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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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BDAA national annual design conference

12 September 2022
The Building Designers Association of Australia (BDAA) National Annual Design Conference is something of an Australian landmark, a celebration of the nation’s top building designers, a place to learn, network, present ideas, see the latest and greatest examples of Australian bui
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NSW firefighters trained in pre-season

12 September 2022
Firefighters from across Mid north coast and Hunter were put through their paces, being trained and tested at one of Forestry Corporation of NSW’s pre-season fire days in Coopernook State Forest. Source: Timberbiz The training is part of a wider program to bolstering the organisation’
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Farmer of the Year says farm forestry was a saving grace

12 September 2022
Australia’s forest industries have congratulated newly crowned Farmer of the Year Michael Taylor and welcomed his comments heralding farm forestry as a ‘saving grace’ during three droughts on his property in the NSW New England district. Source: Timberbiz Mr Taylor, a sixth-generation
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Forest Industries Gala Dinner cancelled

12 September 2022
Wednesday’s Forest Industries Gala Dinner in Canberra has been cancelled. It follows the death late last week of Queen Elizabeth II and the Federal Government’s decision to officially suspend Parliament this week. Source: Timberbiz The dinner was to have been held in the G
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Siviculture contractor introduces fully mechanised planting in Victoria

09 September 2022
Automatic precision forestry equipment, which plants and records data for every tree planted – machinery believed to be a first for Australia – has been used to create a pine plantation at Carboor.  Source: Wangaratta Chronicle Local vegetation and specialty silviculture c
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Federal gov’t gets it wrong on biomass

09 September 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has urged the Federal Government to heed the international scientific consensus and advice from the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change that sustainably sourced forest biomass is a renewable energy feedstock, following Tuesd
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Timber shortages easing in Australia

09 September 2022
Elevated imported timber prices, which more than doubled during the pandemic to add severe cost pressure on builders and homeowners, have begun to ease, with supplies now also more plentiful and alleviating recent shortages of the building material. Source: The Advertiser Australia’s
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