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ASH MASSLAM’s additional $2.4M investment

21 September 2022
The MASSLAM product range is set to expand with another investment of $2.4 million, financed by ASH with $1.2 million assistance from the Victorian Forestry Plan Innovation Fund, which aims to assist timber businesses to diversify and plan for their future. The investment will support
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Long term sustainability, future of timber & forests products industry report

21 September 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association NSW has expressed support for the expansion of timber plantations in NSW as recommended by an Upper House timber inquiry as the best way to guarantee timber supply. Source: Timberbiz The expansion of plantations was a key recommendation of th
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Industrial solutions for AKD

19 September 2022
As one of the largest softwood sawmilling businesses in Australia, Associated Kiln Driers (AKD) is committed to creating sustainable value in high-growth sectors through its planting process. Sources: Timberbiz, Industry imotion Australian sawmills typically specialise in either a sof
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Stirling Group partners with Italian CML Engineering

19 September 2022
Stirling Group has announced a new and meaningful partnership with Italian machinery giant, CML Engineering. Source: Timberbiz With a history dating back to 1960 in Europe, this highly respected brand produces high-end, high-quality products, including the heavy-duty E350 and J350 mul
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New home sales continue to fall

19 September 2022
New home sales fell by 1.6% in August after the 13.1% decline seen in July. The HIA New Home Sales report – a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states – is a leading indicator of future detached home construction. Source: Timberbiz July and August
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Online petition won’t sway NSW Government on native logging

19 September 2022
The New South Wales Government will not put a stop to native forest logging despite an online petition with more than 20,000 signatures. Source: Timberbiz The petition, circulated by the Brooman State Forest Conservation Group, included called for an immediate pause to logging and the
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Petition to WA government to review science behind native forestry

16 September 2022
A petition urging the Western Australian parliament to properly explain the State Government’s decision to close the native forest timber industry is being circulated by the WA arm of WoodSolutions. Source: Timberbiz Timber Insight has launched the petition which even goes furth
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Friday Analysis: Native forestry closures ‘dictated by science’ but not supported by science

16 September 2022
Science – and the apparent lack of it – seems to continue to be something of a sticking point at the core of the decision by the governments of WA and Victoria to shut down the native timber industry. Source: Timberbiz In Victoria, despite numerous calls from both within Parliament an
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Timber workers turned into film stars by CFMEU

14 September 2022
Timber workers from the region have starred in a film promoting their jobs and communities. Source: Tumut and Adelong Times The film, produced by the CFMEU manufacturing division, was shown at Parliament House in August. The film features timber workers explaining the opportunities th
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Launceston building is first zero carbon footprint with mass timber

12 September 2022
Launceston’s $30 million, 28-metre-high timber building is set to become the most sustainable and carbon-positive office in Tasmania. Encompassing 500m2 of Cusp CLT, it also aims to be the first building to have a zero-carbon footprint, showing what’s possible in the built industry wh
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