Long-awaited bushfire recovery funding of $10.4 million will prove vital for Indi-based timber processing companies to innovate and protect jobs, according to Indi MP Helen Haines. Source: Timberbiz Dr Haines said Wangaratta’s Alpine MDF, Benalla firms D&R Henderson and Ryan &

Regional polling results have revealed that more than 80% of South West voters want the WA Government to do more to support and grow local timber industry jobs and decrease a reliance on timber imports. Source: Timberbiz The uComms poll, conducted during mid-January 2021, surveyed mor

Softwood Working Group chairman Peter Crowe has received the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honours for his service to the softwood plantation industry. Source: Timberbiz Mr Crowe has worked in the forest industries since 1959 when he joined the then NSW Forestry Commis

Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers director Dr Lachlan McCaw was awarded the prestigious Australian Fire Service Medal as part of the Australia Day Honours. Source: Timberbiz Dr McCaw received the medal, which recognises distinguished service by members

Tasmanian MP Julie Collins has been appointed Shadow Agriculture Minister in a reshuffle of Labor’s front bench. Ms Collins was taken from the aged services portfolio to agriculture which includes the forestry portfolio. Source: Timberbiz She replaces Ed Husic who was appointed in Nov

Recent findings from a bushfire recovery project report should not provide anything new to experienced forest scientists and land managers. One exception is the changing language. For example, the “epicormic buds” under the eucalypt bark, are now referred to as “reco

South Australia had the first real bushfire of the season at the weekend. Sadly, homes and buildings were lost. Trees were lost. But it was short, sharp and brought under effective control through the efforts of Forestry SA, the CFS, crews from the Department of Environment and Water,

Spaces are filling fast for a workshop being held in Te Kūiti on the North Island of New Zealand in February on integrating trees and forests into the farm business. The first of the two workshops was held in Karāpiro last November, with some farmers missing out because all spaces fil

MIT researchers have proposed a method to grow plant-based materials, like wood and fibre, and have demonstrated the concept by growing a culture of wood-like cells from zinnia leaves. Source: Timberbiz It takes a lot to make a wooden table. Grow a tree, cut it down, transport it, mil