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Firewood collection open in Victoria

29 August 2022
Firewood collectors in the Greater Melbourne area are now able to top up their stores of wood with the opening of the spring Firewood Collection Season on Thursday. Ten firewood collection areas will be opened to communities in state forest east of Melbourne, with the sites holding lo
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RDO Vermeer Techs of the Year

29 August 2022
Vermeer Australia celebrated the winners of their inaugural RDO Vermeer Technician Awards on Friday night, recognising the achievements of service and parts technicians throughout their wide-reaching dealer network. Source: Timberbiz Justin Spinks took out Service Technician of the Ye
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Greg McCormack reflects on his time as chair of AFPA

26 August 2022
Last Wednesday Timberbiz broke the news that Australian forest industries leader Greg McCormack will step down as chair of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) on 14 September 2022 and will retire from the board at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in November. Source: Tim
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Opinion: Nick Steel – underwhelming self-indulgent protests do not contribute to change

26 August 2022
  You may have recently seen the “Blockade Australia” protests in Sydney. The defining moment being the live social media stream of a young woman who drove to the entrance of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, stopped her car in the middle of the road and locked herself to the steering w
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ASH receives $1.2M for hardwood plant just when timber supply is limited

26 August 2022
Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) at Heyfield has received a $1.2 million state government grant to expand its plantation timber manufacturing operation. The new funding will help build a new $2.4 million specialised MASSLAM (Glue Laminated Timber) production line with timber sou
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Sawn softwood imports up almost 60%

24 August 2022
Australia’s imports of sawn softwood rose 58.8% in 2021-22 compared with the prior financial year. Imports are almost entirely structural grades and rose to a little over 964,000 m3 for the full year. Source: IndustryEdge Interrogation of the latest data on IndustryEdge’s Wood Market
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A suite solution from the Timber Framing Collective

24 August 2022
The Timber Framing Collective is introducing a suite of easy-to-use creative resources to help share the remarkable green story of Timber Framing – The Ultimate Renewable – one of the only building materials that’s 100% renewable and sustainable, with each timber framed house roughly
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AFPA’s Greg McCormack to step down and Diana Gibbs to step in

24 August 2022
Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) chair, Greg McCormack, is stepping down from the role after 11 years. He will be replaced by AFPA director Diana Gibbs who was unanimously endorsed by the AFPA directors. Source: Timberbiz An agro-economist, Ms Gibbs, has served on the AFP
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Swifts Creek 14th in line for financial support from Vic Government

24 August 2022
Swifts Creek is Victoria’s 14th town to be given financial support by the State Government as the timber industry transitions away from native forests to a sustainable plantation-based future. Source: Timberbiz Agriculture Minister Gayle Tierney today announced that Swifts Creek in fa
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Singapore University develops invisible fireproof coating for wood

22 August 2022
An invisible coating that can make wood “fireproof” has been invented by scientists at NTU Singapore. With the popularity of mass engineered timber growing in the construction industry, one of the biggest challenges for wood is its flammability. When untreated, wood or timber can burn
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