Western Australia’s Opposition has slammed the McGowan Government for refusing to provide details around terms for paying $200,000 of taxpayers’ money to the Australian Workers Union. Source: Timberbiz Shadow Forestry Minister Steve Martin said the recent Auditor-General report outlin

Forestry Corporation regrets that it made an error during operations in Dampier State Forest 2019 and removed trees from an area that should have been protected around a disused mineshaft. Source: Timberbiz Forestry Corporation carries out pre-harvest surveys and searches and marks al

Dave Kelly, WA’s Minister for Forestry, has come up with a grab-bag of reasons to explain his decision to abandon an industry he is meant to champion. Each of his reasons come straight from the green activists’ playbook, rather than from scientists and the industry. CLAIM 1. Native fo

Extreme fire weather days have increased in Australia by 56% over the last four decades, according to new research from an international team of scientists, including CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. The results, published today, shows that the fire season length across Aus

After a lengthy consultation on the ban on combustible materials, the UK’S Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has ruled that structural timber is approved for use within the external walls of buildings between 11 and 18 metres. Source: Timberbiz The government recogni

In the pine-covered mountains of northern Italy is a school like no other – ENAIP Trentino (Ente Nazionale ACLI Istruzione Professionale or National Agency of Vocational Training). A boarding and day school for secondary students who are interested in pursuing careers relating t

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales announced pan-Commonwealth commitment to The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda. Source: Timberbiz Launched at the Malta CHOGM in 2015 with the vision of creating a pan-Comm

The Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDAs) finalists across 12 categories have been announced and Opal has been recognised as a finalist for three Opal produced products across four categories. Source: Timberbiz These categories are: Food Outside of the Box Labe