Sawmiller 'worried' as Labor, Greens strike deal over environment laws
By Sandy Powell
The government has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul Australia environmental laws, sparking concerns for the future of Tasmania's native logging industry.
#EnvironmentalPolicy #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #FederalParliament #Environment #SandyPowell
'Absolute madness': Environment groups decry glider survey results
By Angela Heathcote
New data points to the "systemic" under-reporting of greater glider dens within areas earmarked for logging in NSW, which scientists say could result in localised extinctions.
#Environment #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #AngelaHeathcote
Timber workers lose jobs at Victorian sawmill weeks before Christmas
By Jack Colantuono and Madeleine Stuchbery
A Gippsland sawmill owned by Australia's largest softwood producer is set to shut immediately, with more than 70 jobs lost.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-19/yarram-sawmill-to-close-timber-shutdown-gippsland/105904140
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #JackColantuono #MadeleineStuchbery
Fears Herons Creek may become 'ghost town' due to new koala park
By Claire Simmonds and Sophia McCaughan
A third of Herons Creek’s population on the NSW mid north coast faces possible redundancy as the timber mill struggles to survive the logging moratorium to create the Great Koala National Park.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-17/job-losses-in-timber-industry-to-create-koala-park/106004814
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #ClaireSimmonds #SophiaMcCaughan
Forestry looks for new markets after new national park cuts supply
By Emma Rennie
The Great Koala National Park was announced to protect koalas and forests in northern NSW, but the forestry industry has been left wondering how it can fill a shortfall in supply.
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #Forests #ForestRegeneration #NationalParks #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #EmmaRennie
Environmental regulator probes alleged felling of native vegetation
By Eliza Bidstrup
Western Australia's environmental regulator has issued a property owner with a vegetation conservation notice for the alleged clearing of a significant amount of native trees.
#LandClearing #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #NativeSpecies #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #ElizaBidstrup
Ambitious plan to convert forestry waste into fuel for ships and planes
By Sam Bradbrook
With biofuels earmarked as a way to power the transport sector in the future, one industry says its waste can be converted into aviation and shipping fuel.
#AlternativeEnergy #ClimateChange #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #GlobalWarming #AirTransportIndustry #TransportIndustry #MarineTransportIndustry #RecyclingandWasteManagement #Manufacturing #BiotechnologyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #Sustainability #SamBradbrook
Logging company mistake 'compromised' arrests of forest protesters
By Scout Wallen
New documents show some of the reasons why charges against a number of forest protesters were dropped in Tasmania, with police now assisting the company to stop it from happening in future.
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #LawCrimeandJustice #ScoutWallen
Paper mill sues Victoria for $402m over alleged timber supply failure
By Madeleine Stuchbery, Danielle Pope, and Jack Colantuono
Paper Australia alleges the state government failed to provide enough raw materials for its Maryvale mill, causing substantial loss and damage.
#Courts #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #MadeleineStuchbery #DaniellePope # #JackColantuono
Pine tree pest threatens $3b forestry industry as more SA trees in danger
By Sam Bradbrook
An exotic pest that kills pine trees and can be spread by humans has felled more than 900 trees in Adelaide.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-10/giant-pine-scale-adelaide-foresty-eradication/105757332
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #EnvironmentalImpact #SamBradbrook
Timber industry counts cost of ban from Great Koala National Park
By Cathy Adams, Lauren Bohane, and Claire Simmonds
The timber industry says, despite years of consultation, it has been ignored after 176,000 hectares of NSW state forest was ruled off-limits to loggers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-09/nsw-timber-industry-shocked-by-logging-ban/105747810
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #NationalParks #CathyAdams #LaurenBohane # #ClaireSimmonds
State forestry corporation accused of failing to protect endangered glider
By Adriane Reardon
Conservationists call for an end to native forest logging in NSW after the state’s forestry corporation is accused of logging breaches in Tallaganda State Forest.
#Courts #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #Marsupials #Conservation #AdrianeReardon
'Not transparent': Environmental groups question Queensland logging plan
By Julius Dennis
The state government has assembled an industry only advisory panel as it works toward a 25-year plan for how state forests will be used.
#GovernmentandPolitics #Forests #ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #ActivismandLobbying #EnvironmentalPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EnvironmentalImpact #JuliusDennis
Job loss concern as wood supplier scales back manufacturing operations
By Callum Marshall
A north-east Victorian community raises concerns about the partial closure of ForestOne's manufacturing site in Benalla.
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #Manufacturing #Businesses #RegionalCommunities #CallumMarshall
