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Opinion: Italia d’Antonio – The $875 million dollar lie from Labor. Where is our compensation?

01 December 2023
Another year on, post Covid, waiting, change of Premier still waiting, shuffling portfolios, still waiting, phone calls and emails falling on deaf ears. The Labor Party has failed once again at arriving at a fair and equitable outcome for hardwood logging contractors who are strugglin
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Friday analysis: The hardwood industry suffers while Labor pollies sit idle

01 December 2023
Four weeks. That’s all the native timber industry in Victoria and Western Australia has left. In WA, mills have been closing with alarming regularity. In Victoria it’s no better. Italia d’Antonio from North East Logging in Acheron, not far from Alexandra, about 130km northeast of Melb
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Hines completes Melbourne’s tallest mass timber office T3

29 November 2023
Hines, a global real estate investment, development, and property manager, announced the practical completion of the firm’s mass timber office building in Melbourne. The iconic timber building offers tenants an employee-centric workspace to help attract and retain talent, while suppor
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Just 4000 trees of the promised 30 million planted in Victoria

29 November 2023
The Victorian Government has planted just 0.01% of the 30 million trees promised to assist timber workers – six years on from the announcement. Just 4000 of a promised 30 million trees have been planted under the Victorian Government’s Gippsland Plantation Investment Program, which wa
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Guides to understanding forestry’s role in the carbon economy

27 November 2023
FWPA has three new Carbon Guides that provide a source of knowledge, to expand the understanding of the positive role forest and wood products play in the carbon economy. Source: Timberbiz, FWPA Forests are a significant player in the global carbon cycle and continue to play a key rol
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AFPA represents Australian forestry at COP28

27 November 2023
The Australian Forest Products Association will represent the interests of Australia’s forestry and forest products to fight climate change over coming weeks as the world meets in Dubai for the UAE for COP28 in the continued pursuit to find effective climate solutions. Source: Timberb
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Hardwood plantation logs available to industry

24 November 2023
Forestry’s contribution to Tasmania’s economy and regions is set to grow as Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s hardwood plantation logs are made available to the industry. Source: Timberbiz Decades in the making, STT will release around 350,000 cubic metres per annum of w
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AFCA introduces new membership category

24 November 2023
The Australian Forest Contractors Association is introducing a new membership category called ‘Supporter’ to build on this year’s growth in membership. Source: Timberbiz AFCA general manager Tim Lester the AFCA was proud of its remarkable growth over the past 12 months with membership
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Greens accused of bullying and harassment at enterprise hearing

24 November 2023
The chair of Tasmania’s state-owned forestry company has accused the Greens of “bullying and harassment” for using the title “Forestry Tasmania” during a government business enterprise hearing. Source: The Mercury Forestry Tasmania was renamed Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) in 2017
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Report clearly shows contribution of forestry to Murray Region

24 November 2023
A socio-economic report completed by the University of Canberra clearly demonstrates the significant economic and employment contribution of the forestry and wood processing industry to the Murray Region, but the industry is not out of the woods yet with a looming resource constraint
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