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Forest thinning will reduce the risk and severity of bushfires

23 January 2020
Leading forest and ecosystem scientists from the University of Melbourne have backed the scientific merit of forest thinning to reduce the risk and severity of bushfires in Australia, refuting the strident activist voices demanding Australia make no change to its fuel reduction strate
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Update on upgrade of Bell Bay mill

21 January 2020
Timberlink CEO Ian Tyson recently welcomed Guy Barnett, Tasmanian Minister for Resources, to Timberlink’s Bell Bay mill to see its investments in technology and safety upgrades such as the new flow kilns and grade scanner. Source: Timberbiz The installation of new state-of-the-art Con
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ATO extends tax assistance for bushfire areas

21 January 2020
The Australian Tax office has extended a package of tax assistance for people impacted by the recent bushfires in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania as part of the whole-of-government response to the disaster. Around three and a half million businesses
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Hyne Tumbarumba up and running again

21 January 2020
As recovery gets underway for the Tumbarumba region, the Hyne Timber Mill is back up and running, despatching truckloads of timber, thanks to the many volunteers and emergency services who protected it throughout the bushfire crisis. A number of team members from Queensland have been
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Young Queensland engineer wins with timber panels research

21 January 2020
A Queensland Government timber engineer has been recognised at the Australian Young Researchers’ Conference for research that will save timber manufacturers time, money and resources. Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said Adam Faircloth, a timbe
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Roundtable shapes agriculture bushfire response

21 January 2020
Deputy Leader of the Nationals and Agriculture Minister Senator Bridget McKenzie met with agriculture industry leaders to hear about the impact of the recent bushfires and discuss the road to recovery for many businesses and communities. Source: Timberbiz Minister McKenzie, who was jo
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Bushfire relief comes from locals like Alpine Truss

21 January 2020
Alpine Truss Wangaratta has donated $15,000 to assist with bushfire recovery in North East Victoria, some of which will go towards stationery packs to help children get back to school. Basic necessities such as the back to school packs for children will take a load off parents’
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Borg has EPA approval for wood residue recovery

16 January 2020
Borg Manufacturing has received EPA approval to implement an Urban Wood Residue recovery process. The EPA exemption allows Borg to recover a range of raw materials from other businesses, including softwood offcuts (included treated pine), LVL and glulam offcuts and, wood pallets and c
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Palaszczuk Government takes action to support timber industry jobs

16 January 2020
The Queensland Government has announced its native timber action plan with the government saying it is taking decisive action to support regional Queensland timber industry jobs, locking in hardwood supplies in the Wide-Bay Burnett region up to 2026. The new timber industry action pla
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Boost to financial counselling to assist bushfire victims

16 January 2020
The Australian Government has instigated additional measures to support recovery from this seasons’ bushfires, which will include 60 more rural financial counsellors and support workers, with an injection of $15 million in additional funding to the Rural Financial Counselling Service
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