A massive industry labour shortage in the region has hit a local business hard with Alpine Truss in Wangaratta willing to put on up to 30 good workers but they can‘t fill the positions. Source: Wangaratta Chronicle The business hasn‘t been busier in its 20 years of operation, even wit

Environmental campaigners have accused the UK advertising watchdog of bias for overturning a draft ruling that banned adverts for a mud-splattered Land Rover Defender offroader after previously saying it encouraged “socially irresponsible” driving that could “cause damage to vulnerabl

The United States will almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber from most producers to 17.9%. The current rate for most companies is about 9%. Sources: Timberbiz Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, i

European softwood logs were practically non-existent at Chinese ports five years ago. However, a combination of a never-ending hunger for more wood in the country, reductions in shipments from previously significant trading partners, and an oversupply of timber in Europe have altered

Timberland Pacific’s Tammy Auld has been elected chairman of the South Australian Forest Products Association following the retirement of Inaugural Chair, Keith Lamb. Mr Lamb hailed the significance of this appointment as a demonstration of the strength of the organisation and its imp

An additional 12,000 tonnes of structural pine will be made available over the next three months for the Western Australian timber manufacturing industry and the State’s building and construction sector. Source: Timberbiz The WA State Government’s WA Recovery Plan has supp

Claims on the ABC that Melbourne’s drinking water is at risk from “illegal logging” near water catchments have been labelled “disgraceful and grossly exaggerated” by the State Opposition and denied by VicForests and the State Government. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The ABC re

Approximately 40 workers from the Dormit mill in Dandenong will be stood down this week after the mill ran out of wood, despite a Victorian Government guarantee of log supply to 2024.  Source: Timberbiz The timber crisis has also hit the supply of pallets used by Coles, Woolworths, IG