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First GLT beam emerges from Timberlink at Tarpeena

18 August 2023
Timberlink has manufactured its first GLT beam at its Tarpeena plant in South Australia. Ian Tyson, CEO of Timberlink, announced the milestone during a tour of the facility by South Australian Parliamentary Select Committee for the South Australian Forest Products Association’s Seed t
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Farm forestry grants for Gippsland

18 August 2023
VicForests has awarded about $850,000 in grants through its Gippsland Farm Forestry Program to 16 landholders across Gippsland to assist in planning, establishing and managing a total of 274.3 hectares of new farm forests. Source: Timberbiz The Gippsland-based program seeks to support
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Joel Fitzgibbon appointed chair of AFPA as Diana Gibbs steps down

18 August 2023
Diana Gibbs has stepped down as chair of the Australian Forest Products Association and will remain as a director. She has been replaced by Joel Fitzgibbon who has resigned as interim CEO. Source: Timberbiz Natasa Sikman has accepted the position of acting CEO, as the board carries ou
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Labor opts for commonsense not green dissent at national conference

18 August 2023
The Labor Party has rejected an internal push to ban native forest logging, instead committing at its 49th National Conference to rewrite the three decades old national forest policy statement this term. The forest policy statement will be revamped to “ensure the application of nation
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Opinion: Joel Fitzgibbon – a rational approach to forestry would be a good start

18 August 2023
There is no rational reason to shut down native forestry and a big bonus in carbon sequestration. Global demand for wood products is forecast to dramatically outpace supply as urban populations grow and renewable wood and innovative wood products play a greater role in our decarbonisa
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Friday analysis: Forestry can breathe easier after Labor decision but needs to watch its back

18 August 2023
Federal Labor’s decision to reject a ban on native forest logging will give the industry good reason to breathe a little easier. The Labor Environment Action Network attempted to force the Federal Government to end native forest harvesting and replace the industry with a nationa
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Waste materials railway sleeper to replace hardwood transoms

16 August 2023
A research team, led by University of Southern Queensland Chief Investigator Dr Wahid Ferdous, aims to replace timber transoms, a type of railway sleeper used in bridges, with a new material made from fibre composite and waste-based materials. Source: Timberbiz The Queensland State Go
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Yarra Ranges students work with Powelltown Sawmills and VicForest

16 August 2023
Students from Ranges TEC have experienced hardwood timber production from start to finish thanks to a partnership between the Lilydale-based school, Powelltown Sawmills and VicForests. Source: Star Mail As part of their community awareness course requirements, the students visited a f
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Proactive private forestry understanding the value of wood on farms

16 August 2023
Tasmania’s private foresters are at the forefront of combating climate change and alleviating Australia’s construction timber scarcity through proactive private native regrowth forest management. Source: Timberbiz Tasmania’s extensive private regrowth native forests have a
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Native forestry may be sacrificed at Labor conference

16 August 2023
Shadow Environment, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Jonno Duniam fears that the native forestry industry will be sacrificed on the altar of extreme left politics at this weekend’s Federal Labor Conference in Brisbane. Source: Timberbiz During the May 2022 election, then Opposition Lea
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