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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

New government – new look at age old Kauri dieback

The New Zealand Government is to hold a review into the eight-year-old program to save the kauri, with the Minister of Forestry calling previous efforts “grossly substandard”. Source: The New Zealand Herald Kauri trees in Auckland, the Coromandel and Northland are dying fr
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Heyfield Mill cost Victorians $50M

Victorian taxpayers forked out more than $50 million to buy the Heyfield timber mill, it has emerged. Source: The Weekly Times The State Government paid $50.6 million to buy the Australian Sustainable Hardwood timber mill from the Hermal Group in September. The Government had remained
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Stakeholders air views on Kangaroo Island

Environmental Projects (EP) is the Adelaide-based company in charge of putting together the Environmental Impact Statement for our facility at Smith Bay. Source: Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers Recently, EP invited representatives of interested Kangaroo Island groups to a Stakehold
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Seeking your comments on an amendment to AS4707

Responsible Wood is seeking your comments on a proposed amendment to AS4707:2014.  AS4707 is the Australian adoption of the PEFC International Chain of Custody Standard. Source: Timberbiz In the adoption process, the word “Country” in the PEFC document was translated as “State” in AS4
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National Institute for Forest Products Innovation launched in Hobart

Tasmania’s status as a national leader in forestry practices and innovation has been cemented with the official launch of a new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation hub in Launceston. Source: Timberbiz The Institute is backed by $4 million funding from the Australian and
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Vale Ken Hall

People in the forestry and timber industry have been saddened at the sudden passing of Ken Hall, long-time harvest and haul contractor based in Scottsdale, Tasmania. Ken was 68. Source: Timberbiz He leaves his wife Karen; Manuel and Ange; Taneil and Luke; Candice and Justin; Denham; C
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Forestry key to Green Triangle economy and jobs – report

The forest industry’s economic contribution to the “Green Triangle” plantation region of south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia is significant – it directly generated $1.2 billion in sales last financial year and a total of $1.9 billion when flow-on effects in other indust
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Continued support for ERF

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the Government’s statements on the need for a balanced, flexible and technology-neutral national policy approach to meeting Australia’s long-term emissions reduction targets in its Climate Change Review. Source: Timberbiz “AFP
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Submissions invited to review NSW Regional Forest Agreements

The Australian and NSW Governments have invited public submissions on the Report on progress with implementation of the New South Wales Regional Forest Agreements: Second and third five‑yearly reviews July 2004 – June 2014. Source: Timberbiz The review outlines progress towards implem
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