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Opinion James Neville-Smith: less emotion and more pragmatism will solve climate change

03 April 2020
Climate Change is real. However, if we are to have any chance of fixing it, we need to be pragmatic and less emotional. There are many layers to the carbon story, but I am only familiar with the most ignored renewable we have available to us – forests. We can make a material differenc
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Opinion John O’Donnell: A potential new approach for southern regional states

03 April 2020
State Governments make decisions for regional areas of southern states, some good, some neutral and some poor.  Some decisions are made without adequate consultation with affected regional people and communities. Source: John O’Donnell We have the right of free expression in this coun
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Analysis: NSW does it right with a new department, Victoria still wracked by uncertainty

03 April 2020
This week marked the official end to the most devastating bush fire season in New South Wales’ history. Nationally the fire season, which is still in force in Victoria and South Australia, was unprecedented in terms of conditions experienced, the loss of lives and property, and the th
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Implementation of 2020 PEFC Standard and Trademark

01 April 2020
PEFC has provided a detailed guidance document on the new Standards and logo use rules outlining how the new documents are to be implemented. Source: Timberbiz In January 2020, PEFC published the 2020 versions of three vital international standards: Chain of Custody (ST 2002), PEFC Tr
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Upcoming WA timber auction cancelled

01 April 2020
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Forest Products Commission wishes to advise that the specialty timber auction scheduled for Saturday, 4 April 2020 has been cancelled. Source: Timberbiz The next specialty timber auction is scheduled for 20 June 2020. At this stage the auction
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Determining self-extinguishment characteristics of CLT

01 April 2020
A full-scale fire test using Xlam supplied CLT was undertaken at the QFES’ White’s Island Live Fire Training facility. Hyne Timber and XLam are supporters of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Research Hub to Transform Future Tall Timber Buildi
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KIPT shares drop 53% following trading suspension

01 April 2020
Shares in Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers dropped by 53% on Tuesday after its voluntary suspension of trading was lifted. Source: Timberbiz KIPT suspended trade in January while the company assessed the damage from the bushfires which burnt in excess of 90 per cent of its assets va
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Disruption to paper and paperboard sectors due to COVID-19

01 April 2020
At the time of writing IndustryEdge was not aware of any significant import supply disruptions in the paper and paperboard sector in Australia. The focus is on imports of Printing & Communication papers and the trade in Packaging & Industrial grades. Source: IndustryEdge The c
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RFA extension welcomed but not definitive

01 April 2020
The peak associations representing Victoria’s sustainable native timber industries have cautiously welcomed today’s announcement of the Regional Forest Agreements extension, but still believe considerable uncertainty surrounds the Andrews Government’s plan to close down the industry b
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Gottstein Understanding Wood course deferred to next year

30 March 2020
The Gottstein Understanding Wood Science course has been moved to March next year in light of the COVID19 pandemic. Participants and guest presenters and field trip venues will be contacted by the Gottstein team this week to inform them of the change. Source: Timberbiz “We assure thos
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