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Gay keeps $1mill from insider trading
The former chairman of collapsed Tasmanian timber company Gunns, John Gay, will not be made to hand back the almost $ 1 million he made from insider trading. Source: ABC News
From mill site to tourist mecca
Two Australian millionaires will transform a key Tasmanian woodchip mill into a major tourist attraction, in a blow to the State Government and the forestry industry. Source: ABC News
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Home truths from Tassie sawmiller
Longford, Tasmania’s Graham Monson is one of the casualties of the Tasmanian forestry intergovernmental agreement. Source: The Examiner
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Mount Gambier benefits from government package
A Mount Gambier sawmilling operation has employed 18 new staff as the flow-on effects from the State Government’s $ 27m timber restructure package start to trickle through the sector. Source: The Border Watch
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From little things, big things grow
Forestry Tasmania is again supporting National Tree Day on 26 July. Source: Forestry Tasmania
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Tassie peace deal attacked from a new side
The President of Tasmania’s Legislative Council has delivered a scathing assessment of the forest peace deal. Source: 7 News
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Burnie Council profits from Forestry Tasmania stockpile
A prime industrial site in Burnie will become a holding yard for Forestry Tasmania’s stockpile of export logs. Source: The Mercury
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Payment advice from Gunns’ timber mid-March
Tasmanian farmers affected by the collapse of Gunns expect to clarify at a mid-March meeting what they will be paid for their plantation timber. Source: The Examiner
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New Forests to purchase Bell Bay and Tarpeena Sawmills from receivership
New Forests is acquiring all the assets of Gunns Timber Products (GTP), including the Bell Bay and Tarpeena sawmills. Source: Timberbiz
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CSIRO study says forestry may benefit from carbon farming
A study conducted by researchers from CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) suggests industrial plantation forestry could potentially contribute towards Australia’s national target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) if a carbon price is in place. Source: Science WA
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