| Date |
Story |
| 22 Dec 2003 | Timber ruling bad for the environment
A proposed timber treatment ruling is wrong for the public and the environment, say manufacturers of decay-resistant timber |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Queensland forestry gets a boost
Queensland's forestry industry received a major boost when CSIRO declared its commitment to supporting long-term collaborative research efforts designed to substantially lift hardwood production in the south east of the state. |
| 12 Dec 2003 | Changes proposed for timber drying standards
Scientists investigating the accuracy of hand-held electrical moisture meters used in drying hardwoods have recommended changes to the Australian Standards governing timber drying |
| 10 Dec 2003 | Forest fire researchers win medal
CSIRO’s Bushfire Behaviour and Management team has won a CSIRO Medal for its success in identifying new determinants of bushfire behaviour |
| 10 Dec 2003 | State authorities fuelling bushfire dangers
The federal forestry Minister says State forestry authorities must follow the lead of their international counterparts and take action to prevent another string of bushfires this season |
| 09 Dec 2003 | New Forestry Shadow Minister
New Opposition Leader Mark Latham has reshuffled his front bench, bringing Hunter region MP Joel Fitzgibbon into the role of shadow forestry minister. |
| 09 Dec 2003 | CSIRO plays major role in bushfire science
CSIRO’s Forestry division will play a major role in the work of the new Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre |
| 08 Dec 2003 | Minister warns Latham on forests policy
Australian Forestry and Conservation Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has warned new Labor Party Leader Mark Latham not to fall for the campaign of misinformation regarding old growth forests being perpetrated by the Green movement |
| 03 Dec 2003 | Timber firms in Australian top 50
Two timber companies have rated in the top 50 best performing companies in Australia for the past year |
| 02 Dec 2003 | Environmental auditor accredited to conduct AFS assessments
An experienced environmental certifier has become the first organization to be accredited to conduct AFS sustainable forest management certifications |
| 02 Dec 2003 | A future forest vision
Greg McCormack presents an optimistic vision of a sustainable Australian forest industry free of politics, leading the environmental debate and providing plentiful economic returns |
| 24 Nov 2003 | Timber leaders meet to discuss environmental solutions
Forest industry business leaders from around Australia are meeting in Canberra today to discuss options for major 'commercial-environmental' investment projects |
| 24 Nov 2003 | NZ Govt cops flak over sawmill
The proposed closure of Carter Holt Harvey’s sawmill and manufacturing plant in Tokoroa has produced a new wave of protests against the economic policies of the New Zealand Government, with accusations it sees business as a necessary evil at best. |
| 21 Nov 2003 | Fire expert wins Forestry Award
A CSIRO forest fire expert has won the highest award offered by the Institute of Foresters of Australia |
| 20 Nov 2003 | Minister: Greens wrong on Tasmanian agreement
Comments by two green groups criticising the Regional Forestry Agreement process in Tasmania are false, according to the federal Minister |
| 18 Nov 2003 | No ‘Set And Forget’ On Bushfires Vindicates Forest Industry
Victoria's forest industry says it feels vindicated by the Federal Parliament inquiry's report into last summer’s bushfire |
| 15 Nov 2003 | NSW forest community partnership to move to next stage
The community partners in the NSW central coast’s local 'Ourimbah Protocol' have announced plans to move on to the next stage |
| 14 Nov 2003 | State of the art environmental management agency
Dr Denis Alder, Chief Scientist, Research and Development Division, of Forestry Tasmania wrote in today’s Hobart Mercury that "having worked in more than 30 countries around the world during my career as a forest scientist, I find Forestry Tasmania a truly state of the art environmental management agency." |
| 13 Nov 2003 | A register of burn-offs called for
The NSW Farmers' Association this week called for an independent public register of fuel loads and hazard-reduction schemes on public land. |
| 13 Nov 2003 | Call for Trans-Tasman Forestry Leadership - NZFIC
The New Zealand Forest Industries Council (NZFIC) has called for greater trans-Tasman cooperation on trade issues and market development. |
| 13 Nov 2003 | Albury To Host 2004 Forest Expo
Albury-Wodonga will host the premier forest expo in the southern hemisphere, AusTimber 2004, bringing up to 12,000 visitors to the border cities |
| 06 Nov 2003 | Victorians greet fire report
Victoria’s forest industry says it feels vindicated by the Federal Parliament inquiry’s report into last summer’s bushfires |
| 06 Nov 2003 | National bipartisanship in Bushfires report
This week's national reoport on Bushfires revealed a strong bipartisan view that more needs to be done to protect forests from bushfire devastation |
| 06 Nov 2003 | Forest guidance for farmers
The Australian Government is highlighting a number of publications which could help farmers enter the forestry industry |
| 05 Nov 2003 | Bushfires report tabled in federal Parliament
The Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires has tabled the report of its seven-month inquiry into last summer’s bushfires |
| 05 Nov 2003 | Premier Carr: timber plantations needed for coal industry
NSW Premier says coal export industry must embrace greenhouse gas "offsets" to do business and timber plantations were one of the most viable options. |
| 05 Nov 2003 | Bushfire report card a call for action
Forestry Minister Senator Ian Macdonald says State and Territory governments should begin taking precautions for the upcoming bushfire season |
| 02 Nov 2003 | Record forest areas established in Tasmania
Forestry Tasmania has reported a record year of forest establishment in 2003 |
| 01 Nov 2003 | New Managing Director for NSW State Forests
Mr Peter Duncan has been appointed as the new manager of NSW State Forests |
| 31 Oct 2003 | Timber and termites – the good news
A new technical report on building with timber discusses the issues surrounding termites |
| 30 Oct 2003 | Auditor-general identifies timber contractors badly treated
The Liberal opposition in Victoria claims that the State Auditor-General has confirmed that timber contractors have been badly treated by the Victorian Government’s controversial Our Forests Our Future program |
| 30 Oct 2003 | Future Forests & Timber Conference 2003
Future Forests & Timber 2003 will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney from 9-11 November. Late registrations are still being accepted, but time is running out. |
| 29 Oct 2003 | Building practices key as China welcomes NZ pine
New Zealand radiata pine is to be recognised in Chinese building standards due to be finalised by the end of the year |
| 28 Oct 2003 | Fund chases cash to grow money on trees
New private equity fund Plantation TimberBank Australia is seeking to raise up to $30 million to invest in timber plantations and associated industry, initially around southwest Victoria and into South Australia |
| 28 Oct 2003 | China to recognise radiata pine in building code
China is on the path to recognising New Zealand's main exported timber, radiata pine in its building codes, the New Zealand Forest Industries Council says |
| 28 Oct 2003 | China outlines plan to curb desertification
China is expected to increase its forest coverage by 1.7 million hectares by planting 9.3 million hectares of trees |
| 27 Oct 2003 | Tasmanian MP sees red in protester ‘theatrics’
A Tasmanian State Government MP has slammed a Wilderness Society event for which scarves were knitted for trees, saying it reflected the old politics of protest, conflict and division |
| 27 Oct 2003 | Chinese forestry sector to open further
China's forestry industry will open further to the outside world to meet growing demand, a top Chinese forestry official said yesterday |
| 25 Oct 2003 | Shock over private land timber penalty
A tree-feller in Western Australia faces up to $56,000 in fines because he sold wood taken from his own property |
| 23 Oct 2003 | Forests and Timber Conference Muscling in on the Rugby World Cup
The Future Forests & Timber 2003 Conference has muscled in on the Rugby World Cup and will be holding the conference dinner in the Overseas Passenger Terminal, the home of the Rugby World Cup Business Cup |
| 23 Oct 2003 | Minister urges Australian forest industry to take advantage of emerging technologies
Speaking at the CSIRO Forest Products Conference yesterday (October 22 at Rydges Hotel in Melbourne), Australian Forestry Minister Senator Ian Macdonald urged the Australian forest industry to become world leaders by taking advantage of emerging technologies and combining them with our natural timber assets. |
| 23 Oct 2003 | More Tasmanian Forests Protected
An additional 25,000 hectares of Tasmania's forests will be protected following the announcement that a further 26 landholders have signed conservation covenants under the Australian Government's $30 million Private Forest Reserve Program |
| 22 Oct 2003 | State Forests Fire Fighters Assembling In NE NSW
As always, the Australian bushfire season begins in north-east NSW. State Forests staff – central to firefighting efforts – are being flown in to the region, where fires have already been burning for several weeks |
| 22 Oct 2003 | Timber Must Build On Construction Opportunities
Australian Forestry Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has warned timber industry representatives they must be prepared to embrace change or risk being phased-out of the construction industry |
| 16 Oct 2003 | New Manual For Eucalypt Pests and Diseases
The Australian Government has published a manual on pest and disease assesment in young eucalypt plantations |
| 15 Oct 2003 | NAFI executive director at 12th World Forestry Congress
The Executive Director of the National Association of Forest Industries, Kate Carnell, gave an address entitled "Forestry and Certification: An Overview of the Australian Experience" at the 12th World Forestry Congress held in Quebec last month. |
| 10 Oct 2003 | Conservation agency leader says goodbye to "reactive ideology"
Executive director of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Brain Gilligan, has announced his retirement. He said that during his time he had been involved in "more arguments with people from the environment movement than anyone else." |
| 10 Oct 2003 | Timber Community Spokesman says New National Parks Means 15 Less Sawmills
Grassroots group Timber Communities Australia says that a pre-election promise by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr to create 15 new national parks on the North Coast of NSW could result in the closure of 15 existing sawmills |
| 09 Oct 2003 | Ecolabelling Conference to Discuss Forestry Standards
A conference to be held in Canberra this week will examine the state of environmental and social certification schemes, including the growing use of forest management certifications |
| 09 Oct 2003 | Timber Salvage Mismanaged: Liberal
The Victorian State Government’s arrangements to implement salvage of trees burnt in last summer’s bushfires are far too slow and the opportunity may be lost, says the Liberal Spokesperson for Forestry, Graeme Stoney |
| 06 Oct 2003 | Green Claims About Old-Growth False
Green claims that by the year 2010 there will be no old-growth forest left couldn't be further from truth, according to a Tasmanian resident |
| 05 Oct 2003 | Time To Bury The Forestry Hatchet in Tasmania
One aspect of Tasmania's never ending forestry debate is its failure to countenance the costs and benefits that flow from the joint production of tourism and forestry services, according to a leading business commentator |
| 05 Oct 2003 | Integrated Approach Needed To Hose Down Bushfire Dangers
Australian Forestry and Conservation Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has told a bushfire management conference of the need for international input into the improvement of the management of bushland to minimise the impact of wildland fires |
| 03 Oct 2003 | The Skeptical Environmentalist visits Australia
Bjørn Lomborg, an associate professor of statistics in the Department of Politital Science at the University of Aarhus, has visited Australia. He spoke at a number of venues including the National Press Club in Canberra |
| 01 Oct 2003 | WA Environment Agency Endorses Forest Management Plan
The WA Environmental Protection Authority has endorsed the recommendations made by the Government’s Conservation Commission on the State’s proposed Forest Management Plan. |
| 01 Oct 2003 | Federal Minister Attacks WA Forestry Budget Blowout
The Australian Forestry and Conservation Minister, Senator Ian Macdonald, says a $30 million budget blowout shows the Western Australian Government has gone off the rails in its management of the timber industry |
| 29 Sep 2003 | New Report Examines Reform of Forest and Wood Industries
A new report on the future of the nation’s forest and wood products industry has been released by the national Forest and Wood Products Council |
| 26 Sep 2003 | Research Corporation Chairman Re-appointed
The Chairman of Australia’s Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation (FWPRDC) Board, Mr Thorry Gunnersen AM, has been reappointed for a second three-year term |
| 26 Sep 2003 | Australian And Chinese Forest Industry Associations Establish Close Links
The National Association of Forest Industries has established links with the forest industries of one of China’s most significant regions – the coastal province of Fujian – opening up access to around 80% of forest industry companies in China |
| 25 Sep 2003 | Greens Dissappointed With Environment Agency's Sustainability Finding
Federal Forestry and Conservation Minister, Senator Ian Macdonald, has described radical conservationists as "ill informed" and a threat to the WA economy after they attacked the WA Environmental Protection Agency's forest management review |
| 25 Sep 2003 | The Effects of Plantations on River Flows
Research compiled by plantation experts shows that in the right conditions, the large environmental and commercial benefits of plantations can be secured with very little effect on river flows |
| 24 Sep 2003 | New Bioenergy Atlas Available on Internet
The online "Bioenergy Atlas" displaying an impressive range of information about land use and bioenergy has been released on website of Australia's Bureau of Rural Sciences |
| 24 Sep 2003 | Bjorn Lomborg's Australian Visit Sparks Environmental Debate
Professor Bjorn Lomborg, the Danish Author of The Skeptical
Environmentalist, is to visit Australia next week. His opinions have sparked angry reactions from others in the environment movement who strongly dispute his findings |
| 23 Sep 2003 | Regional Forest Agreements: The Risk Of Tampering
Victoria's Sustainable Timber Industry Coalition says that the Australia Regional Forest Agreements are world's best practice and lead to a classic win-win result for better forest management |
| 22 Sep 2003 | Australian Industry Chief to Address International Certification Conference
NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell will address a sustainable forest management certification Conference in Quebec, Canada this week. The Conference is expected to focus on SFM certification developments in Asia |
| 22 Sep 2003 | Bushfires Already Burning NE New South Wales
The bushfire season is already well underway in northern NSW, with NSW State Forests fighting bushfire outbreaks from Bulahdelah north to the Queensland border |
| 19 Sep 2003 | New Image To Help Wood Crack Marketing Dollars
A consultant’s report has showcased the potential for the forest industry to unite in conducting industry-wide research, marketing and promotion |
| 19 Sep 2003 | Forest Science Student Wins International Fellowship
A Melbourne-based forest science student has won one of four fellowships offered annually to graduates of timber and forestry courses by a major European forest organisation |
| 19 Sep 2003 | Forestry Helps Australia Moves Closer to Kyoto Target
The Australian Government says that Australia's greenhouse emissions are on track to achieve its Kyoto target, and the positive role played by the forestry industry is reducing the nation’s carbon emissions by over 2% |
| 18 Sep 2003 | Healthy State of the Forests
The 5-yearly national State of the Forests report released today shows that Australia's forests were growing, productive, and had protected the biodiversity of animal life, according to NAFI |
| 17 Sep 2003 | Report Unearths New Facts On Australia's Forests
The Australian Government Minister for Forestry, Senator Ian Macdonald, has released the 5-yearly State of the Forests Report, produced by the Government to meet international reporting standards |
| 15 Sep 2003 | Conference Aims to Address Environmental Future for Forests
The Future Forests and Timber Conference in Sydney in November will highlight the problems many governments face in managing the political pressure foisted on them by the 'green' movement. The constant barage of ideological demands often drowns out sensible environmental policy |
| 15 Sep 2003 | NSW to Sell Off Its Timber Plantations
After eight years of ideological opposition, the NSW Government has now decided to sell its interests in the state's large plantation holdings, writes industry analyst John Halkett |
| 12 Sep 2003 | Million-dollar Boost for Private Forestry
The Federal Government says that private forestry across Australia can achieve new growth as part of a $1.235 million boost from the Natural Heritage Trust |
| 10 Sep 2003 | Controversial Danish Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg to visit Australia
Professor Lomborg’s tour is certain to reignite a number of environmental controversies. His research has concluded that many of the doomsday scenarios painted by environment groups don’t stand up under scientific scrutiny |
| 09 Sep 2003 | Conference to Examine Progress of Ecolabelling Programs
A conference to be held in Canberra in October will examine the state of environmental and social certification schemes, including the growing use of forest management certifications |
| 08 Sep 2003 | WA Government Supports Environmental Potential of Wood Crops
The WA Government is giving valuable support to the development of wood crops for environmental products and services, according to NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell |
| 08 Sep 2003 | Major Challenges Facing Plantations Hardwood Processing, Says Study
Australia faces an extensive research task if it is to solve major technical difficulties in processing timber from the growing stock of plantation eucalypts, a new study had found |
| 03 Sep 2003 | Axe Falls on Gallop's Timber Record: Macdonald
The Federal forestry Minister says that the WA Government should prepare itself for a community backlash after an announcement from a local timber company that it will close its doors because of a reduction in the Jarrah allocation |
| 03 Sep 2003 | Forests and Timber Conference Accommodation in High Demand
Organisers of the Forests and Timber Conference in Sydney on November 9-11 have warned that with the Rugby Union World Cup occuring at the same time, the Conference’s discounted accommodation package is only secure until September 20 |
| 02 Sep 2003 | Big Opportunities For Timber Industry
With a new five-year plan for the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, the timber industry has proposed new approaches to government advisory structures and to market promotion arrangements |
| 01 Sep 2003 | Greens Attack On Timber Company Gets Just 0.4% Of Shareholder Vote
Green activists targeting Tasmanian forest company Gunns Ltd in a shareholder vote "started with 0.3% of the vote and ended with 0.4% of the vote – one of the least impressive performances I’ve ever heard of," according to NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell |
| 29 Aug 2003 | Indigenous Forestry Workshop To Be Held In Cairns
The seventh in a series of consultation workshops for the Australian Government’s landmark National Indigenous Forestry Strategy (NIFS) will be held in Cairns |
| 28 Aug 2003 | COAG Should Support Sustainable And Secure Water Allocations
Australia's State and federal governments meeting to formulate a national approach to water rights. NAFI has welcomed developments so far, saying that good water policy could attract strong investment in reforestation, bringing vital environmental benefits such as greenhouse gas abatement and salinity control |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Timber Salvage Decision Too Slow
The State Opposition in Victoria has attacked the Bracks Government for long delays in allowing access to timber in bushfire-damaged forests |
| 26 Aug 2003 | David Suzuki to Address Forestry and Timber Conference
Professor David Suzuki, the Canadian scientist widely credited with the popular growth of the global environmental movement, will be a major speaker at the Future Forests and Timber 2003 Conference to be held in Sydney on 9-11 November |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Plantation Timber and Paper Industry
The Plantation Timber Association of Australia (PTAA) and the Australian Paper Industry Council (APIC) have announced that they have decided to pursue a merger of the two organisations |
| 25 Aug 2003 | An Invitation to Australia’s Premier Forest and Timber Conference
Everyone interested in the future of our forestry and timber products industries is invited to gather at Future Forests & Timber 2003, the nation's most significant industry conference, in Sydney from 9-11 November 2003
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| 21 Aug 2003 | Not Enough Hardwood Plantings in NSW
Annual planting of pine trees is under way in New South Wales, but the State Government is falling well behind the nation's plantation targets. The deficit means that the State's natural environment is missing out on some vital environmental benefits |
| 15 Aug 2003 | Forestry in Water Catchments - A Model of Sustainable Development
Timber harvesting has coexisted happily with water collection in Victoria's water catchments for many decades, producing water that has been rated as Australia's best. |
| 14 Aug 2003 | Forestry Included In Young Leaders Program
The Australian Government is encouraging young people who want to make a difference in their industry to make a late bid for inclusion in the Young Rural Leaders Course |
| 14 Aug 2003 | New Leadership For The Forest And Wood Products Council
The new-look national Forest and Wood Products Council will meet for the first time in Melbourne to discuss the long-term future of Australia’s forestry industry |
| 09 Aug 2003 | 'Charities' That Are Really Political Lobbyists Must Be Exposed
Non-profit organisations which hold tax exempt status as 'charities' – including many environmental groups such as Greenpeace and the Wilderness Society – have been stung by proposals to limit the tax concessions where their main activity is actually political lobbying. |
| 08 Aug 2003 | Research Delivers New Insights Into Behaviour of Forest Fires
New information from Project Vesta – a seven-year study of forest fire behaviour – is being made available to land managers, rural fire organisations and emergency services around Australia |
| 05 Aug 2003 | Campaign For Better Forest Management Vindicated
The McLeod Report into the ACT Bushfire disaster on January 18 has completely vindicated the strong position taken by thousands of people and organisations calling for better management of our bushland and national parks |
| 04 Aug 2003 | State Forests Planting Radiata Pine Seedlings
Planting is well under way in the Hume Region of NSW, where three million radiata pine seedlings are being planted around Tumut, Batlow and Tumbarumba
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| 04 Aug 2003 | Lessons from the Bushfires - Unmanaged Forests are a Threat to the Environment
The bushfires this summer were the worst in Victoria since 1939. Such conflagrations can cause long-lasting environmental damage, and unless policies are changed we can expect more environmental destruction. |
| 01 Aug 2003 | New Manager To Run Tasmanian ‘Dismal Swamp’ Forest Tourism Project
Forestry Tasmania’s Dismal Swamp tourism development is a step closer to reality with the appointment of the Site Operations Manager |
| 31 Jul 2003 | Private Forest Deal In Tasmania
A National Heritage Trust deal between the Australian Government and private landowners in Tasmania will help protect over 4,000 hectares of the State's privately owned native forests |
| 29 Jul 2003 | Foresters Releases Water Into Murray And Edwards Rivers
NSW State Forests will open water flow regulators along the Murray and Edward Rivers, releasing extra water into these river systems |
| 28 Jul 2003 | Long Term Supply of Special Timbers assured
Forestry Tasmania has assured fine furniture manufacturers that long term supplies of Tasmanian special species timber are secure |
| 28 Jul 2003 | State Forests Plans Fire Hazard Reduction Program
NSW State Forests is planning hazard reduction burns in five North Coast and New England local government areas in the next few months |
| 28 Jul 2003 | Tasmanian Wood Productivity Awards
The 2003 Forestry Tasmania Wood Productivity Award has been won by Tasmanian forestry business, Forest Enterprises Australia |
| 25 Jul 2003 | Conference in Canada to Examine Certification Trends
The fourth Certification Watch Conference - to be held on September 25 in Quebec City, Canada - will examine the status, trends and challenges related to the development of forest certification and responsible procurement throughout the world |
| 23 Jul 2003 | Depot Reviews Environmental Wood-Purchasing Policy
Forest certification in North America accelerated in 1999 after Home Depot announced an environmental wood purchasing policy |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Consultations begin for National Indigenous Forestry Strategy
The Consultation process has begun for the National Indigenous Forestry Strategy |
| 18 Jul 2003 | Youth Gets a Voice at the World Forestry Conference
This year's World Forestry Conference in Canada, will include a forum dedicated to young professionals in the forestry sector |
| 15 Jul 2003 | WA Government Cuts Jarrah In Half
The Western Australian Government’s much-delayed Forest Management Plan has shocked local communities by eliminating more than half the jarrah timber supply in the State. |
| 14 Jul 2003 | Three More National Parks Proposals for WA
The boundaries of three new WA State national parks in the forest areas along the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge have been released under the State Government’s controversial forests policy |
| 12 Jul 2003 | New Central Coast Community Partnership Announced by NSW Government
NSW Forests Minister Michael Costa has released an innovative partnership for forest management on the central coast of NSW |
| 11 Jul 2003 | Money Can Grow on Trees
A new book published by CSIRO and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, shows that money does grow on trees |
| 10 Jul 2003 | New Local Craft Attraction For Tasmania’s Forest Tourism Flagship
A new attraction - called Southern Forests Threads - has been unveiled at Tasmania's Tahune Forest AirWalk. |
| 09 Jul 2003 | Planning well advanced for Australasia’s biggest timber event
This years' Future Forests and Timber Conference, jointly hosted by NAFI and PTAA, looks to be the biggest event in forestry for 2003 |
| 08 Jul 2003 | Agreement On Forests Requires Good Will
The historic dispute over Tasmania's old-growth forest was officially resolved back in 1997 – but the public would barely know it from the state of media reporting and green group demands |
| 08 Jul 2003 | Solid Wood Substitutes opportunities for the Australian forest products industry
Solid wood products are continuing to lose market share to substitutes and Australian businesses have an opportunity to capture these new markets.
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| 07 Jul 2003 | Grassroots View of Farm Forestry at AusTimber 2004
Farmers looking for a grassroots introduction to farm forestry will welcome a farm forestry package being presented at the AusTimber Conference in early April 2004 |
| 05 Jul 2003 | Trees In The Murray-Darling Would Create A Vision Splendid
It seems ironic that the forest industry, recipient of commercial trauma at every election, probably has the answer to the really difficult environmental problems in Australia
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| 03 Jul 2003 | Costa Guarantees Timber Supply While Removing Productive Forests
The NSW Government has once again given a guarantee to the NSW Parliament that it will meet the existing timber supply contracts in North-East NSW |
| 03 Jul 2003 | Trees May Fuel Australia's future
An Innovate Australia vision for methanol-powered car transport says we would be need to plant 750,000 hectares of trees a year – 10 times our current tree-planting effort - to fuel all our cars |
| 30 Jun 2003 | Wood is Better Than Metal
From ABC Online, 30th June 2003) Triple J's Dr Karl explains why timber propellers are better than metal propellers |
| 24 Jun 2003 | Australian Researcher Wins International Award
For ground breaking work in timber design, an Australian has won a prestigious American Society of Civil Engineers Medal |
| 24 Jun 2003 | Tree Research adds to Carbon Data
The forests of the lower North Coast of New South Wales are the site for ground-breaking research on carbon sequestration in trees. The results could become the world's most sophisticated carbon accounting system. |
| 19 Jun 2003 | New Cut Boosts 'Shining Gum' Market Potential
A modified method of sawing 'shining gum' tree logs has significantly enhanced their marketability as a source of high quality timber for the wood furniture industry. |
| 19 Jun 2003 | Senator Supports Tasmanian Pulpmilling Proposals
A Tasmanian Senator has outlined the arguments in favour of clean, modern paper pulp-milling in Tasmania, including economic growth, backing sustainable industries and replacing imports from foreign competitors. In fact, local paper production would greatly reduce the environmental and energy costs of the paper consumed by Australians. |
| 18 Jun 2003 | New Directors for Forest Research Board
Three new directors have been appointed to the Board of the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation |
| 17 Jun 2003 | Foresters Salaries Grow
Salaries paid to foresters grew by an average of 4.6% over the previous twelve months, according to the results of the 2002 IFA Employment and Remuneration Survey. |
| 17 Jun 2003 | Disastrous NSW Fire Season Finally Ends
A long and arduous season has finally come to an end for the foresters and firefighters battling against bushfires |
| 16 Jun 2003 | Victorian Government Plan for Forest’s Future
The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment is producing a management plan that will be the blue print for how forests in the Victorian region are looked after for the next ten years |
| 14 Jun 2003 | Microwave drying a step closer to commercial reality
Australia's timber industry is poised to benefit from ground-breaking research into an innovative microwave wood drying process. |
| 13 Jun 2003 | Builders Positive about Wood and Forests
Results from Canadian market research among builders has shown many of the same positive findings about forests and wood products previously reported for consumers, according to data from the Wood Promotion Network. |
| 11 Jun 2003 | Queensland Timber Industry Groups to Merge
The amalgamation of two of Queensland's long standing industry associations - the Queensland Timber Board (QTB) and the Timber Research and Advisory Council (TRADAC) - will establish a major new timber industry association for the State. |
| 03 Jun 2003 | Watchdog Orders BBC to Acknowledge Unfair Attack on Tasmanian Forestry
The UK Broadcasting Standards Commission has directed the BBC to acknowledge that it broadcasted an "exaggerated" and "inaccurate" documentary about Tasmania's forests.
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| 03 Jun 2003 | Australia’s timber plantations continue to increase
A new Bureau of Rural Sciences report released today shows that Australia’s plantation estate increased by 4% in 2002 despite challenging short-term delays including drought, adjustment to new tax reforms, and high land prices in some areas. |
| 29 May 2003 | National Indigenous Forest Strategy Enters Stage Two
BDO consulting takes the National Indigenous Forest Strategy into stage two of development, including stakeholder consultation |
| 28 May 2003 | Investing in the future, using our resource wisely
The Forest Industry Association of Tasmania explores the recent successes of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement |
| 26 May 2003 | New Plantations are the Key to Environmental Objectives
A dramatic increase in new tree plantations is needed to achieve key environmental objectives including salinity mitigation and greenhouse gas reduction, according to the National Association of Forest Industries. |
| 23 May 2003 | Green ‘icons’ Era Finished on NSW North Coast
A senior NSW Minister has told State Parliament that the era of green forest ‘icons’ and new national parks on the north coast is over. |
| 21 May 2003 | Carr's "Fix-it" man gets NSW forests Ministry
The New South Wales Government's "Mr Fix It", Michael Costa, has been given the forests ministry in the third-term State Labor Government. |
| 21 May 2003 | Federal Government Calls for Environment Funding Submissions
Individuals and community groups have the opportunity to carry out environmental projects with a funding grant from the Federal Government |
| 21 May 2003 | Styx Valley: Wilderness Society claims 'wrong'
Forestry Tasmania has rejected a raft of claims made by the Wilderness Society about the Styx Valley forestry region west of Hobart. |
| 20 May 2003 | New Report Finds Timber to be Better
A new report by the CSIRO has found that wood is a more environmentally friendly product than plastics and metals |
| 19 May 2003 | Tasmanian Senator attacks Greens for undermining sustainable forestry
Tasmanian Liberal Senator Richard Colbeck has lashed out at the actions of Greens leader Bob Brown in undermining Tasmanian forest industries to Japanese customers |
| 16 May 2003 | Coffs harbour MP attacks Carr forest policies
A federal MP from north-east NSW has argued in Parliament that the State Government is breaking the NE NSW Regional Forest Agreement |
| 14 May 2003 | Budget extends FISAP funding for a further two years
NAFI has welcomed the extension of the Commonwealth Forest Industry Structural Adjustment Program (FISAP) for another two years. |
| 12 May 2003 | Australian 'can do' Attitude Making Light of Plantation Barriers
Australia's renowned 'get up and go' attitude is starting to show through in the campaign to dramatically expand the area of plantations in the country. |
| 08 May 2003 | NAFI And PTAA Announces the Future Forests Conference for 2003
NAFI and PTAA's annual conference "Future Forest and Timber 2003" will be their biggest yet |
| 07 May 2003 | NZ Authority Finds CCA Treated Timber Safe
A report by the New Zealand Environment Risk Management Authority has found that CCA treated timbers are safe for public use |
| 07 May 2003 | Round the Clock Harvesting Not Always Most Productive
The national timber research corporation says Australian timber harvesters need to develop a fuller understanding of the effects on productivity of ‘round the clock’ harvesting |
| 06 May 2003 | Wilderness Society Clouds the Facts
A recent article by the Wilderness Society has revealed that the Society has lost touch with many facts about Australia’s forests
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| 05 May 2003 | Australia's Leading Forest Education Club Gets New Look
NAFI's kids club 'Timbertrek' launches its new look website at Agfest in Tasmania |
| 01 May 2003 | Seeking a solution to hardwoods’ costly hidden defects
A CSIRO group says that Australia’s hardwood producers and furniture manufacturers could save thousands of dollars in rejected timber and finished products by addressing the problem of hidden defects in timber. |
| 29 Apr 2003 | Canadian environmentalists calls for expanded forest industry
Canadian environmentalist Dr Patrick Moore has launched a petition spporting wood in preference to metals and plastics. |
| 29 Apr 2003 | Brown Wrong on Biodiversity
Senator Bob Brown misleads the public on biodiversity, misrepresenting the findings of the Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment Audit |
| 29 Apr 2003 | Yellow Pages Business Ideas Grants
The Yellow Pages is seeking entres into its 7th Annual Yellow Pages Business Ideas Grants program |
| 24 Apr 2003 | Certification Watch Conference a Success
The 3rd annual Certification Watch Conference held in Canada has been hailed an outstanding success. |
| 23 Apr 2003 | 2003 Science and Innovation Award for young Australians
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia, is looking for applications for its 2003 Science Innovation Award |
| 17 Apr 2003 | NSW Greens lack credibility
NAFI questions the motives behind Green MP Micheal Organ's support of regional growth |
| 16 Apr 2003 | Forestry has a role to play in Climate Change
NAFI calls on the Federal Government to immediately implement a National Carbon Trading System |
| 16 Apr 2003 | Florentine giant stands tall
Tasmania's largest hardwood tree, 'El Grande', has once again demonstrated the natural resilience eucalypts have to fire. |
| 14 Apr 2003 | AFS Rates Very Well Against International Benchmarks
International Company 'Indufor Oy' has rated the Australian Forestry Standard as compatible to International Benchmarks |
| 11 Apr 2003 | CSIRO Examines Australia's Water Usage
Australia's leading scientific body, the CSIRO, is conducting a study into Australia's water usage. |
| 08 Apr 2003 | Wildlife Service at Risk of Extinction
In a complex merger, both forestry and national parks in NSW could be managed under a new ‘super-ministry’, according to a report in today’s Australian newspaper |
| 07 Apr 2003 | Flannery takes on environmental “lies”
A new essay by Tim Flannery - titled Beautiful Lies – argues that on many subjects environmental policy has been developed on the basis of lies. |
| 04 Apr 2003 | Construction with timber highlighted by Development Program
The National Timber Development Program (NTDP), has released two new technical reports on the construction uses of timber. |
| 04 Apr 2003 | Minister Distressed at Imported Timber
Senator Ian Macdonald, Federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, says he is distressed that a lot of Australia’s imported wood comes from countries which don't manage forests as sustainably as does Australia. |
| 03 Apr 2003 | Doubts about Removal of NSW Forestry Chief
The removal of the Chief Executive of NSW State Forests, Dr Bob Smith, appears to be a direct result of the timber supply crisis caused by the Premier’s election promises. |
| 02 Apr 2003 | How Forest Managers use Fire
An outline of the ways profressional forest managers use fire ot protect their forests |
| 01 Apr 2003 | New Forestry Ministers for NSW
The National Association of Forest Industries has welcomed the announcement of Michael Costa as the new NSW Minister for Forests. |
| 01 Apr 2003 | National Indigenous Forestry Strategy moves ahead
NAFI has welcomed progress on the development of an indigenous forestry strategy for Australia’s traditional land owners. |
| 01 Apr 2003 | Details for the Federal Bushfire Inquiry
A number of details have been released on the national Select Committee on the recent Australian bushfires. |
| 31 Mar 2003 | Seven million hectares more forest found
New mapping technology has revealed that Australia has over seven million hectares more forest than previously assessed |
| 31 Mar 2003 | Hazard reduction burns commence in central coast State forests
State Forests of NSW will commence its autumn hazard reduction program in the Hunter and Central Coast areas this week. |
| 27 Mar 2003 | Adding Value to Our Forests
The organisers of the Austimber Industry Conference 2004 are calling for papers to be submitted on new technologies relevant to production forestry and saw-milling. |
| 27 Mar 2003 | Environment Minister speaks on Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Environment Minister David Kemp spoke to the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Roundtable, which includes NAFI representing the forest industry |
| 26 Mar 2003 | Parliamentary Inquiry into Bushfire Disaster announced
The Federal Government has initiated a long-awaited national Inquiry into the devastating bushfires that swept the nation several weeks ago. |
| 25 Mar 2003 | Greens oppose renewable energy program
Greens leader Bob Brown has decided to oppose renewable energy research in the forestry industry, says NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell. |
| 24 Mar 2003 | Swings against NSW Government Show Failure of Forestry Policy
Against the trend of a big NSW State election win, the Carr Government lost two regional seats adversely affected by its forestry policies. |
| 23 Mar 2003 | Foresters outline Fire Management Practices
Australia’s Association of Consulting Foresters has released a clear statement on fire management |
| 21 Mar 2003 | Federal Minister affirms support for RFA
In the federal Senate, the Commonwealth has condemned the Carr Government's retreat from the NE NSW Agreement |
| 20 Mar 2003 | Leaders in Sustainable Forestry to meet in Vancouver
The 2003 Certification Watch Conference will highlight forest certification and environmentally responsible product purchasing |
| 19 Mar 2003 | How Forests Can Make Good Tax Sense
There are plenty of tax-effective investments on offer, incluing many in the forestry industry. |
| 19 Mar 2003 | State Forests conducts burns to reduce wildfire threat
NSW State Forests has commenced a fresh hazard reduction-burning program in its forests |
| 18 Mar 2003 | Carr Government Was Warned:
The NSW Government’s pitch for green votes by removing more forests from the timber industry cannot be fulfilled without huge taxpayer-funded compensation. |
| 16 Mar 2003 | Unnatural Disaster
Channel Nine's 60 Minutes profiles the mistakes in park management which led to Australia's greatest environmental disaster - the 2003 bushfires |
| 14 Mar 2003 | Industry has big potential for environmental repair
Forest industry leaders have told federal Parliament that the
industry has enormous latent potential to address environmental issues. |
| 13 Mar 2003 | NSW Election - Coalition Forest Policy
The Coalition Forestry Policy statement for the 2003 NSW State Election |
| 12 Mar 2003 | NSW Election - The Greens Forest Policy
The Greens Forest and Wilderness Policy Statement for the 2003 NSW State Election |
| 11 Mar 2003 | Carr sells out NSW timber industry
NSW Premier Bob Carr's new national parks deal could cost 1,400 jobs and up to $238 million in tax payer dollars. |
| 10 Mar 2003 | NSW Election - ALP Forestry Policy
The ALP's forestry policy statement for the 2003 NSW State Election |
| 09 Mar 2003 | Industry has strong potential - Minister
Australia's strong domestic market is a solid platform for the forestry industry to increase production, decrease imports and value-add, according to Senator Ian Macdonald |
| 07 Mar 2003 | Labor’s broken forestry promise acknowledged by Senate vote
The Carr Government’s breach of the North-East NSW Regional Forest Agreement has been exposed by a vote in the Senate |
| 07 Mar 2003 | Forestry investments outstripping real estate boom
Australian hardwood forestry investments are yeilding 4% higher returns to investors than the surging real estate market |
| 04 Mar 2003 | NE NSW Timber Regions Could Burn
The NSW Government's proposed new national parks in the State's north-east could become firetraps, says NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell. |
| 04 Mar 2003 | Forest Tourism: Tasmania’s Tahune Centre drawing large numbers
The Tahune Forest AirWalk and Visitor Centre in SW Tasmania has welcomed its 250,000th visitor. |
| 03 Mar 2003 | NSW Government Betrays Forestry Industry
NAFI says that the NSW Government's national park plans will certainly mean job losses on the State’s north-east coast. |
| 03 Mar 2003 | Carr’s National Parks Decision Outrages Rural Communities
Timber community representatives say that the Carr Government is lying when it says “no jobs will be lost“ by creating more national parks in northern NSW. |
| 03 Mar 2003 | Public comment sought on new WA park boundaries
The WA State Government announces public consultation processes for a further five proposed forest national parks. |
| 27 Feb 2003 | Untruths from WA Labor - Federal Minister
Federal Forestry Minister Senator Ian Macdonald said that a WA Government statement contains many deliberate untruths. |
| 26 Feb 2003 | Call for PM to initiate National Inquiry into Bushfire Management
The President of The Institute of Foresters of Australia, Ian Barnes, is calling for a National Inquiry into Bushfire Management in Australia. |
| 26 Feb 2003 | The Case for an Independent Investigation into Forest and Fire Management
Victorian Central Highlands MLC Graeme Stoney says our forests have been managed by politics instead of good practice for the last 20 years |
| 25 Feb 2003 | Brogden to make hazard reduction changes
A NSW Coalition government would make local government the lead authority for hazard reduction decisions says John Brogden |
| 25 Feb 2003 | More Destruction than Parkland from NSW Park Policy
More NSW Parks have been lost to fires in just a few months than the Carr Government has created since it took office. |
| 24 Feb 2003 | Vic Government policy on firebreak trees labelled “nonsense”
The Victorian Opposition has joined criticism of State Government decision to waste timber resources felled during the fire emergency |
| 20 Feb 2003 | World Bank Forest Policy and Strategy
The World Bank has approved a new forest strategy to help improve the lives of the poor in developing countries |
| 20 Feb 2003 | Forest certification demonstrates sustainability credentials
Highlighting the industry’s commitment to sustainable forestry, NAFI’s Kate Carnell has urged all Australian forest managers to consider becoming certified under the Australian Forestry Standard. |
| 19 Feb 2003 | No Faith in the Forest
Australia's native forest industry is continuing to be systematically dismantled by political dishonesty and incremental lock-up |
| 19 Feb 2003 | Green Circus Act exposed
Forestry writer John Halkett explores the truths behind the state of the planet and the Green myth. |
| 18 Feb 2003 | Push for National Bushfire Inquiry
Momentum is growing for a national inquiry into the management of national parks after the disastrous bushfires around the country. (From the Canberra Times (Ross Peake) 18th Feb 2003 |
| 18 Feb 2003 | Bushfires Release Record Levels of Greenhouse Gas
The fires that have swept through Australia’s national parks and neighbouring property have emitted historic levels of greenhouse gases. |
| 17 Feb 2003 | State Posing on Greenhouse Hides an Abysmal Track Record
As the NSW Government calls for adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, Kate Carnell accuses the Government of an abysmal track record on reducing emissions. |
| 15 Feb 2003 | It’s time for a change in Bushfire Policy
Australia’s chief bushfire expert, Phil Cheney, says it’s time for a major change in the management of our precious eucalypt forest country. (From The Land newspaper, Ian Paterson, Feb 13) |
| 14 Feb 2003 | Bushfire land damage reaches an all-time record
The fires that have swept through Australia’s national parks and neighbouring property have now destroyed over 3 million hectares of land - an historic record. |
| 14 Feb 2003 | Industry and timber workers condemn government decision to burn sawlogs
$300,000 worth of sawlogs will be burnt at the direction of the Victorian Government in a decision condemned by the State forestry industry. |
| 13 Feb 2003 | Government dumps fuel in fire path
Wastage of timber and increased fire danger will result from the Victorian authorities leaving logs removed during the establishment of bushfire containment lines on the forest floor to be burnt, according to the forestry workers union. |
| 13 Feb 2003 | "It will recover, though I for one will not see it"
Canberra ecotour manager Ian Fraser has written a grim and moving account of the state of the Namadgi National Park near Canberra, which was devastated by bushfires in January |
| 12 Feb 2003 | Parliaments more Green than Democrat
Successes in Tasmania and WA State elections in recent years has helped the Green party secure more parliamentary seats across Australia than the Australian Democrats. |
| 11 Feb 2003 | Government sends timber workers in to fight national park fires
Workers and contractors from the timber industry have played a vital role in fighting fires. |
| 11 Feb 2003 | Forest Certification on the rise in North America
Forest certification gained strength in the North American forest sector over the past year, according to a new report released by an independent forest certification organization. |
| 11 Feb 2003 | Federal Forestry Minister defends Australian industry
Tasmania and Australia have world-class forest conservation and sustainable forest management practices, according to Ian Macdonald. |
| 10 Feb 2003 | Pilliga park denial from NSW Premier Carr
Radio Host Alan Jones has extracted a denial from Premier Bob Carr that the NSW Government will give in to Green demands |
| 07 Feb 2003 | ACT faces timber storage crisis
A huge operation to salvage fire-damaged timber from the burnt-out Australian Capital Territory pine forests has stalled while the territory administration casts around for some way of storing the vast quantities of harvested pine logs. (From the Financial Review (Christopher Jay)) |
| 07 Feb 2003 | Fires decimates forest industry
The equivalent of 92 years of forestry logging allocation in Victoria has been destroyed in two weeks by the recent bushfires. |
| 06 Feb 2003 | Tasmanian timbers go back in time
Beautiful Tasmanian timbers are being used to create classical fine furniture thanks to the Australian School of Fine Furniture (ASFF) in Launceston. |
| 06 Feb 2003 | Australian Forestry Standard moves to implementation stage
Australia's new national standard for forest management sustainability is progressing towards implementation. |
| 06 Feb 2003 | Sustainable development is not working - Institute
The forest fires ravaging our land, while not avoidable, have been made far worse by a perverted approach to ‘sustainable development’, says Mike Nahan, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs (from the Herald Sun 25 January 2003) |
| 06 Feb 2003 | ABC online forum ablaze with bushfire debate
An online discussion site for contributors to debate national parks management and bushfires received almost 1,000 contributions in its first week. |
| 06 Feb 2003 | Victorian Government warned on ecological fire management
The Victorian Government was advised last autumn of the need to improve protection against national park fires, through a study commissioned by the Government itself. |
| 06 Feb 2003 | Forest industry campaigns for better forest fire management
With bushfires still raging across the alpine parks of NSW and Victoria, the forestry industry is campaigning to protect the park forests against government neglect and destructive radical green policies. |
| 05 Feb 2003 | Forest industry workers part of the firefighting effort in East Gippsland
ABC radio interview with Garry Squires, CEO, AHF sawmilling company |
| 04 Feb 2003 | Lost in our wilderness
If we continue to ignore history and the nature of the bush and how to manage it wisely there will be further problems from fires, argues Professor Ken Taylor (Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Canberra) in The Canberra Times
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| 01 Feb 2003 | Bushfire Ecology debated on ABC Earthbeat program
ABC radio gathered three scientists and the Director of NSW national parks to debate issues surrounding this month’s environmentally devastating bushfires |
| 31 Jan 2003 | Forest fire expert says fuel is the key
Is the ongoing tragedy of fires avoidable? Aled Hoggett, former Chief Silviculturist with NSW State Forests, writes in The Canberra Times |
| 30 Jan 2003 | NSW Farmers set to go to court over hazard-reduction
From the Land Newspaper (Ben Houston) |
| 30 Jan 2003 | Greens gone mad
The Herald Sun's Andrew Bolt writes that the new earth worshippers want their sacred forests left untouched, but it’s not their homes that are burning. |
| 29 Jan 2003 | Debris on the ground is greatest fire havoc
Denis O'Brien explores some of the myths about bushfires - From the Weekly Times |
| 29 Jan 2003 | Five year plan sets Research and Development priorities
The Forest & Wood Products Research and Development Corporation has released a draft 5-Year Research and Development Plan for 2003-07. |
| 29 Jan 2003 | Institute calls for scrutiny of the Greens Party
One of Australia’s foremost public policy institutes has called for a much higher degree of public scrutiny of the policies of the Greens Party. |
| 29 Jan 2003 | New study of the environmental credentials of wood
A major study into the environmental credentials of wood has been completed by the Professor Peter Attiwell and others at the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne. |
| 29 Jan 2003 | First 5-year review highlights Tasmanian RFA achievements
The first ‘5-year review’ of a Regional Forest Agreement has been completed in Tasmania. |
| 29 Jan 2003 | Trees and the 'Big Dry'
John Halkett writes about finding ways to prevent, or at least soften, the drought phenomenon that is part of life on the driest continent on earth. |
| 29 Jan 2003 | Improved fire management vital to saving national parks
NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell writes that the utter destruction in national parks such as Namadgi near Canberra shows the results of inadequate fire management. |
| 28 Jan 2003 | National ‘Sparks’ and Wildlife Service
After the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires that devastated Victoria it became mandatory to slash firebreaks underneath power lines - From the Newcastle Herald (Geoff Walker) |
| 26 Jan 2003 | Federal Minister backs bushfire research
The Commonwealth Government’s $25 million investment in bushfire research will help prevent tragedies like those that have occurred in the recent bushfire season. |
| 26 Jan 2003 | Urgent action needed to control the fires
NAFI's Kate Carnell writes that the recent tragic events in Canberra and other parts of Australia have been a turning point in community attitudes to fire management in national parks.
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| 26 Jan 2003 | Calls grow for National Fire Inquiry
Calls are coming from several quarters for a full review of fire management policies in the nation’s national parks. |
| 25 Jan 2003 | Fires caused by bad management, not climate
One of the ACT’s most experienced rural fire fighters has labelled the January 18 devastation in Canberra a national disgrace - From The Land Newspaper (Ian Paterson) |
| 22 Jan 2003 | WA sets example on fire
There is a reason Western Australia has been relatively untroubled by bushfire, writes Don Spriggins - From the Financial Review |
| 22 Jan 2003 | Controlled burning is the key — CSIRO scientist
Canberra’s bushfire disaster could have been handled very differently if the advice of CSIRO scientist and fire expert Dr Phil Cheney had been taken years ago - From the Canberra Times (Frank Cassidy) |
| 21 Jan 2003 | Planning for fire gives peace of mind
Senator John Tierney writes in the Financial Review about the logic behind hazard reduction burning |
| 20 Jan 2003 | Veteran firefighter’s warnings ignored
Eight months ago Kurt Lance told a NSW parliamentary inquiry into bushfires that the Snowy Mountains were ripe to be engulfed by an unstoppable inferno. His prediction come true - From The Sydney Morning Herald (Daniel Lewis) |
| 20 Jan 2003 | Fires in regrown forests can be carbon-neutral
Dr Dean Greatz of the CSIRO Earth Observation Centre argues that so long as regeneration is carried out, burning can be greenhouse gas neutral - From the Canberra Times on 16 January 2003 |
| 20 Jan 2003 | NSW election will need to face fire policy
NSW goes to the polls on March 21 – the third State election in a major forestry State in just nine months. |
| 20 Jan 2003 | CSIRO launches online bushfire monitor
Australian scientists have joined forces with Defence, CSIRO and Geoscience Australia to develop an online bushfire service that will help detect and monitor fires |
| 20 Jan 2003 | Fires rage across nation
Bushfires, mainly in national parks, are still raging across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania throughout the holiday period. |
| 20 Jan 2003 | Capital struck by firestorms
The city of Canberra is recovering from its most devastating day of natural disaster. |
| 18 Jan 2003 | Green group denies link to eco-terrorists
A Tasmanian conservation group has angrily denied links to radical US eco-terrorists - From the Hobart Mercury (Luke Slayer) |
| 16 Jan 2003 | Worst-ever fires for NSW National Parks
Bushfires have claimed the worst damage inflicted during 25 years of NPWS record-keeping - From The Land newspaper (Peter Austin)
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