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has made substantial progress on its business recovery and last week the company reached a milestone when it lifted the voluntary suspension on trading of its shares. Source: Timberbiz “We have kept the i
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Shane Fitzsimmons steps down as RFS Commissioner

06 April 2020
NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons is stepping down as head of the volunteer organisation to take on a new government role. Source: Timberbiz Mr Fitzsimmons was RFS Commissioner for 12 years and his decision to leave comes after overseeing an unprecedented 2019-2020
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Resene Timber Design Award winners

03 April 2020
From revolutionary building designs with the potential to change the way architects and engineers use timber to a brand new, flexible organic material developed from balsa wood that’s significantly stronger and more transparent than the original, the NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Award
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Duniam says RFA extensions provide certainty, others not so sure

03 April 2020
The extension of the Regional Forest Agreements to June 2030 by the Australian and Victorian Governments provided certainty for the Victorian forestry industry, according to the Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Senator Jonathon Duniam. Source: Timberbiz Senator Duniam sai
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Vale: Richard Neville-Smith

03 April 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association has paid tribute to forest industries pioneer and leader Richard Neville-Smith. Mr Neville-Smith, the former Chief Executive of Neville Smith Forest Products passed away last week in Melbourne aged 82 after a long illness. His funeral was hel
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