Australasia's home for timber news and information

Nippon Paper yet to decide the future of Opal’s white paper production

08 February 2023
Since 120 workers were stood down in December at Australia’s last remaining office paper manufacturer, Opal, unions and workers have been waiting for news of the future of the white paper line at the Gippsland Maryvale mill. Source: Timberbiz It was reported yesterday by ABC Gippsland
Continue Reading →

Uni of the Sunshine Coast uses a timber mix for warmth and regeneration

06 February 2023
Specialty European timber that regenerates “in five-to-six minutes” is among the sustainable materials being used in the second stage of the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Moreton Bay campus. Source: Timberbiz Three new buildings at the Petrie location will utilise a mixture of do
Continue Reading →

Workplace, Skills and Training Workshop

06 February 2023
Wondering where the people power will be coming from for the future then attend the North East NSW Forestry Hub event – Smart Development of a Future Workforce workshop this Wednesday 8 February. Source: Timberbiz Information on a number of issues will be presented including the findi
Continue Reading →

A good Rocky road ahead for Hyne Group expansion

06 February 2023
The Hyne Group and Rocky Point have announced a partnership, combining years of know-how and experience to grow the respective businesses into the future. Source: Timberbiz Just 12 months after the announcement of the partnership between the Hyne Group and UK based company James-Jones
Continue Reading →

Woodchopping may get the axe – there’s no wood

06 February 2023
The historic sport of wood chopping is under threat in Victoria and may not be part of this year’s Royal Melbourne Show for the first time in decades. The lack of suitable alpine ash logs is mostly to blame. Source: Timberbiz Harvesting ground to a halt in state forests managed by Vic
Continue Reading →

Changes to the VicForests’ Timber Release Plan approved

06 February 2023
VicForests has released the amended Timber Release Plan (TRP).  The amendment to the TRP includes, the addition of 11 new coupes, the removal of 111 coupes that have been regenerated and the removal of 124 coupes that are no longer planned to be harvested. Source: Timberbiz Of the 11
Continue Reading →

Housing market hit from all sides

03 February 2023
There were 115,358 new houses approved for construction in 2022, down by 21.8% on the 147,552 approved in 2021, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ monthly building approvals data for December for detached houses and multi-units covering all states and territories.
Continue Reading →

WA Labor ‘hopes’ displaced timber workers and mills will be okay

03 February 2023
More than 20 timber workers in Western Australia will be looking for a job from today following the decision by Parkside Timber to close its Manjimup mill. Source: Timberbiz It comes two weeks after 45 workers lost their jobs when Parkside closed its mill in the nearby town of Nannup
Continue Reading →

Opinion: Adnan Uzunovic – Fumigation is an ‘inconvenient truth’

03 February 2023
Why Governments must take action now to replace methyl bromide and sulfuryl fluoride with an environmentally sustainable alternative Al Gore coined the term an ‘inconvenient truth’ in his eponymous 2006 documentary. It is an apt description of the practice of fumigation around the wor
Continue Reading →

Friday analysis: More job losses for WA towns as gov’t wants them to adapt

03 February 2023
Once again, the Western Australian Government’s inexplicable decision to end hardwood harvesting by next year has led to jobs, and a town in shock. Two weeks ago, it was Nannup where 45 people lost their jobs when Parkside Timber effectively closed the doors on the mill there. Today P
Continue Reading →

Archives

Subscribe to DTN

Click this link to subscribe. 

Copyright © 2022 Ryan Media Pty Ltd (Division of Provincial Press Group). All Rights Reserved.