| Date |
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| 16 Dec 2004 | Four Corners team should apologise
Groups representing Tasmania’s forest industry and communities have called for an apology from the ABC, after an independent complaints arbitrator found a Four Corners report was biased against the industry |
| 16 Dec 2004 | Gunns writ sends shares upwards
Gunns’ share price rose to an all-time high after the timber company announced its decision to sue green protesters |
| 15 Dec 2004 | Serious ABC “bias? ruling justifies full apology to Tasmanian forest industry
An ABC Four Corners documentary aired in February 2004 displayed bias and a “serious lack of balance” in presenting Tasmania’s forestry issues, according to an independent review |
| 14 Dec 2004 | New leader for national forest body
The National Association of Forest Industries will have a new leader in early 2005 |
| 09 Dec 2004 | Latham sees forests in green terms
ALP Leader Mark Latham appears not to have moved on from the damage his forest policy did to his recent election campaign, describing the forest industry once again in terms of “turning mighty forests into woodchips” |
| 08 Dec 2004 | History of a timber town
From the very early days of European settlement to the present time, timber has been a significant industry in the Wingham district |
| 03 Dec 2004 | Federal government attacks Beattie's forest policy
Forests Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has challenged Queensland's Labor politicians to oppose Premier Beattie's apparent intention to close down 15 sawmills |
| 03 Dec 2004 | Fires: Assessing the damage
Fire scientists from six continents have met to assess the ecological consequences of fire and recommend priorities for action |
| 01 Dec 2004 | Deadline passes for reserve decision on Tas old growth
The decision on new old-growth forest reserves in Tasmania has not been delivered by the deadline set during the election |
| 26 Nov 2004 | Decision delayed for Queenslanders Western Hardwood Forests
The Queensland Government has announced an extension of the wood supply contracts in the Western Hardwoods Region until mid 2005 |
| 26 Nov 2004 | Timber industry reprieve
It’s still going to be a nervous Christmas for Queensland involved in the Western Hardwood Forests |
| 25 Nov 2004 | Industry opposes 'discriminatory' water regulations
NAFI has opposed South Australia's new system for allocating water, saying it is discriminatory and will severely limit efforts to establish new tree plantations |
| 24 Nov 2004 | Latham in denial over reasons for loss
Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham has again denied his forestry policy cost votes in the recent federal election |
| 22 Nov 2004 | Queensland industry mobilises against State government delays
The Queensland timber industry says the Beattie Government’s “division and delay” on forest policy has brought a dozen small towns in Central Western Queensland to the brink of economic turmoil |
| 20 Nov 2004 | Labor fails forestry test: Industry
The failure of the federal Labor Party to fully revise its policy on Tasmania’s forest industry meant that it would continue to be regarded as an economic policy pariah by workers and industry, a NAFI spokesman said today |
| 18 Nov 2004 | Labor must get behind Tasmanian forest industry
NAFI says the federal Labor Party needs to understand the diverse nature of the industry’s forest resources and products, and move away from talk of a 'plantation-only' industry |
| 17 Nov 2004 | Gunns presents Tasmanian Government with formal pulp mill proposal
Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited has presented the State Government with a formal proposal for a chlorine-free pulp mill |
| 17 Nov 2004 | Rainforest growth a sign of global warming, say researchers
Researchers have found that global warming may be increasing the size and density of tropical rainforests |
| 17 Nov 2004 | Forestry letter falls on deaf ears, Adams says
One of the surviving Labor MPs from Tasmanian forestry seats is waiting for answers from his leader Mark Latham about when the party will move on from its failed election policy |
| 17 Nov 2004 | New trade figures show need for value-adding in Timber Industry
A new report on Australia’s trade in forest products has underlined the urgent need for the nation to increase its value-adding of forest products, NAFI Acting Executive Director Phil Townsend said today. |
| 15 Nov 2004 | Labor's economic credibility not moving forward
Labor Environment spokesman Anthony Albanese has damaged Labor’s hopes of rebuilding economic credibility with his comments about Tasmanian forestry over recent days, the industry says. |
| 13 Nov 2004 | NAFI President re-elected
Victorian timber businessman Greg McCormack has been re-elected for a fourth term as President of the National Association of Forest Industries |
| 10 Nov 2004 | Statewide Forests Process on Verge of Collapse
Timber workers in over a dozen Queensland towns are on the verge of revolt about State Government indecision over forest policy that could throw the industry and local hardwood markets into turmoil |
| 09 Nov 2004 | Pulp mill worth $2,000 per head in new economic growth
The planned $1 billion pulp mill investment in Tasmania could increase the size of the Tasmanian economy by the equivalent of $2,000 for every household on the island |
| 04 Nov 2004 | Top Australian scientist calls for more native industries
Professor Michael Archer, Dean of Science at the University of NSW, has called for Australia to make more use of native trees and other indigenous plant and animal species as part of a broad vision of a more sustainable economy |
| 03 Nov 2004 | Gunns shares surge to record highs
Gunns stock hit a peak of $17.32, well up from the $13.98 low before the election
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| 03 Nov 2004 | Latham’s forest policy still not moving forward
Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham has been criticised for drawing ‘illogical conclusions’ about Australian plantations and pulp mills |
| 03 Nov 2004 | Australian pulp mill would address trade deficit in wood products
The proposed Tasmanian pulp mill would go a long way to addressing Australia’s $1.8 billion trade deficit in wood products, NAFI Acting Executive Director Phil Townsend said today. |
| 02 Nov 2004 | Australian forestry meets world sustainability standards
Large areas of Australian forests and timber plantations have been recognised this week as meeting world standards for sustainable forest management. |
| 01 Nov 2004 | Labor position on forests still not clear
Despite a bruising behind-closed-doors debate at the Party’s Tasmanian State Conference in Launceston last weekend, the federal Labor Party is still sending out mixed messages on the status of its forestry policy |
| 28 Oct 2004 | Pulp Mill Environmental Impact Study to Proceed
Gunns Limited today announced its intention to conduct an Environmental Impact Study into the construction of a world’s best practice pulp mill in Tasmania. |
| 28 Oct 2004 | New 'clean' pulp mill guidelines a welcome choice
NAFI has welcomed the broad and comprehensive environmental scope of the new pulp mill guidelines issued by the Tasmanian Government. |
| 22 Oct 2004 | Australian Forests growing 5 times faster than they are being used
A WWF report released today confirms Australia’s forest resources not disappearing and are continuing to grow strongly. |
| 22 Oct 2004 | Reappointment of Forests Minister welcomed
The reappointment of Minister for Forests would be very well received by the industry, says NAFI Acting Director. |
| 19 Oct 2004 | Forest protection central to water supplies
Protecting Australia’s forests from major fires is a vital step in maintaining water supplies to the nation’s cities. |
| 14 Oct 2004 | Funding for 1080 alternatives welcomed
Funding promised by the re-elected Howard Government for research into alternatives to 1080 poison baits was today welcomed by NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell. |
| 13 Oct 2004 | Carnell finishes dramatic term as CEO
NAFI’s Executive Director since October 2001, Kate Carnell, has moved on to new challenges |
| 11 Oct 2004 | Labor lost by abandoning workers
Labor has lost at least three parliamentary seats - and perhaps the entire 2004 election - by betraying its own heartland. |
| 05 Oct 2004 | Local members sticking to good forest policy
Labor MP Dick Adams’ has confirmed his personal support for honouring the commitments made in the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement |
| 28 Sep 2004 | Labor candidate holds back over woodchip mill plan
Pressure is mounting for Kel Watt, the Labor candidate for the seat of Eden-Monaro, in south-east NSW, to say what an ALP government would have in mind for Eden's woodchip mill if it wins next month's federal election |
| 24 Sep 2004 | New poll shatters Green myths about public opinion
New research has shown that the Green party's campaign claims regarding public opinion on Tasmanian forests is false |
| 21 Sep 2004 | Huge expansion of pine is not the best industry for Tasmania
Replacing native forest industries with new pine plantations would have very detrimental environmental outcomes for Tasmania, according to NAFI |
| 20 Sep 2004 | Policy shift would dump pulp mill
Undermining the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement could spell the end of the proposed $1 billion chlorine-free pulp mill - the largest investment project ever put forward in Tasmania
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| 16 Sep 2004 | Industry supports union candidate for Gippsland
The forest industry's national organisation is supporting the forestry union in running a pro-forestry candidate in the marginal Victorian seat of Gippsland |
| 16 Sep 2004 | Tasmanian Logging Contractors Face Disaster
Tasmania's forest contractors say they will be devastated by another loss of their timber resource, apparently foreshadowed by Prime Minister John Howard |
| 16 Sep 2004 | Industry supports union candidate for Gippsland
The forest industry's national organisation has welcomed news that the CFMEU would run a pro-forestry candidate in the marginal Victorian seat of Gippsland |
| 15 Sep 2004 | Pine vision wrong for biodiversity
Replace jobs in native forest industries with a dramatic expansion of the pine plantation sector would mean not just the loss of quality hardwood timber production, but a loss of biodiversity |
| 13 Sep 2004 | No old growth, no quality timber
The end of old-growth harvesting would mean the end of Tasmanias focus on high-quality timber and a significant downsizing of the industry, according to the forestry industry |
| 09 Sep 2004 | Timber workers warn politicians over forest changes
The Forest Industry Association of Tasmania and timber workers have joined to urge political leaders to stop "meddling" with Tasmania's forest industry |
| 09 Sep 2004 | Old-growth campaigns "not our argument" - WWF
Division among green organisations has become clearer, with a moderate environmental organisation saying that the strident campaigns for an end to old-growth logging were "not our argument" |
| 06 Sep 2004 | Forest union says it trusts Howard and Latham
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union has declared it believes both John Howard and Mark Latham on their promise to protect the jobs of all Tasmanian timber workers. |
| 06 Sep 2004 | Tasmanians on alert as Howard triggers policy change debate
An unexpected statement by the Prime Minister has re-opened expectations of election-driven policy changes for Tasmanian forestry |
| 31 Aug 2004 | Wood frame houses consume less energy
A joint U.S.-Canadian study says houses with wood framing consume less total energy during their "lifetimes" than similar homes made with steel or concrete. |
| 28 Aug 2004 | Plantations a growth area for investors
A bumper year for investing in tax-effective agricultural schemes is producing some strong profits for listed plantation timber companies. |
| 27 Aug 2004 | Asia a key driver for Gunns in 2004/05
Growing demand for wood fibre in Asia has helped Tasmania-based forestry group Gunns Ltd to a solid increase in annual profit. |
| 26 Aug 2004 | Wood frame houses consume less energy
A joint U.S.-Canadian study says houses with wood framing consume less total energy during their "lifetimes" than similar homes made with steel or concrete. |
| 23 Aug 2004 | Forestry boss unveils expansion plan
Chief executive of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries, Ms Tricia Caswell, has released Vision 2025, the industrys plan to expand through more efficient use of native forest new hardwood plantations and the provision of environmental services. |
| 23 Aug 2004 | Trade liberalization in the forest products sector - AF&PA Supports WTO Plan
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) says the World Trade Organizations recent framework for completing its Doha Development Agenda reflects AF&PA goals and should help achieve trade liberalization in the forest products sector. |
| 20 Aug 2004 | World markets promising for Australian engineered wood products producers.
The latest economic outlook from ABARE indicates Australias engineered wood products industry has become increasingly competitive and export oriented over the last 15 years with exports of products such as wood based panels rising elevenfold. |
| 20 Aug 2004 | Vic Govt attacked for missing conference
The Victorian shadow minister for forestry has attacked his State's Labor government for failing to attend an investment conference on the timber industry |
| 20 Aug 2004 | Logging protesters get damages
Anti-logging protesters are to receive $130,000 in compensation from the forestry union and logging workers over a five-day confrontation in the Otways rainforest. However, the CFMEU welcomed the decision as a victory for working people saying the decision dismissed 90 per cent of the Green allegations. |
| 20 Aug 2004 | Radiata Gains Ground in China
The New Zealand Forest Industries Council (NZFIC) is making good progress in resolving technical issues around the use of radiata pine in Chinas construction sector. |
| 20 Aug 2004 | Viet Nam wood industry pins hope on US market
Viet Nams wood industry expects 20 percent of its potential 1 billion USD in export revenue will come from the US market this year. |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Trees the key to beating salinity
Australian Forestry and Conservation Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has announced that the Natural Heritage Trust will invest $2.9 million over two years to develop commercial environmental forestry (CEF) that will address salinity. |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Sensors to take heat out of bushfires
Farms and homes across the country could soon be protected from bushfires by networks of tiny infra-red sensors set up along urban fringes to detect heat in the atmosphere. |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Patrick Moore & "The Future of Things"
Last week world-renowned Canadian environmentalist and co-founder of Greenpeace, Dr Patrick Moore was interviewed by international organisation Forest Certification Watch. Here in Part 2 of that interview, Dr Moore looks at the critical issues facing the ongoing establishment of sustainable forest management practices around the world, the role of forest certifications schemes and considers how to deal with what he identifies as anti-forestry groups and their attempts to thwart sensible environmental outcomes. |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Forest industry welcomes proposed federal transport measures
Australian Forestry and Conservation Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has said the Government will introduce legislation to set an effective life cap for the depreciation of trucks, light commercial vehicles and trailers. |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Tasmanian Forest Industry body appoints new chairman
The Chairman of the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT), Mr. John Gay, announced today that he would be stepping down from the chairmanship of FIAT and will be replaced by Mr. Nick Evers. Mr Gay has held the position since 2001. |
| 17 Aug 2004 | NSW forest industry to draft own harvesting code
A code of practice for harvesting logs from private property native forest proposed by the NSW Government is being viewed with serious concern by the NSW north coast forest industry which has pledged to draft its own code . |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Tiwi Land Council gets Govt go-ahead for deep-sea port
The federal government has announced the go ahead for the Tiwi people of Melville Island (to the north of Darwin) to purchase a new shipping port to help them develop the local timber industry. |
| 05 Aug 2004 | Turning Genetically Engineered Trees Into Toxic Avengers
Scientists in the United States are using detailed knowledge of tree genes and recombinant DNA technology to alter the genetic workings of forest trees to change their ability to store carbon, resist disease and absorb toxins. |
| 05 Aug 2004 | Foreign wood investors rush into Viet Nam
The Vietnamese Wood and Forestry Association said that China's Asia leading company Shing Mark and another giant from Taiwan recently invested in two major wood processing projects with a combined investment of $90 million USD, showing a massive shift of investments from once attractive labour markets to Viet Nam. |
| 04 Aug 2004 | Oyster death study rejected by review
A controversial report linking multimillion-dollar oyster deaths at St Helens earlier this year to aerial spraying has been labelled alarmist and unscientific by a Tasmanian State Government review. |
| 31 Jul 2004 | WWF "blueprint" for the forest industry in Tasmania - a step in the right direction
Executive director of the National Association of Forest Industries Mrs Kate Carnell described the WWF proposal as offering some constructive measures that could contribute to meaningful discussion. |
| 31 Jul 2004 | Sawmill boost to jobs
Quirindi (NSW) is gearing up for an ambitious sawmilling project, which will be operated under the auspices of New Zealand company McVicar Timber Group, and will bring much needed industry into the town, as well as jobs and infrastructure. |
| 30 Jul 2004 | Top greenie joins sawmiller
Phillip Toyne, a former head of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has been appointed a director of Integrated Tree Cropping Ltd, a public company that has large plantation and wood processing operations in Victoria. |
| 30 Jul 2004 | Taiwan urged to suspend trade in Indonesia wood
A coalition of international environmental groups recently called on Taiwans government to end the local trade in endangered Indonesian wood. |
| 29 Jul 2004 | Albany anointed as WA timber capital
Albany has cemented its position as Western Australias leader in timber production and processing.
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| 28 Jul 2004 | Chamber membership rise expected
WA - Manjimup Chamber of Commerce President Darren East sees positive signs for local economy following the buy-out of Sotico by Gunns Limited. |
| 28 Jul 2004 | Jobs to result from funding
A total of 114 jobs will be created in the Manjimup and Bridgetown-Greenbushes shires with $4.2 million granted under the Australian Governments Forestry Assistance Program for WA. |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Augusta boat operator laps up tree money
A tour boat operator in Augusta will be among the beneficiaries of $15 million in Federal Government grants supposed to aid struggling timber communities. |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Saving the rainforest
A thought-provoking article on greenhouse and carbon trading from The Economist argues that as the world begins to recognise that it needs the Amazon and other tropical forests, the time has come to start paying for them. |
| 27 Jul 2004 | US candidates use forest issues to demonize opponents
Oregon press reports reveal that as well as providing regulated timber resources and wildfire control, the US Healthy Forests Restoration Act also gives unprecedented protection to old growth forests. |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Outlook buoyant for wood products in Asia
Asian forest-products stocks such as Daio Paper and Carter Holt Harvey are market leaders this year and may add to their gains as rising sales of timber, pulp, and paper in Japan and China lift earnings. |
| 24 Jul 2004 | $12million timber mill
A $12 million timber mill destined for the outskirts of Bathurst is set to bring 26 full-time jobs to the city. |
| 24 Jul 2004 | NSW sawmill put on road to success
Increased heavy vehicle movement to and from the new McVicar sawmill in the NSW town of Quirindi has prompted NSW State Forests to allocate funding for the upgrading of roads and bridges taking the brunt of logging traffic. |
| 23 Jul 2004 | TCA opposes additional national parks in NSW
The NSW branch of Timber Communities Australia is supporting a protest rally in Grafton against the NSW State Government's creation of 15 new national parks. |
| 21 Jul 2004 | Two new Gottstein Fellowship Reports released
The Chairman of the J. W. Gottstein Memorial Trust Fund, Mr Peter Gunnersen, recently announced the release of two new Gottstein Trust reports written by Mr Dick Bashford and Mr Eric Siegers. |
| 21 Jul 2004 | Academic group "media-managed" by green activists
NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell said today the independence of comments by 11 academics on forest policy was hopelessly compromised by obvious media management by extreme green activists. |
| 19 Jul 2004 | Timber plantation laws reviewed
The management of Queensland?s state-owned timber plantations may soon be overhauled. |
| 16 Jul 2004 | Woodchips sail away from Vic and S.A
The first shipment of hardwood plantation woodchips from the Green Triangle Region has been despatched from Portland, Mitsui and Co and Nippon Paper Industries said yesterday. |
| 11 Jul 2004 | Timber sell off in WA
Wesfarmers Ltd has virtually completed its withdrawal from the timber industry with a $29 million deal to sell the jarrah business assets of its Sotico Pty Ltd subsidiary to forest products company Gunns Ltd. |
| 09 Jul 2004 | Investors back timber projects for a S295m tax refund
Agribusiness managed investment schemes raised more than $600 million in 2003-04 according to two industry surveys. Timber projects once again dominated making up 76 per cent of capital raised and 50 per cent of projects. |
| 09 Jul 2004 | Continuity, sustainability and stability for WA forestry
Executive Director of the National Association of Forest Industries Mrs Kate Carnell, described yesterdays announcement by Gunns Limited that it has purchased the jarrah business assets of Sotico, as a positive outcome on a number of levels. |
| 08 Jul 2004 | MIS boost for agri-investment
The boom in managed investment schemes last financial year will result in more than $150 million being invested in agricultural enterprises in Western Australia over the coming months. |
| 07 Jul 2004 | Old-growth forest debate
As a Bunbury-based journalist for The West Australian, Steve Butler often received calls claiming the mother-of-all-protests would be held in surrounding forest at first light the following day but would arrive to find only a sole protester taunting frustrated timber workers and police by locking on to vehicles in the middle of bush tracks. |
| 03 Jul 2004 | Report claims plantation forestry has little impact on water flows
A new report indicates plantation forestry isnt having as big an impact on water flows as first thought. |
| 01 Jul 2004 | Valley forestry pact national role model
The management of forests throughout the Clarence Valley was a good national role model, the Federal Opposition spokesman for Mining, Energy and Forestry, Joel Fitzgibbon, said yesterday during a visit to the area.
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| 29 Jun 2004 | Federal Government welcomes Tasmanian pulp mill feasibility study
The Prime Minister has welcomed the announcement by Gunns Limited to conduct a feasibility study into the potential of a world-class pulp mill in Tasmania. |
| 29 Jun 2004 | Misconceptions about mature forests and carbon
Dr Phil Polglase, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Canberra, ACT corrects some popular misconceptions about mature forests, young trees and carbon production. |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Treecorp branches out
Treecorps latest venture is a 1000-hectare pine plantation called the Treecorp Clearwood Project. Clearwood is a premium, knot-free timber used for veneer and furniture. |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Church forests statement highlights Australias imports from illegal logging
A new report on forestry practices highlights the problem that Australia imports timber from developing countries chronically affected by illegal logging |
| 26 Jun 2004 | Green Murder
Mark Forbes and Mellssa Fyfe of The Age report that the cash-starved Somare Government is sanctioning the illegal logging of PNGs rainforests and the timber is being used for Australian furniture. |
| 25 Jun 2004 | Welcome show of confidence in future Tasmanian pulp mill
NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell has welcomed the announcement today that forestry firm Gunns Ltd will investigate establishing a pulpmill in Tasmania. |
| 25 Jun 2004 | Pulp mill an opportunity to value-add to Tassie's timber industry
The decision by Gunns Limited to conduct a feasibility study into a pulp mill in Tasmania has been welcomed by Premier Paul Lennon. |
| 23 Jun 2004 | Endangered species treaty provides partial barrier to illegal logging imports
An major international treaty prohibits the import into Australia of illegally logged foreign timber and timber products from species listed as endangered |
| 22 Jun 2004 | World's forests will be impoverished without disturbances in nature
Without the occurrence of wide-spread disturbances in nature, such as forest fires, ice cover, and volcanic activity, forests will eventually be impoverished, Swedish scientist have concluded |
| 22 Jun 2004 | NSW Budget - No sale of plantations
Speculation that the NSW Budget would reveal the sale of the plantation assets of NSW State Forests has proved incorrect |
| 20 Jun 2004 | Tas Minister says green campaign using 'mistruths'
The Tasmanian Forests Minister has accused the Wilderness Society of using mistruths in it's political campaigning |
| 16 Jun 2004 | Passing of Bill another blow for timber industry
The passing of the Bracks Labor Governments Sustainable Forests (Timber) Bill by the Legislative Council last night was another setback for the timber industry in Victoria, the Nationals said today. |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Wood biomass essential to renewable energy targets
NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell today welcomed the release of the Governments white paper on Australias energy future |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Industry employs over 137,000 Australians
A new report has dramatically revised upward the estimate of the number of Australians employed in industries based on forests and their products |
| 14 Jun 2004 | Timber splitters whack wedges
A Tasmanian academic finds the personality-split descriptive related to the left (logical) and right (creative, imaginative) hemispheres of the brain helpful when considering "yet another round of Tasmanias interminable forestry debate." |
| 14 Jun 2004 | New report casts doubt on proposal to end clearfelling of old-growth
A new report has underlined just how dramatic the economic consequences of a proposal to end clearfelling of old-growth in Tasmania could be |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Greens hypocrisy over pulp mills
NAFI has accused the Greens Party of supporting pulp mills outside Tasmania |
| 09 Jun 2004 | Greens should support environment, not play politics
Hasty opposition by the Greens Party to a Tasmanian pulp mill is contrary to good environmental policy |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Rallies were just fundraising efforts
Protest rallies held over the weekend against the Tasmanian forest industry attracted public support because of the use of false and misleading information |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Historic transport initiative welcomed by forest industry
The forest industry has welcomed the Australian Governments's announcement today of major new funding for transport infrastructure |
| 05 Jun 2004 | Green group fundraising flouts spirit of tax laws
Fundraising campaigns by anti-forestry green groups are flouting the spirit of laws relating to charities |
| 04 Jun 2004 | Wood waste the key to biomass energy targets
Meeting Australias ambitious targets for renewable energy generation will rely on a big role for forest industries |
| 04 Jun 2004 | Yale Symposium to Examine Forest Certification
A symposium analyzing forest certification in 16 countries around the world will take place in the US on June 10 and 11 |
| 03 Jun 2004 | Furniture deficit shows effect of timber industry policy
Media reports this week reveal a squeeze on Australian furniture manufacturers |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Furniture-makers face timber crisis
Western Australias fast-growing fine furniture indus-try fears a supply crisis following a 70 per cent reduction in the availability of high-quality timber |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Industry To Build Grower Support For Forest Levy
The New Zealand forestry industry intends to build support for the introduction of a compulsory commodity levy to promote the development of the industry |
| 31 May 2004 | CALM must resist greens on burn-offs
It is as predictable as the sunrise. No sooner does the Department of Conservation and Land Management begin the autumn prescribed burning in WAs bush than the green lobby raises its voice in protest. It is a case of ideology coming before simple common sense.
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| 29 May 2004 | Timbercorp figures on the rise
Agribusiness investment manager Timbercorp is confident of beating last years sales figures after reporting a 10.5 per cent lift in net profit for the first half. |
| 27 May 2004 | Labor promises to protect forest jobs, old wood
Opposition Leader Mark Latham has said he will protect timberworker jobs in Tasmania and maintain a supply of old-growth timber |
| 27 May 2004 | Green groups come last in credibility
Environment groups have come last in an upcoming Readers Digest survey of the public credibility of charities and other organisations |
| 25 May 2004 | Great response to WA timber grants
Western Australias timber communities have embraced the Australian Governments grants for the struggling industry |
| 21 May 2004 | NZ Budget 2004: Government/Industry Partnership
The NZ Government has agreed to a package of new forestry sector initiatives that recognise forestrys value in addressing climate change |
| 20 May 2004 | Orange head office for NSW Agriculture
The NSW Agriculture department headquarters in Orange has been confirmed as the new head office for the Primary Industries department. |
| 20 May 2004 | Lack of land and water uncertainty blurs 2020 Vision
Australian Forestry and Conservation Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has encouraged representatives at the Primary Industries Ministerial Council meeting to do everything in their power to promote plantation timber. |
| 20 May 2004 | Forest plantations declining
A slowdown in forest plantation establishment in most states is due to bad state government policies on water according to the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI). |
| 20 May 2004 | Vietnam wood furniture exports
The Vietnamese wood industry has set the target of earning $ USD 1 billion from exports in 2005. |
| 14 May 2004 | Forest Groups Promote Elimination Of Trade Barriers
Forest products industry representatives from several nations are pushing for significant improvements in international market access |
| 11 May 2004 | More tree plantings needed to reach 2020 target
Bureau of Rural Sciences program organiser Rod Keenan says Australia needs more forest plantations if it is to reach the goal of three million hectares by 2020. |
| 11 May 2004 | Strong messages for governments in new plantation report
The Australian Plantation Products & Paper Industry Council (A3P) - has called on all Governments to heed the warning signs for the future of the plantations sector, contained in a new report from the Bureau of Rural Sciences. |
| 10 May 2004 | Forestry set to triple its growth
Institutional investment in Australian forestry could total $3 billion in the next five years if more privatisation takes place and carbon markets are created a key investor has said. Dr Brand said Australia could use forestry to help solve environmental issues such as climate change, land and water degradation and loss of biodiversity. |
| 10 May 2004 | Forestry publications launch
Two guide publications designed to increase investor confidence in the forest growers industry were launched by federal Forestry Minister Senator Ian Macdonald in Ballarat this week. |
| 08 May 2004 | Recognising Forestrys importance to region
NSW State Forests and Oberon Rotary Club have come together to commemorate the start of the plantation forest industry in the NSW Central Tablelands. |
| 06 May 2004 | Banksia Award Politicised By Green Pressure
One of Australias major environmental foundations has bowed to threats from radical green lobby groups and removed a forestry company as a finalist for one of its awards |
| 05 May 2004 | Timbercorp sells land in lease deal
The Timbercorp investment company has sold more than 20,000 hectares of land in south-east South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. At the same time it has leased back most of the plantation land. |
| 05 May 2004 | Foresters say activists' hurting own community
Tasmanian forestry groups say they are frustrated by conservationists' actions in the state's north-east. "All it's doing is hurting the contractors and their employees." |
| 04 May 2004 | Tasmania: Blue Tier protesters expecting more to be arrested
Anti-logging protesters in Tasmania's north-east say they are expecting two more demonstrators who are blocking logging trucks to be arrested today at the disputed Blue Tier forest. |
| 12 Apr 2004 | Amazon shrinks while Australia grows
The Brazilian Government says a staggering 2.37 million hectares of forest was cleared for farming in the year 2003. |
| 07 Apr 2004 | Logging switch wouldnt impact chips
Woodchip export levels would not be significantly affected by the end of clearfelling in old-growth forests, Forestry Tasmania chief executive Evan Rolley said yesterday.
Record levels of more than 5.1 million tonnes of wood-chips were exported in 2002-03.
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| 07 Apr 2004 | Minister says management of NSW national parks will suffer
The federal Minister for forests has said this week's NSW mini-budget will lead to worse land management in forest areas |
| 03 Apr 2004 | Harvesting techniques
Hobart Mercury (Saturday, 3 April 2004)
The Forestry Tasmania issues papers have highlighted a number of harvesting techniques which could be utilised in Tasmanias old-growth forests.
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| 27 Mar 2004 | Future of Tasmanias rainforests
Tasmania contains about 600,000ha of rainforest - about 90 per cent of the area of rainforest present at the time of European settlement. Tasmania is the major custodian of Australias temperate rainforest, and our rainforests are diverse and beautiful. It is important that they are conserved throughout their range, and this has been achieved to a very high degree. |
| 19 Mar 2004 | Latham flies into forestry clash
FEDERAL Opposition Leader Mark Latham faces a difficult task appeasing both sides of the forestry debate after arriving in Tasmania for a two-day visit. |
| 19 Mar 2004 | Vic Government must show commitment to forestry
A state MP has called on the Victorian Government to honour its forest industry commitment to East Gippsland residents |
| 18 Mar 2004 | Timber harvesters role as a 'guardian'
A logging contractor and a traditional bushman who rely on the forests for their living speak to the media |
| 18 Mar 2004 | Latham pledges to preserve jobs
Opposition Leader Mark Latham has pledged that protecting the jobs of timber workers would be a non-negotiable |
| 18 Mar 2004 | Many dangers on forest trail
When Mark Latham joins Bob Brown on a walk through the Tasmanian forests today, he will be heading down a dangerous and well-worn path. |
| 17 Mar 2004 | WA plan 'disastrous'
When Peg Putt told your readers that they should copy the W A Government's disastrous plan to downsize the forest industry, she left a lot of facts out. |
| 17 Mar 2004 | Steps towards a sustainable firewood industry
AN EXCITING marriage of environmental and commercial objectives has blossomed in the Australian firewood industry. |
| 11 Mar 2004 | One Voice Means Stronger Future
NAFI Executive Director Kate Carnell has applauded the plantation-based wood, paper and timber products industry following the formation of one body to carry the sector forward. |
| 10 Mar 2004 | WA sawmills now on open market
Three jarrah sawmills owned by Sotico and its Manjimup processing centre will be offered for sale on the open market. |
| 10 Mar 2004 | Plantation sales up 166pc
Great Southern Plantations has delivered a record sales result, raising $50m under its prospectus for the period July 1, 2003, to March, 6, 2004 - up 166pc over the similar period last year |
| 09 Mar 2004 | Political parties dressed up as "charities"
In the Senate last week, Queensland Senator Mason asked some thought-provoking questions in connection with the involvement of charitable organisations in politics. He says it throws up a whole range of other interesting issues aside from the question of tax concessions. Are some charities in reality merely associated entities of political parties? Should the public disclosure requirements be more stringent than they currently are? |
| 04 Mar 2004 | Timbercorp land deal
JAMES Fielding Group has paid $46.6 million to buy 20,500ha of plantation land from forestry firm Timbercorp. |
| 01 Mar 2004 | Independent study exposes exaggerated conservation claims
AN independent study by Bureau of Rural Sciences has revealed that almost three-quarters of Australias old growth forests are now locked away. |
| 24 Feb 2004 | Forestry boost
Federal Member for Murray Sharman Stone announced a $90000 Natural Resource Innovation grant for the Northern United Industry Forestry Group at Milloo in Victoria. |
| 18 Feb 2004 | Wood fully utilised
CONSTRUCTION of the new Timbermans Group sawmill in Bombala will ensure full utilisation of all the sawlogs currently available from the region's softwood plantations, according to State Forests.
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| 18 Feb 2004 | Trust them, they're doctors!?
Claims by the Group Doctors for Forests that jobs are disappearing in the Tasmanian forestry industry have been shown to be false by Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures. Check out the facts ... |
| 18 Feb 2004 | Timber Communities ask ABC Board to investigate 4 Corners
Members of Timber Communities of Australia have called on ABC Chairman Mr Donald McDonald and his board to fully investigate the recent 4 Corners anti forestry program. |
| 11 Feb 2004 | NSW cypress industry strategic plan 2004-2010
The NSW cypress industry has prepared a strategic plan for development from 2004-2010 that highlights the real value of this industry to regional communities across Australia and aims to boost usage of the timber in Australia and Japan. |
| 23 Jan 2004 | 2020 vision helps forestry focus on partnerships
The Australian Government will look towards a greater focus on forestry stakeholder partnerships this year following the relaunch of a blueprint for commercial tree crops. |
| 12 Jan 2004 | Plantation forestry
A FORESTRY Tasmania researcher has accused New South Wales Liberal senator Bill Heffernan of wrongly using interstate data in a debate about plantation forestry.
Principal research officer Peter Volker said the figures used by Senator Heffernan for the Murray-Darling Basin could not be applied to north- western Tasmania. |
