Tag: Timber
Timber power plan under fire
Conservationists say the town of Eden on the far south coast of New South Wales will be blighted by toxic pollution if a plan to produce power from wood goes ahead.[MORE]
Mill transformation to boost jobs
More than 60 jobs are expected to be created when a timber plant in north-east Victoria is made into Australia's biggest plywood mill.[MORE]
Deputy regrets pulp mill intervention
Tasmanian's Deputy Premier has told a public meeting Labor is still feeling the effects of intervening in the Gunns pulp mill approval process.[MORE]
DSE denies siding with VicForests
The Department of Sustainability and Environment's (DSE) director of forests has denied suggestions he acted in the best interests of logging company VicForests, rather than threatened animals, in relation to logging at Brown Mountain north of Orbost.[MORE]
Leaders tight-lipped on Gunns' troubles
Tasmania's political leaders are refusing to talk about the uncertainty facing timber company Gunns.[MORE]
Pollies sidestep support for Gunns' chairman
Tasmania's major political parties have refused to publicly support Gunns' chairman, John Gay, as he battles for control of the company.[MORE]
Claims pulp mill under threat if boss resigns
There are predictions Gunns' proposed Tamar Valley pulp mill would be under threat if chairman John Gay succumbs to pressure to quit. [MORE]
Quoll survey in planned logging coupes
A conservation group wants Regional Forest Agreements (RFA) scrapped to protect endangered animals.[MORE]
Gunns chairman 'under pressure to resign'
The chairman of Gunns Limited says he has been under pressure to resign from the timber company's board of directors.[MORE]
Vandals 'frighten' Gunns chairman
The Magistrates Court in Launceston has heard the chairman of Tasmanian timber company, Gunns Ltd, is becoming frightened by vandalism attacks on his home.[MORE]
VicForests to call more witnesses
State Government-owned timber company VicForests is due to call the first of its witnesses today at the Brown Mountain logging case being heard by the Supreme Court in Sale.[MORE]
Timber workers want support for FEA
Timber workers have criticised the Tasmanian Government for failing to prop up ailing timber company Forest Enterprises Australia (FEA). [MORE]
FEA lifeline denied
The troubled Tasmanian timber company Forest Enterprises Australia has suffered another blow. [MORE]
Forum airs water, forestry conflict concerns
A forum in Launceston has heard claims conflicts of interest are dogging the Tasmanian environment.[MORE]
Great Southern land up for sale
The liquidators of the failed agribusiness Great Southern are trying to repay some debts with a sale of timber plantation land in the Green Triangle.[MORE]
Forest group defends rail funding delay
The Forest Industries Federation has defended the Western Australian Government's decision to defer funding for an upgrade of the Greenbushes railway.[MORE]
Department hoses down timber toxin fears
The Tasmanian Health Department has written to St Helens residents reassuring them they face no danger from the town's water supply.[MORE]
Union lobbies for forestry workers' entitlements
The union representing workers at the troubled forestry company Forest Enterprises Australia (FEA) has demanded the Tasmanian Labor and Liberal parties secure workers' entitlements.[MORE]
Shires fear new parks to oust loggers
Southern New South Wales councils say their communities have been dealt a blow with the confirmation of big new national parks in the region.[MORE]
Chile's woodchip customers look to Tas
Japanese paper companies may look to Tasmania for woodchips following the earthquakes in Chile.[MORE]
Greens left out of FEA talks
The Tasmanian Government has defended excluding the Greens from potential bail-out talks with the debt-ridden timber company Forest Enterprises Australia.[MORE]
Woodfired power station stoush
Forestry Tasmania has denied claims that its proposed wood-fired power station in the Huon Valley will use material from native forests. [MORE]
More information on St Helens water
Tasmania's Health Department has received more information from a south east doctor about possible contamination of the St Helens water supply. [MORE]
Gunns price up
The share price of Tasmanian timber company Gunns has had a small recovery today after investors sold down the company last week.[MORE]
Pulp mill protesters' case adjourned indefinitely
A group of anti-pulp mill protesters have appeared in the Magistrates Court in Launceston this morning, charged with failing to comply with a direction of a police officer.[MORE]
