Following three deaths and two near-misses in forestry in the Gisborne and East Coast district in the past six months a Ruatoria man has called for action. Source: Gisborne Herald Advocate for the grieving families and workers Joe McClutchie is behind a meeting aimed at producing posi

New Zealand’s Timaru’s port looks set to benefit from an Australasian forestry management business branching out to a new operation in South Canterbury. Source: Stuff NZ PF Olsen has opened its newest regional office on Sefton St East in Timaru. The firm’s portfolio includ

The countdown to the Victorian Association of Forest Industries [VAFI] Annual Industry Dinner 2017, is on, with tickets for the event on sale now. Source: Timberbiz Tim Johnston, CEO of VAFI, said this year the dinner, being held on Friday 17 November, will be a great celebration of t

John Gay has emerged from the ignominy of insider trading to again become a player in Tasmania’s forest industry and in a new stoush over logging. Source: The Australian Four years ago, the former Gunns Ltd timber boss became the most senior Australian executive convicted of insider t

Australia’s 10 most dangerous professions claimed 170 lives in 2015, and many of the nation’s riskiest professions have stayed in the top 10 list for years. Source: Smart Company Comparison website Finder.com.au has tracked the professional sectors that reported the most fatalities an

OneFortyOne with its contractor partners in the OneSafe Group, are finalists in the 2017 Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) national Forest Industry Innovation Awards in the Innovation in Safety Category. Source: Timberbiz The OneSafe Group is a collective Green Triangle sa

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to provide funding for two farm forestry cooperatives that will assist small-scale timber growers to collaboratively promote, process and sell their sustainably grown wood products. Sou

A new national program to recognise professional businesses operating to high standards in the forest industry, was launched at an event in Launceston. Source: Timberbiz Speaking at the launch event, Diana Lloyd, General Manager of ForestWorks, said the Forestry Better Business offers

Together with a large industrial consortium, VTT Technical Research of Finland has launched a EUR 4.5 million project to speed up the development of fibre-based products as alternatives to oil-based materials like plastics. Source: Eureka Alert The project, funded partly by the Europe