Forest industry scholarships for women are being offered by the Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network and the Tasmanian Government under the Board Diversity Government Scholarship Program. Source: Timberbiz Women are currently under-represented on industry-based boards in a nu

An Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) report released recently highlights continued growth in Australia’s forestry sector thanks to strong export performance. Source: Timberbiz ABARES acting Executive Director, Peter Gooday, said Australian

Hundegger Australasia has announced the appointment of Benedikt (Ben) Buerschgens to the position of regional manager – New Zealand. The expansion of Hundegger machinery in Australia and New Zealand over the past 18 months, including the frame and truss segment, prefabrication, glulam

VicForests has started public consultation on draft Timber Release Plan and Timber Utilisation Plan amendments. Stakeholder feedback on proposed harvest areas is an important part of VicForests’ planning process. Source: Timberbiz VicForests chief executive Monique Dawson said that th

More information has come out about the funding allocated to cover the cost of exiting from the logging of native forests. After the Andrews Government announced the closure it was discovered that funding of $120 million needs to be spent in order for the industry to be closed down. S

At the protest rally held in Melbourne on Tuesday 26 November outside Parliament House, the leader of the Victorian opposition, Michael O’Brien, stated that he would instigate an inquiry into the closing down of the native forestry industry in Victoria. The proposed Legislative Counci

  Victoria’s opposition leader, Michael O’Brien speaking at the first of what may be many such protests, stated that he would put the facts on the table about native forestry in Victoria and his party would push for an upper house inquiry in 2020. The proposed Legislative Council

Responsible Wood director Australian Mark Thomson was invited to present to the 2019 Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) annual conference in Virginia, USA. Source: Timberbiz Mr Thomson said that the first sign of a unique conference experience appeared, when he checked into the con

PEFC Week in November has grown as one of the most important annual public dialogues on the future of forest certification and sustainable forest management: the PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue. This year the PEFC general assembly welcomed its 52nd and 53rd national members Ukraine and Guya