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Job losses ripping through Victorian communities

03 March 2023
Victorian regional communities are feeling the brunt of brutal job and skills losses since the timber supply issues stemming from a Supreme Court order in November 2022 locking up Victoria’s native forests are causing mills to close down. Source: Timberbiz It was announced in 2019 by
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Friday analysis: A quiet election in NSW but it could spell trouble for forestry

03 March 2023
The New South Wales State election is in full swing now, and up until this week it has been an extremely quiet affair. Even the Sydney Morning Herald commented this week that people could be forgiven for not even realising there’s an election on 25 March. Cost of living is of course a
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Sensible heads needed for sensible housing

01 March 2023
Master Builders Australia has called on the Senate not to miss an opportunity for sensible reform in helping to achieve the housing needs for the future. Source: Timberbiz In lodging its submission to the Economics Legislation Committee inquiry into housing bills Master Builders Austr
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Great Koala Park is unnecessary, but timber and jobs are needed

01 March 2023
An Ernst + Young Report shows that the hardwood timber industry is critically important to the Northern NSW economy. Plans for a Koala Park and ‘transitioning’ native forestry to plantations are unnecessary and unworkable, threatening the livelihood of thousands of timber workers in t
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Staff shortages lead Alpine to automated machinery

01 March 2023
Labour shortages are still a real challenge for local businesses with a Wangaratta manufacturing company turning to machines to fill the void. Source: Wangaratta Chronicle Alpine Truss in Wangaratta invested more than $2.7 million to extend its business footprint and purchase machiner
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Fennell’s electric log truck cuts a new path for carbon-free forestry

01 March 2023
Australia’s first electric log truck has arrived in Mount Gambier, as Fennell Forestry cuts a new path towards a carbon-free future for the sector. The truck is just the second electric log truck in the world and has been commissioned by the local harvest and haulage company to provid
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International wood protection group to meet in Cairns

27 February 2023
Australia will host the International Research Group on Wood Protection (IRG) in Cairns in far north Queensland from 28 May to 2 June 2023. The IRG is the peak world body related to timber durability research and each conference brings together more than 250 researchers from 30-40 cou
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CUSP under fire for 120 minutes

27 February 2023
CUSP plantation hardwood has achieved another first, attaining a 120-minute plus fire resistance test with no failures. Cusp Eucalyptus nitens load-bearing floor systems saw no failure at 121 minutes, making Cusp CLT the first and only Hardwood CLT in Australia to achieve a 120-minute
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Ernst + Young report proves hardwood is critical to NSW economy

27 February 2023
Supply of nation-building hardwood timber is critical to the NSW economy, providing thousands of jobs and skills right along the supply chain, according to a new Ernst + Young Report. Source: Timberbiz Science-based election policies must safeguard local timber supply to meet the risi
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RBA repeats the cycle the building industry faced after GFC

24 February 2023
The number of detached houses commencing construction is set to decline this year and next to its lowest level since 2012. HIA released its economic and industry Outlook Report and the report includes updated forecasts for new home building and renovations activity nationally and for
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