| Date |
Story |
| 20 Dec 2002 | Tree Seed Centre drives revegetation
From ABC Online News 'Public Record' site and ABC Landline program |
| 20 Dec 2002 | Saltshaker project helping re-vegetate Australia
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| 20 Dec 2002 | International seminar to highlight investment opportunities
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| 20 Dec 2002 | New Pilot Plant tipped to strengthen MDF research
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| 20 Dec 2002 | Old-growth harvesting is sustainable – Tas MP
Story from the Hobart Mercury (Martine Haley) |
| 20 Dec 2002 | Socially responsible investment dubbed a farce
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| 20 Dec 2002 | Political fires raging over fire policies
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| 05 Dec 2002 | Forest Certification Council to grow by a third
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| 05 Dec 2002 | FSC slammed for internal conflicts and misleading consumers
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| 05 Dec 2002 | Garbutt held forest report until after election
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| 05 Dec 2002 | Victorian election landslide to Labor Government
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| 05 Dec 2002 | Union Split on Support for the Greens
(From the Melbourne Age, journalist Paul Robinson) |
| 05 Dec 2002 | Water Yields and Water Rights
By Phil Townsend, Deputy Executive Director, NAFI |
| 04 Dec 2002 | Conservation Volunteers Australia
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| 04 Dec 2002 | Choice of trees can save homes from bushfires
From The Land Newspaper (Penny Reynolds) |
| 30 Nov 2002 | Saving the Pilliga forests
J Morrisey of the Pilliga Land Users Group summarises the threat of NSW Government closure of the Pilliga forest. |
| 27 Nov 2002 | Timber Communities hit the hustings
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| 27 Nov 2002 | Clever policy tactics by the Greens in Victoria
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| 27 Nov 2002 | Liberal policy supports RFAs and sustainability
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| 27 Nov 2002 | Victorian Government policies weak on forestry
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| 27 Nov 2002 | ALP and Unions in serious policy split
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| 27 Nov 2002 | Government’s Obligations under Forest Agreements
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| 27 Nov 2002 | Industry disappointed at Government backflips
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| 27 Nov 2002 | Goolongook, Otways industry
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| 27 Nov 2002 | Victoria goes to the Polls
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| 26 Nov 2002 | Forest certification trends
(From the hardwoodmarkets.com website.) |
| 26 Nov 2002 | FSC facing challenges worldwide
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| 26 Nov 2002 | Greenpeace’s latest study opposes fossil fuel substitution
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| 26 Nov 2002 | Carr Government asserts support for forest industry
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| 26 Nov 2002 | Sixty Minutes questions "the Great Green Lie"
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| 26 Nov 2002 | Forestry Conference brings industry together
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| 20 Nov 2002 | ACT Forests recognised by PM’s Awards
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| 04 Nov 2002 | National Infrastructure Planning and Funding Framework
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| 30 Oct 2002 | The Environmental Paradox
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| 30 Oct 2002 | China-CSIRO links strengthened
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| 30 Oct 2002 | Paper products and the wood trade deficit
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| 30 Oct 2002 | Sustainable forest industry helping to drought-proof western communities
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| 30 Oct 2002 | Federal by-election won by Greens
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| 21 Oct 2002 | Australian Forestry Standard - questions and answers
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| 16 Oct 2002 | Draft laws to improve heavy vehicle compliance
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| 16 Oct 2002 | New safety standards to protect forest workers
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| 16 Oct 2002 | Goonoo Group determined to protect jobs, income and forest
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| 16 Oct 2002 | Latest website from the National Timber Development Program
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| 16 Oct 2002 | New Farm Forestry information line
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| 16 Oct 2002 | Bushfire report shows timber not the danger
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| 16 Oct 2002 | Forest sustainability standard endorsed by Governments
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| 26 Sep 2002 | Southern NSW sawmilling vulnerable to State Government decisions
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| 26 Sep 2002 | Forest growers’ kit solves greenhouse puzzles
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| 26 Sep 2002 | Wood preferred for post- disaster reconstruction
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| 26 Sep 2002 | $6 million boost for NSW native timber industry
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| 26 Sep 2002 | Interest group politics blocks green fuel initiatives
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| 26 Sep 2002 | Victorians call for new legislation
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| 26 Sep 2002 | Silicon project should go ahead
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| 06 Sep 2002 | Raising consumer confidence in NSW hardwood
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| 06 Sep 2002 | Australian youth makes rehabilitation breakthrough
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| 06 Sep 2002 | Work completed on the Australian Forestry Standard
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| 06 Sep 2002 | Greenhouse estimates underline the need for more forests
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| 05 Aug 2002 | WA Government fails wood allocation test
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| 01 Aug 2002 | New MDF pilot plant trails a big success
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| 01 Aug 2002 | Gunns ‘going great’
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| 01 Aug 2002 | Koalas choose managed forest over national park
The following story about Mr Glen Shailer - whose forest near Brisbane has become a magnet for koalas and is also a powerful demonstration of the value of good forest management - was broadcast and published ABC Rural News’s Bush Telegraph (see www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph). |
| 01 Aug 2002 | Election analysis
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| 01 Aug 2002 | Big political fortunes won and lost in Tasmanian poll
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| 16 Jul 2002 | G-8 and China’s timber and wood products imports could be illegal
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| 16 Jul 2002 | Resource security legislation making slow progress
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| 16 Jul 2002 | Northern NSW faces wood supply crisis
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| 16 Jul 2002 | Fears for NSW Regional Agreements
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| 16 Jul 2002 | Continuing damage as compensation packages unfold in two states
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| 16 Jul 2002 | New study shows disadvantages facing forestry communities
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| 06 Jul 2002 | New greenhouse carbon standard published
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| 28 Jun 2002 | National statistics give a sense of scale about our forests
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| 28 Jun 2002 | International forestry show scheduled for 2004
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| 28 Jun 2002 | Carbon sequestration project launched in Qld
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| 28 Jun 2002 | Ironbark fencing industry facing new threats
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| 28 Jun 2002 | West Australian sawmills could close
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| 28 Jun 2002 | Greenpeace attacks Australian industry
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| 28 Jun 2002 | Recent consumption data shows a stable demand
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| 28 Jun 2002 | Tasmania goes to the polls
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| 14 Jun 2002 | Will the Victorian crisis spread to NSW
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| 14 Jun 2002 | Green groups attack Olney forest operations
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| 14 Jun 2002 | Parliamentary debate on resource security begins
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| 14 Jun 2002 | Victorian ALP forces their Government to protect forestry
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| 17 May 2002 | 5th Birthday for the ANU Forestry Report
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| 17 May 2002 | ALP Conference asked to close down local forestry industries
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| 17 May 2002 | Wood processing facility for Southeast NSW
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| 17 May 2002 | New Dismal Swamp Visitor Centre and Maze
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| 17 May 2002 | Ten Days on the Island Sponsorship row
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| 17 May 2002 | Forestry certification progress
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| 17 May 2002 | Styx Valley a model working forest
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| 17 May 2002 | Positive Outlook for Australia’s Forest and Timber Industry
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| 17 May 2002 | RFA support legislation takes effect at last
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| 16 May 2002 | The end of ‘Fort Goolongook’
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| 06 Mar 2002 | Fertile Soils for Radicals
Dr Patmore's doctorate in political science examines the effects of Green/ conservationist ideology |
| 05 Mar 2002 | Timber Scheme Fails Workers, Says Union
Australian Workers Union say statistics show fewer than half those displaced had found full-time work |
| 01 Mar 2002 | Loggers Plan to Beef up Security
Meeting of Tasmanian forestry industry representatives pledge to tighten security in state's forests |
| 01 Mar 2002 | Jarrah Job Losses Put at 500
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| 26 Feb 2002 | $3M Damage
Logging equipment - mainly excavators - were trashed and torched and logs burned by weekend vandals |
| 26 Feb 2002 | Timber Industry to Carve New Niches as Hardwood Supplies are Uprooted
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| 26 Feb 2002 | Chipman Foresees Manned Gates
Possibility for 24 hour manned gates on forests where timber is being harvested |
| 26 Feb 2002 | Omodei Ejected after Gallop Gibe
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| 23 Feb 2002 | Certification
To retain ISO accreditation Forestry Tasmania must regularly demonstrate continuous improvement in environmental management. |
| 22 Feb 2002 | Bracks Saddened by Timber Job Loss
Industry appalled by revised figures |
| 22 Feb 2002 | Mill Towns Brace for Slow Death
"You have to look at the bigger picture-there's the engineer, the lady who makes sandwiches across the road....there's a flow-on effect" |
| 19 Feb 2002 | Cabinet to Set Timber Quotas
Timber allocations for WA logging industry expected to be announced within weeks - decision expected by State Cabinet today |
| 19 Feb 2002 | Charcoal Plant Should Go to Bombala, Says Opposition
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| 16 Feb 2002 | Probe Call Delays Forest Bill
Minor parties extend debate on forest Bill |
| 15 Feb 2002 | Log Firms Take No-Waste Pledge
Timber industry charter for Tasmania's forestry companies |
| 14 Feb 2002 | Government Bid to Rush RFA Law
Federal Government will try to push RFA legislation through Parliament this week |
| 14 Feb 2002 | Let City Smoke: Fire Lobby
Lack of burn-offs fuelling wildfire risk, say WA community action group |
| 09 Feb 2002 | Valley Protest Expands
Weld Valley protest appears to have failed |
| 09 Feb 2002 | Letters to the Editor
"Supporting the timber industry maintains thousands of jobs in the state, and provides a livelihood for families throughout Tasmania" |
| 05 Feb 2002 | Tree-Top Demo Halts Progress on Forest Road
Work on access road in Weld Valley disrupted |
| 05 Feb 2002 | This Little Tree Can Help Save the Murray
Hybrid tree, Saltgrow, may hold key to the Murray River's salinity problem |
| 02 Feb 2002 | Protesters Driven to Take Official Steps
Grandstanding by protesters causes damage to Environment Minister Sherryl Garbutt's office and injury to a security guard |
| 01 Feb 2002 | Peace Deal Over Logging of Otways
State Government deal struck with protesters |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Eye-In-Sky Aid for Bushfires Battle
Satellite imagery used to track fires from space |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Letter from Senator the Hon. Ian Macdonald
Minsiter for Forestry and Conservation |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Letter from Senator the Hon. Ian Macdonald
Minister for Forestry and Conservation |
| 29 Jan 2002 | Timber Work Now Much Safer
"The current system involves everyone looking after each other" |
| 29 Jan 2002 | Failed Management
"It is quite obvious that management of reserves is failing"
Jill Lewis, Timber Communities Australia |
| 25 Jan 2002 | Forest Vandals Burn Loggers Out of Work
Vandals struck overnight and left a damage bill in excess of $750,000 |
| 25 Jan 2002 | Gunns Vows to Lop Chip Dependency
Gunns committed to increase value-adding &
Forestry and Conservation Minister, Ian Macdonald, holding to commitment to promote RFA Bill |
| 24 Jan 2002 | Loggers Urge State to Tackle Blockade
Timber workers call for laws to stop protesters interfering with logging |
| 23 Jan 2002 | Untitled
Forest practice will protect and nurture working forests |
| 21 Jan 2002 | Union Lashes Greens' Forest Fortress
Members of the public would be appalled to learn that donations to the Wilderness Society are used to jeopardise the lives of protesters, police and workers |
| 20 Jan 2002 | Carr’s energy policy fuels forest fires
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| 19 Jan 2002 | Forest Tours
Tasmanian forest industry tour misunderstood and misrepresented by Southern Forest Alliance |
| 17 Jan 2002 | Hot Topic Forest Tours
'Over the years I have seen how well our forest grows back' |
| 15 Jan 2002 | Forest Tours to Woo Public State's Logging Industry Opens Up to Show How it Works
Forestry Tasmania to host free tours of its logging operations |
