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Forest products marketing push

This Issue • Wood industry on front foot to gain in ‘energy budget’ • Opportunity to extend sustainable forest practices

Asia prime target in govt-industry strategy to boost export earnings

A NEW timber industry promotion strategy targeting domestic and key export markets, especially Asia, will underscore Australia’s sustainability credentials and its international competitiveness in forest products.

The $130,000 project is being funded on a 50% matching basis between industry and the federal government under the Promoting Australian Produce program and will be undertaken over the next 12 months.

“The project will identify

Opportunities to boost exports of forest products.

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consumer needs and barriers to the development of more effective marketing of high quality and environmentally sustainable forest products in export markets, particularly in the growing Asian market,” the deputy chief executive of the National Association of Forest Industries Mick Stephens said.

“Forest products markets in Japan and increasingly China represent significant growth opportunities in the medium to longer term,” Mr Stephens Cont Page 3

‘best choice’ for architectural students • VAFI repeats call for fire summit • TUMA a toothless tiger?

• Barakula proposals slammed

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budget 2010

Wood industry on Making front foot to gain an in ‘energy budget’ impact ..

$652m for renewable projects The Victorian Association of Forest Industries, representing the interests of the Victorian timber Industry

INVESTMENT in the bio-energy sector could put the forest industry on the front foot to gain from a federal budget that provides a further $652.5 million over four years to establish a Renewable Energy Future Fund.

Apart from opportunities for added income from the sale of residue or value added char or energy products, there are emerging opportunities for the industry in the production of power to offset rapidly rising electricity costs.

Money saved by the shelving of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will be redirected into the energy future fund which provides additional support to develop and deploy large and small scale renewable energy projects.

Partnerships between the government and the private sector will make critical early stage investments to leverage

private funds to support the commercialisation of renewable technologies – and the development of biomass, a renewable energy source derived from wood and wood waste, slots well into this category.

The energy future fund will form part of the expanded $5.1 billion Clean Energy Initiative, which includes the $2 billion Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships Program and the $1.5 billion Solar Flagships Program announced in last year’s budget.

It will also complement the existing support provided through the government’s expanded renewable energy target of 20% by 2020.

The government remains committed to its controversial emissions trading scheme “over the medium term”, but Cont Page 4

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industry news

Japan talks on timber trade, forest certification schemes From Page 1

said.

“Strategic market development and capacity building for major export markets in the Asian region has the potential to generate significant commercial, economic and social benefits; a 5-10% increase in current exports would generate additional export income of between $100-200 million a year.

“These benefits would flow across the forest growing, harvesting and wood processing supply chain.”

Australia has a forest products trade deficit of around $2 billion, largely due to imports of printing and writing papers.

Woodchips represent the major forest product export, at over $900 million in 2008-09.

Mick Stephens .. project will identify consumer needs – and barriers.

Mr Stephens said the project would address several priorities of the forest products industry related to enhancing its international competitiveness industry and promoting the credentials of Australian grown and manufactured products in

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both domestic and international markets.

These credentials included the inherent high quality, durability and environmental sustainability of Australian forest products for a range of fibre, building and appearance grade uses.

“The ability to promote the quality and environmental sustainability of forest product exports will influence both market access and prices for Australian products,” Mr Stephens said.

The project will involve a scoping study to assess current market access and barriers to the acceptance of forest products from Australia; the collection of new information on attitudes and issues directly from prospective buyers and market segments in China and Japan; and identification of new opportunities for improved marketing plans based on the initial findings.

Mr Stephens said this would enhance the industry’s capacity to better understand and act on contemporary marketing demands, including important linkages to internationally recognised certification schemes such as the Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFCS) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

NAFI chief executive Allan Hansard will undertake preliminary meetings in Japan later this month to discuss the project with a number of relevant agencies and companies, including officials from Austrade, the Australian Agriculture Counsellor and certification bodies such as the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC).

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budget 2010

Budget ignores housing shortage From Page 2

in the meantime it will be concentrating on providing more support for Australia’s renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.

More than matching funds available for renewable technology, the 2010 budget has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into training and apprenticeships.

The government is allocating more than $660 million to the Skills for Sustainable Growth policy is an attempt to drive down high youth jobless figures.

With unemployment among under-24s running at more than 11% nationally, the states and territories will be offered a deal that will guarantee a training place for every jobseeker under the age of 25.

The government will sweeten the deal by allowing the states and territories to use National

Partnership Productivity Places program cash to boost their own base level vocational training funds. There will also be $53.6 million over four years to provide wider access to loans which will help workers pay for the costs of further training. In return, states and territories will be asked to guarantee a training place for all young people.

In a package worth nearly $300 million over the next four years, more than $200 million will be spent on training the unemployed and providing more training for those who already have jobs. Treasurer Wayne Swain said the new measures would deliver up to 70,000 new training places over the next four years and support

The housing pipeline remains clogged.

22,500 new apprentices.

Against these provisions, the government has failed to boost industry research and development which has been inexplicably cut over the last 12 months.

The Housing Industry Association says the federal budget provides a plan for economic recovery and sensibly avoids the usual temptation of pre-election big spending commitments.

But HIA managing director Shane Goodwin says while the budget might be economically sensible and provides useful incentives for households, businesses and workforce skills, it contained little to address Australia’s chronic housing shortage and worsening affordability.

Unfortunately, the budget fails to deliver measures to alleviate Cont Page 7

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18: Victorian Timber Industry Supply Chain Seminar: Connecting the Pieces for Business Success. Radisson Hotel, 380 William Street, Melbourne.

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senate bushfire hearings

VAFI repeats call for fire summit at Senate hearings THE Victorian forest industry repeated calls for a national bush fires summit at a Senate hearing on the Black Saturday fires in Melbourne.

Appearing before the Senate select committee on agricultural and related industries, the chief executive of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries Phillip Dalidakis said: “This is an issue of national importance.”

Mr Dalidakis was responding to a question from Senator Chris Back (WA) about the scope for a national coordinating body to oversee emergencies, particularly related to wildfires, without going into the constitutional rights of states and territories to mange the land.

Mr Dalidakis said VAFI endorsed and supported the call for a national summit by the National Association of Forest Industries.

“It is an issue that can impact on members of local communities through different jurisdictions, and certainly it is one in which we believe there should be greater consistency,” he said.

“Should COAG [Council of Australian Governments] continue to ignore the importance of forest management reform, then it does so at the continued risk of the very people who live in the very different jurisdictions.”

Mr Dalidakis stated that the number one issue in land management was that it must be ‘tenure blind’.

“That means that irrespective of whether we are talking about state forest, national parks or, in fact, private landholdings, the approach to land management must be exactly the same.

“If for whatever reason a responsible agency or government planning overlay

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Phillip Dalidakis .. impacts across the land base are greater as a result of wildfire.

chooses not to do so, they are simply outsourcing their risk management and increasing the risk profile of one of those land tenures over and above the others.

“That is the first and probably the most important point that I would like to make to the committee today.”

Mr Dalidakis said the greatest threat to threatened species and flora and fauna within national parks, state forests and on private land was the threat of wildfire.

“We are not talking about something other people would construe as rocket science,” he said.

Red gum myths, Page 9 “And we are certainly not trying to distort evidence before you to try and paint a picture that would be considerably tainted by some members of the community.

“The very fact of the matter is that in Victoria we have 8.3 million ha of forest area. In the three fires of 2003, 2006-07 and the tragic fires of 2009, Cont Page15

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budget 2010

Budget provides opportunity to extend sustainable forest practices THE Australian Forestry Standard has applauded increased funding for the forestry industry in the federal budget – by 25% to $26.575 million.

“The budget provides an excellent opportunity for the federal government to improve sustainable forest practices in Australia by supporting and promoting the use and export of certified forest products,” the chief executive of AFS Kayt Watts said.

“AFS looks forward to this funding being at least maintained in future years,” she said.

“The budget funding is also an ideal opportunity for the government to extend its support to the development and maintenance of Australian forestry standards AS 4708 and AS4707.

“This will ensure wider use of rigorous national standards developed by AFS Ltd for the sustainable harvesting, domestic use and export of Australia’s renewable forest resources.”

Industry has welcomed budget comments by Forestry Minister Tony Burke that the the Rudd government will continue to

Kayt Watts .. increased funding welcomed.

support Australia’s forest and wood product industries to boost productivity and grow export markets.

“Domestic and export users of Australian forest products are increasingly aware of the need to specify certified timbers as the only effective way of ensuring those products are harvested in a sustainable way,” Ms Watts said.

“The Australian Forest Certification Scheme operated

by AFS provides the only sustainable forest management and chain of custody certification processes that are internationally recognised Australian standards.”

Canadian plea on certification THE Canadian Institute of Forestry has called on the US Green Building Council to recognise all wood from certified legal and sustainably managed sources in Canada, and the benefits of using wood in general, in its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building system.

Currently the program’s material and resources section only gives credit for forest products from areas where FSC certifies operations.

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) also provide assurances that forest products come from sustainably managed forests.

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Improved economic outlook From Page 4

the chronic housing shortage.

The federal government’s own Housing Supply Council estimates housing shortage at nearly 200,000 in 2010 and projects that shortage to double over the next 10 years.

“The housing pipeline remains clogged by exorbitant infrastructure costs, planning delays and slow land release,” Mr Goodwin said. “ Until these bottlenecks are removed many families will remain locked out of home ownership as house prices and rents push ever-higher.”

Mr Goodwin said the government rightly placed an emphasis on infrastructure funding with a 10-year $5.6 billion infrastructure fund directed at “nation building”.

However, housing infrastructure cost issues have not been addressed.

The dramatic escalation of the housing shortage necessitates the ramping up of the government’s

Housing Affordability Fund beyond the current $512 million previously allocated over a fiveyear period.

“Importantly the budget shows an improved economic and fiscal outlook. The reduced federal budget deficit of $40 billion and improved economic growth and unemployment outlook is to be commended,” Mr Goodwin said.

“With the economy now in recovery, it is appropriate that the budget should be less stimulatory with a substantial reduction in the anticipated budget deficit.

Getting the budget ‘back into the black’ through tight control of spending will help to align fiscal strategy with monetary policy and take some pressure off interest rates.”

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industry news

Forest industry shake-up as crisis worsens in Tas THE Tasmanian government is working to radically overhaul the forest industry as debtridden logging contractors cry out for help.

Contractors are calling for another assistance package from the state to help meet debt repayments during the latest woodchip mill shutdowns.

Gunns Ltd has advised industry its mills at Burnie, Triabunna and Longreach will close for an extra three weeks from this month.

The State Government provided $1.8 million in March to help forest contractors during earlier shutdowns.

In a statement, Premier David Bartlett says he acknowledges the industry is careening

towards crisis. He has convened a high-level meeting to create a blueprint for a forest industry shake-up.

“The government has been working for nine months with key stakeholders on what we need to do to ensure we have a strong, sustainable industry with jobs growth,” Mr Bartlett said.

“If we are to have an ongoing place in world markets for our forestry products we have to change.”

There is speculation the government will also appoint an independent mediator to broker long-term peace between conservation groups and the forest industry.

Call for Director nominations Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited (FWPA) is seeking to appoint at least two Directors to its Board.

FWPA is an unlisted public company, limited by guarantee, that provides national, integrated promotion, research and development services for the Australian forest and wood products industry.

FWPA is committed to helping the industry be collaborative, innovative, sustainable and competitive. Company members are wood processors, forest growers, and importers of wood products. As a rural research and development corporation, the Company also receives matching funds from the Commonwealth government for its R&D activities.

An independent Director Selection Committee established under the Company’s Constitution will consider proposals for candidates, and recommend to the FWPA Board persons for nomination for appointment as a Director. The Committee is required to ensure that

candidates will result in a balanced, skills-based Board.

Information about FWPA and the process for appointing Directors is set out in FWPA’s Constitution, available from the company’s website at www.fwpa.com.au All candidates should: b provide sufficient information to allow the Director Selection Committee to fully consider the candidate’s nomination; b include specific information about the candidate’s ability to meet one or more of the requisite skills and experience nominated in FWPA’s Constitution (clause 13.13); and b include a statement that the proposed candidate is aware of his or her nomination and is willing to accept appointment as a Director of FWPA if elected.

Applications will only be received by email and should be sent to the Secretary, Director Selection Committee at: rob.lockwood@fwpa.com.au Enquiries can be made to 0419 259 481 Please note the closing date for applications is Friday 4th June 2010

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senate bushfire hearings

Red gum forests .. healthy trees after after selective harvesting.

Red gum-tourism argument a ‘myth’ POLITICAL decisions on the tourism versus timber debate had underpinned the reduction of harvesting of the Victorian red gum forest estate, VAFI chief executive Phillip Dalidakis told a hearing of the Senate select committee on agricultural and related industries in Melbourne.

Responding to questions from Senator Kerry O’Brien (ALP Tasmania), Mr Dalidakis said in the case of the Wombat Forest Estate, it was strongly argued at the time that tourism would supplant forestry.

“It is my understanding that not one job, not one tourist operator, is working in the Wombat forest several years after the decision,” Mr Dalidakis emphasised.

Referring to wildfires, he said the red gum was a species that could not sustain a fire through it. “If a fire goes through red gum, that’s the end of the forest.”

He said the problems of the red gum had nothing to do with the tourism industry.

“But they do have a lot to do with water, let’s be very clear about that.”

Mr Dalidakis said the tourism argument was a

myth perpetuated by the Bracks government at the 2006 election and the then Minister for Environment John Thwaites and the current NSW government that the timber industry somehow had had a negative impact.

“In fact, I am happy to take you through different parts of red gums in Victoria and show where selective harvesting has occurred and the remaining trees are in a much healthier state than the trees where there is no selective harvesting, because of the minimal water resource available,” Mr Dalidakis said.

“It bears to common sense that if in an area, for example, of 10 sq m you have 100 trees fighting for the same resource as opposed to 50 trees fighting for that resource, the 100 trees will not survive as well as the 50.”

Senate committee chairman Senator Bill Heffernan declared an interest in the red gum situation.

He stated: “I have got 10,000 acres of gums that are dying.

We have not had a flood on them since 1993 in the lower Lachlan. It is very sad. It has nothing to do [with] anything else other than the water.”

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BUILDING DESIGN

EWPs ‘best choice’ for green building Architectural students create new design concepts

By JIM BOWDEN

AN affordable housing design challenge – using engineered wood products – to double the ‘living density’ on a normal detached site and avoid highrise buildings has inspired innovative ideas among thirdyear architectural students at the University of Queensland.

The assignment brief, which allows for two houses on one normal detached housing site and other combinations that increase density, has been applied to the bustling multicultural precinct of West End, on the edge of Brisbane’s city centre.

Program director of architectural design at the university’s School of Architecture Andrew Wilson says students are exploring the project with the total application of engineered wood products – updating their own interpretations of the alltimber house.

With Simon Dorries, general manager of the Engineered Woods Products Association of Australasia, we watched as enthusiastic students explained their designs and theories which will enter an EWPAA affordable house competition.

“It is exciting to see architectural students investigating the

EWPAA general manger Simon Dorries discusses design concepts for an affordable high density housing assignment using engineered wood products with third-year architectural students at Queensland University Agnes lan der Meiv, Janelle Watt and Ben Devany.

innovative and novel use of EWPs,” Mr Dorries said.

“Some of the projects were really outside the box,” he said.

“This is the sort of thinking the industry needs to develop and market the next generation of wood products. And it’s good to see plantation-grown sustainable engineered wood products replacing steel and concrete.”

Students we talked to believe engineered wood products are very stable and offer greater structural strength than typical wood building materials.

“Wood, and more specifically

engineered wood, is a renewable building material; it’s a good choice for the environment, for green building, and for long-term life cycle performance,” was the opinion of one student as she completed her presentation.

Another student agreed it was important to understand how engineered wood products can be used to meet the emerging standards and requirements for green building.

More than 100 students in the course will hand in their assignments for further assessment in June.

The high population suburbs of West End, Highgate Hill and South Brisbane were targeted for the third-year housing design assignment. The region with its growing number of cafes, ‘chic’ meeting places and proximity to the University of Queensland, the South Bank complex and the city centre has attracted a younger crowd of residents.

Brisbane City Council estimates the population of South Brisbane and West End will increase by 312.5% over the next 20 years.

The resident population growth – forecast to skyrocket from 8000 to 33,000 and triggered in part because the Queensland Government needs to find space for 156,000 new homes in southeast Queensland – is contained in the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan.

The plan will facilitate the urban renewal of obsolete, industrial brownfield sites alongside the Brisbane River and create opportunities for new vibrant, well designed and sustainable accommodation.

Current projections are for about 33,000 residents and 72,000 employees by 2031.

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BUILDING DESIGN

Study targets high-density housing at city’s edge From Page 10

at the UQ School of Architecture is the build studio program using the school’s new Multicom CNC router.

Coordinated by lecturer Michael Dickson, the program explores overlaps between building and sculpture that respond to specific settings.

The project will be completed collaboratively using physical model making, digitising and

the production of prototypes.

The sculpture is using high quality marine grade plywood capable of withstanding a seaside location as the primary material for the finished work.

“We’re doing a lot of good and interesting things out here with building design – and wood is at the core,” reflected Andrew Wilson.

Architecture at UQ is a national leader in architectural education

and research. The school is renowned for the quality of its staff and graduates whose contributions have shaped some of the best contemporary architecture of Australia.

The professional programs are characterised by intensive interaction of students and

staff on design projects in wellequipped studios and expert lectures in humanities and technology. Research strengths in indigenous culture, the history and theory of architecture, and sustainable design are strongly linked to professional degree programs.

Inspecting the new CNC router in the University of Queensland’s School of Architecture design build program are, from left, Simon Dorries, general manger, EWPAA, Jack Dodgson, architectural student, and Michael Dixon, lecturer and program coodinator.

Union takes FSC membership THE social chamber of FSC Australia has received an important boost with one of Australia’s largest and most influential trade unions accepted as a member. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) represents several thousand

workers in the printing and packaging industries as well as pulp and paper manufacturing.

Membership of FSC Australia has now reached 80 organisations and individuals – 50 in the economic chamber, 20 in the environment chamber and 10 in the social chamber.

If it’s your timber, make sure it’s in the competition.

Ring the architect, builder or owner; pay the fee; organise the photos.

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POINT OF VIEW

Rumble and grumble in the treated jungle as a TUMA tiger turns toothless pussycat without compromising on quality or service. But it is fair to say that the number of timber treatment companies and sawmillers who have gone out of business in the last few years bears testimony to hard times, competitive markets and desperate measures to counter them.

Through all of this TUMA has over the years lost its teeth – one tooth after another. Loss of staff, through general attrition, lack of funds and so on have all reduce it to a toothless tiger.

By ROBIN DOWDING

I NOTED with interest and a fair degree of sadness the comments in the Watchdog column (T&F enews March 3).

As one who helped pioneer the treated pine industry in the early 80s, my thoughts concur entirely with the remarks on the demise of quality in sections of the wood preservation industry.

In the beginning it was an uphill battle convincing people in Queensland that pine was good for more than just packing case manufacture. The concept of treated – or ‘tanalised’ pine as it was known in New Zealand – was well established as an outdoor wood commodity for farm fencing and general landscaping.

On the other hand, Queenslanders worked on the principle “the bigger the piece of wood, the longer it takes to rot or be eaten by termites”.

So the idea of a flimsy bit of plantation pine lasting in ground contact for maybe 40 years or more took quite a bit of selling.

We were challenging tradition.

But in those early days as the Watchdog said, we then had the services of the Queensland Department of Forestry’s police force to ensure treaters, sawmillers and resellers complied with TUMA (Timber Utilisation and Marketing Act).

Notables that spring to mind are Dr Liam Leightley, Greg McDonald and Wes Kyneston to mention but a few and of course the ‘Kaptain’ who is still wielding what is left of the stick, Jack Norton.

They were great characters in the industry and a big part of the development. They worked well with all of us in the production and sales side of treated timber.

In those days we had the Queensland Timber Treaters Group, which comprised all stakeholders in the industry

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The concept of treated pine was well established as an outdoor wood commodity for farm fencing and general landscaping.

What’s happened to TUMA?

who met on a regular basis to thrash out differences, suggest improvements and work with forestry.

We all had the will and the determination to do the right thing by the product and the consumer. But over time as things got tougher, unfortunately, the all mighty dollar took over.

By the mid-80s newcomers were entering the industry with a different agenda to the early pioneers. They saw this market on the rise as a cash cow, so they wanted profit, plenty of it and quickly. This led to strong competition and the inevitable

price-cutting, a road, which many a product has travelled.

Next to suffer, as Watchdog pointed out, was treatment quality. Corners were starting to be cut in order to get the next sale. Fence palings? OK, we’ll cut down the size a little and not worry about the heart in material. The timber is still a bit green, but it will be all right and the customer won’t wait so we’ll just leave it in the treatment a bit longer.

Pine landscape sleepers were starting to hit the market. In those days it was hard to get timber of that dimension with less than 20% heartwood in the piece – but “she’ll be right, mate”. And the fact they were not always dried properly before treatment added to a recipe for disaster.

The market also started to decline with a slump in the building industry. By 1990, most timber yards were really suffering with huge stocks of unwanted, unsold timber. I am not suggesting for one moment that all producers went down the track of cutting corners to combat the situation and some weathered the storm

By the mid-80s newcomers were entering the industry with a different agenda to the early pioneers Obviously TUMA is no longer sustainable. So while Watchdog, and indeed myself, can lament the old days and ways, with the camaraderie that went with it, it’s up to industry to collectively get together and put its house in order; to restore consumer confidence in what is after all a brilliant product, when properly prepared and presented.

[Editor’s note: The fate of the Timber Utilisation and Marketing Act 1987 is now before Cabinet and a decision on whether it is to continue or its life-support is switched off is expected soon.

Under the Act, timber sold as ‘preservative treated’ or ‘immunised’ in Queensland must be treated with an approved preservative treatment and branded with a registered brand (including the relevant H level code).

Timber treaters in Queensland are responsible for branding all timber treated in their treatment plant before it leaves the site.

The requirements of TUMA take precedence in Queensland over relevant Australian Standards].

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wood technology

New scanning, mill optimistion driven by sawmill consolidation

Best-value solutions at ScanTECH series TIMES have been tough for sawmills over the last couple of years – on that there can be no doubt.

The economic recession, dropping demand for wood products, low timber prices and an exchange rate that disadvantaged exporters have put most mills under real pressure. As a consequence, sawmills on both sides of the Tasman have undergone major consolidation.

A new DANA review of the New Zealand forest products industry shows more than 30 sawmills have closed since 2003. This has reduced annual log demand by 2.4 million cub m (almost 15% of recent sawlog harvest) and lumber output by 1.2 million cub m.

Mill closures have accounted for around 25% of the total number of ‘industrial’ sawmills operating in 2003.

In Australia, there has been a similar trend to closures and consolidation. In softwood sawmilling, one of the larger players, Weyerhaeuser, exited Australia and with its purchase made Carter Holt Harvey the largest softwood sawmiller in Australia.

Gunns purchased Auspine and there were closures, the Pinetec mill in Perth an example.

In hardwood sawmilling ITC’s hardwood sawmilling assets were purchased by Gunns (institutions invested more than $451 million in the Auspine and ITC Timber purchases). Like CHH in softwood milling, the ITC purchase made Gunns the largest hardwood sawmiller in Australia.

In addition to closures and consolidation, sawmillers in these tough times have

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demanded more sawn production from their logs.

Over the last one to two years the result of this pressure has been the development of some of the most sophisticated technology seen in wood processing in recent times. At the forefront of this demand for improved recoveries, operating efficiencies and productivity has been log and lumber scanning and sawmill optimisation innovations.

It is this innovation which is

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going to be showcased to Australasian sawmillers in late July at ScanTECH 2010. The series runs on July 21 and 22 in Rotorua and again in Melbourne on July 26 and 27.

With local sawmillers and key technology providers from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the Forest Industry Engineering Association has set up an independent series of technology programs.

“The series builds on the success of the 2008 program and it will showcase technologies that have been developed in the last two years,” says FIEA director Brent Apthorp.

Included in the program will be the very latest in advances in log merchandising and edger and trimmer optimisation, updates on true shape scanning, designing and integrating sophisticated breakdown equipment in the mill, developments in commercialising X-ray and CT internal log scanning, acoustic tools for measuring strength and stiffness, ultra-sound scanning for determining internal log

checking and optimisation software to determine the best value solution for processing each log.

“The technology series will be the most complete lineup of international and local technology providers ever seen in this part of the world,” says Mr Apthorp.

“In addition to details on new innovation and development, case studies have been selected from leading local and international sawmills to profile how the technology has been employed, where it has been installed and what it is achieving for each of the operations.”

Local sawmills will also be participating in some new technology discussion sessions designed to give a practical and honest slant on how sawmills are selecting and working with vendors and technology providers to ensure the correct gear is chosen and commissioned.

Practical and honest slant on how sawmills are working with vendors and technology providers to ensure the correct gear is chosen and commissioned Pointers on how they are dealing with the management and maintenance of the new technology to ensure it is running as it should and that productivity gains promised are being met will also be discussed at ScanTECH 2010.

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point of view

‘No rational or scientific justification for the state proposal on Barakula forest’

By PETER LEAR

The proposed conversion of Barakula from state forest tenure to national park tenure [Barakoola doomed? T&F enews April19] will be a retrograde step for the ecosystem, country Queensland and sustainable forest management.

There is no rational or scientific justification for this decision.

This is nothing more than a decision by a government who is increasingly being advised by a minority of so-called conservationists who harbour a mistaken belief that locking away forests for ever will maintain them in their present state forever.

Mother Nature does not work this way and passive management or no management regimes will have unintended consequences far greater than the scientificbased and sustainable management regime of the last 100 years.

Barakula was one of the first state forests in Queensland dedicated under the State Forests and National Parks Act of 1906. The actual dedication took place in early 1907, so it has been managed as a working forest for over 100 years. In that time it has produced huge quantities of cypress pine and

hardwood timbers, mainly spotted gum and ironbark.

Over this period much of the area has been silviculturally treated to improve the productivity of these forests. A comprehensive roading system has been built for management

Heart-breaking decision IT breaks my heart to read about the proposed lock up of Barakula forest which has been the ‘gold’ producer of a large area of Queensland for over 100 years.

The present run of events managed by the Queensland Government would be better handled by a schoolboy .. hospital payments for staff fouled, selling of state assets, electricity’s escalating costs, allowing maritime movements

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through the Great Barrier Reef to name but a few.

Having made my livelihood from the timber industry and a large part of it through sustained milling of an annual crop from Barakula forest, I am horrified about this latest show of ineptitude by a government with little common sense and no future direction.

— CHARLES ACHILLES, Logan, Qld.

and fire control purposes and a number of lookout towers have been constructed for fire observation in the frequent periods of high fire danger in the spring and early summer periods.

The timber has been harvested under tree marking rules, which is a selection process to ensure that the harvesting operation not only takes a commercial harvest of wood but the residual forest is upgraded at the same time. Proof of this claim is visible over much of Barakula.

The fact that some of the cypress stands have now been logged six times confirms the sustainability of the operations in this forest. Nearly all the area has been logged several times.

This ongoing work represents a huge effort by many people who worked at Barakula over the last 100 years. Before and after

World War 2, the staff numbers at Barakula were in excess of 100. The current Barakula forest estate is a worthy memorial to those who made this great effort. The local timber industry, which has relied on this forest for timber, has been one of the backstays of the country towns in the area.

One of the fortuitous advantages of the Barakula state forest as it stands is the naturally occurring mosaic of cypress and eucalypt forests.

Whilst there are areas of cypress-eucalypt mixed forest there are much larger areas of almost pure cypress or pure eucalypt forest. The advantage of this situation is that the eucalypt forests can be regularly burnt to reduce fuel build up and foster regeneration. These regularly burnt forests in turn provide fire protection to the cypress forests, which are very sensitive to fire.

What will be achieved by conversion to national park?

The short answer is nothing.

The history of national parks in Queensland shows conclusively that active forest management other than for restricted areas to cater for tourist and recreational purposes is virtually zero.

Roading systems are allowed to revert to scrub and very little controlled burning is done.

Fuel build up will eventually lead to fire which in the case of Barakula will destroy 100 years of sustainable forest management in the cypress forests.

Barakula endures regular periods of severe fire risk, so it is not a matter if fire will occur but when it will occur. The resultant devastation will be dependent on previous controlled burning regime and the management of the particular wildfire, which is very difficult without good Cont Page 15

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senate bushfire hearings

‘Without industry fighting fires it would be a far different picture than it is today’ From Page 6

more than 3 million ha of forest was lost.

“Much of that forest last year – 450,000 ha in particular – was burnt to such a point that it will take decades to recover, if it recovers at all.

“So the impacts across the land base are greater as a result of wildfire than anything the forest industry does.”

Mr Dalidakis emphasised that of the 8.3 million ha of forest area and 3.5 million ha of fireravaged areas across the three fires, the forest and timber industry on public estate harvests no more than 55006500 ha a year.

“We are talking about over 3 million ha burnt but only around 5500 ha annually harvested, regrown and regenerated.

“So, in terms of responsible management of our forest, there is wide scope for the industry to support the efforts across the land base.”

Mr Dalidakis said the timber industry was much maligned throughout some sections of the community for its impact within the forest area.

“But its contribution to fighting fires is very rarely recognised,” he said. “”I want to state on public record that without our industry fighting fires we would have a far different picture of devastation

Bushfires threaten a water catchment in Victoria.

and responses than we do today.”

The impact on the taxpayer was also often overlooked, Mr Dalidakis said.

“When the industry is operating in an area of forest estate, the tracks are not maintained at the expense of the taxpayer; they are maintained at the expense of the industry that is working in that area. ”It is the very livelihood of

my members, their families, their friends and their local communities that is completely dependent on the activities and the responsible and environmentally sustainable way in which they undertake their jobs.”

On the subject of Melbourne’s water catchments, Mr Dalidakis said there was 157,000 ha of forest area across these catchments and from this the

industry harvested no more than 300 ha annually.

“However, some anti-timber activists would have you believe that it is the timber industry that is putting Melbourne’s water supply at greatest risk. That is just a fabrication.”

The Senate select committee on agricultural and related industries into Australian bushfires was initiated by Senator Bill Heffernan. Liberal senator for New South Wales, who chairs the committee.

The committee is examining the incidence of bushfires across Australia, including its impact on humans, animals, agricultural land, the environment, public and private assets and local communities. The causes of fires are also under scrutiny.

The impact of land management policies and hazard reduction are being examined along with the extent and effectiveness of existing bushfire mitigation strategies, and what alternatives might be considered.

New e-learning toolbox for truss and frame A NEW ‘flexible learning toolbox’ is being developed

by Workspace Training in consultation with ForestWorks to deliver crucial e-learning support for truss and frame makers, who make up the bulk of the timber manufacturing

sector’s 38,000 workers.

Timber ‘plus’ will extend the Series 12 timber toolbox, covering a total of nine competencies from the forest and forest products industry.

The toolbox will include more in-demand core units as well

as sector-specific units relating to the timber manufactured products sector.

The new toolbox is expected to be available from late 2010, either for purchase on CD-ROM or as a as a free download.

Huge effort by many people over more than a century From Page 14

access (roading) and trained staff.

It is also relevant to note that the conversion to national park means that all the millions of dollars spent in managing this area for the last 100 years plus will be wasted.

The loss of this sustainable resource will mean another loss to country Queensland’s economy and in all probability substitution with timber products harvested in Southeast Asia or Africa where sustainable forestry is unknown.

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• Peter Lear studied forestry at University of Queensland and the Australian National University, graduating from the ANU with a Bachelor of Science (Forestry). He worked for DPI Forestry from 1971 until 1987, including over four years in the Dalby district,

which takes in the cypress forests of Queensland.

Mr Lear also spent five years in forestry head office in Brisbane from 1980 to 1985 working on the development and maintenance of harvesting and marketing systems.

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on the road

Hand-made Morgan fine piece of furniture!

After a century, ash wood still used for frame of iconic car MY father owned a threewheeler Morgan in the 1940s and because we were Welsh and came from a long line of Taffs, he reckoned this was the car to drive on his many trips to Welsh north coast beaches.

The Morgans (Welsh name for bright sea) supported Owain Glyndwr’s attempt to free Wales from the English crown in the years after 1400 and father was a ‘home rule for Wales’ supporter.

Back to the Morgan car, look you. Take a look at these photos of the remake of the classic Morgan sports car. It is completely hand made in England – Sassenachs forgiven – and it starts out like a piece of furniture in the carpentry shop.

After the hardwood frame is built for the body shell it is matched up with a steel frame that holds the engine, transmission and suspension, then it is finished off in the paint shop. It comes with a BMW 4.8L engine.

No price was mentioned, but we suspect if you had to ask then you couldn’t afford it.

(Hint: A deposit of $A41,000 is required to ensure the supply of one of these exciting new models. It is anticipated to cost around $A178,000) The Morgan car has always been built around an ash-frame, and a steel chassis. The new Aero 8 also has an ash frame. This

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Morgan three-wheeler Super Sports (circa 1936-7).

gives unique strength, flexibility and surprisingly, research shows the frame makes the car safer on impact tests.

Ash, European ash or common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a species native to most of Europe. The colour of the wood ranges from creamy white through light brown, and

the heart wood may be darker olive-brown.

Ash timber is hard, tough and very hard-wearing, with a coarse open grain and a density of 710 kg/cub m. Because of its high flexibility, shock-resistance and resistance to splitting, ash wood is the traditional material for bows, tool handles, especially

for hammers and axes, tennis rackets, snooker cue sticks – and Morgan car frames.

Among their enthusiasts, Morgans are affectionately known as ‘moggies’. The company was founded in 1909

by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan and was run by him until he died, aged 77, in 1959. His son Peter ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003. The company is currently run by Charles Morgan, the son of Peter Morgan.

All the cars are assembled by hand. The waiting list for a new Morgan car is about one to two years, although it has been as high as 10 years in the past.

Morgan produced about 680 cars last year.

Thanks to Henning Therkildsen for tracking down this information

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