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EWPAA takes over STIC management

tHis issue • Chinese LVL scares industry • Government must support rFAs

Engineered wood program continues under umbrella of industry association THE Structural Timber Innovation Co (STIC) is to be managed by the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia now that funding of the NZ-based research consortium has ended.

STIC guided a $12 million program to develop and commercialise new technologies to allow structural timber to compete more effectively in the building and construction market.

The company continues with three shareholders, all producers of LVL: • Wesbeam, a Western Australian owned, unlisted public company operating from a $100 million LVL

Wood innovation .. STIC remains under industry control

manufacturing plant Neerabup, north of Perth.

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Australasia’s most comprehensive wood manufacturing, distribution and sales business producing sawn timber, plywood, LVL and particleboard flooring products.

• Nelson Pine Ltd, based at Richmond in the NZ South Island, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd of Tokyo, Japan.

Former STIC CEO Dr Robert Finch has taken a full-time position as director of the Quake Centre at the University of Canterbury, established in March this year to work with industry on joint-venture

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industry digs deep for special children Multi-residentials drive demand for plywood Agreements restore security for cypress $100m Labor fund buys seats, not jobs Forestry Tasmania appoints new chief Free trade pacts target illegal timber

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earthquake engineering research projects. (See Page 9) STIC’S former research director Dr Andy Buchanan, a professor in timber design at the University of Canterbury, will have a ‘watching brief’ on the new management structure and will act as a consultant as required.

STIC developed a portfolio of new pre-fabricated LVL and glulam structural building systems that has enabled multistorey commercial and longspan industrial portal framed buildings to be easily designed and rapidly constructed using engineered timber products.

These include design guidelines and span tables, analysis software, material properties, ratings for fire resistance, sound transmission and impact insulation, and embodied energy and sustainable building information. These are accessible by way of online registration – www.stic.co.nz Commercialisation of these new technologies is enabling timber to effectively compete with structural concrete and steel, the two present materials of choice in these market

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segments.

“EWPAA will manage STIC as an ongoing concern and provide technical support,” EWPAA general manager Simon Dorries said.

“It’s good that STIC remains under industry control,” he said.

“If anyone calls looking for technical information, there will be someone on the other end of the line.”

Mr Dorries said the EXPAN building method developed at the Universities of Canterbury, Auckland and Technology Sydney, as part of STIC, represented exciting technology as economics changed in the industry, providing a readily

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adaptable system for largescale buildings.

EXPAN buildings can be constructed quickly, at an equivalent cost to steel or concrete, and with all the reassurance of lightweight construction.

The unique post-tensioned technology combined with the flexibility of timber also enables superior seismic capabilities.

Already, there are seven EXPAN buildings in New Zealand and the number looks set to grow substantially, with more than 260 companies across Australasia signing up for the EXPAN design and installation and fabricators licences.

‘EWPAA will manage STIC as an ongoing concern and provide technical support’ – simon dorries

Finalisation of 25-year agreements restores security for Queensland cypress sawmillers THE finalisation of 25-year sales agreements between the state government and industry has restored security and confidence in a future for Queensland’s cypress sawmillers.

Timber Queensland CEO Rod McInnes said the agreements delivered longer contracts for companies which already had an allocated license to log cypress.

“By nature the timber industry

is a long-term operation and so businesses need to think and plan in the same manner,” Mr McInnes said.

“These 25-year contracts underpin the security that locally-owned businesses need to invest in processing equipment and take on extra staff,” he said.

The Minister for Forestry John McVeigh signed off on the sales permits earlier this year which apply to 14 cypress sawmillers,

mostly located in the Darling Downs region Cecil Plains sawmiller Vic Gersekowski said the agreement was a big deal for his business.

“When you’re a small business having a level of certainty is a game changer,” he said.

“This 25-year agreement is excellent for my business planning and in turn it benefits the local area as well.”

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DANA Melbourne ‘Oceania Plantation and Wood Products Trade Conference: August 8 and 9, 2013 With less than a month to go until the DANA Melbourne Conference, it is time to register!

There will be many “highlight” presentations at the meeting, all presented by recognised and highly regarded speakers on:

• The Oceania plantation transaction trade – given a very recent boost by a huge closing of the NF ANZ II Fund.

• The softwood and hardwood woodchip trade: from a

suppliers’, and an importers’ viewpoint; – and just how much pulpwood does Australia have?

• Oceania woodpellets – will they have a future with the expected new Asian demand growth?

Peter Maddison .. host of 14th annual Australian Timber Design Awards in Melbourne.

Gala event for national awards in timber design WINNERS of the 14th Australian Timber Design Awards will be announced at a gala dinner in Melbourne’s Federation Square on September 19.

Record entries have been received in an amazing array of projects which showcase excellence in the design and use of timber.

The event at the riverfront ZINC building will be hosted by Peter Maddison, a practicing architect and presenter of GRAND Designs Australia.

The popular Australian Timber Design Awards 2013 commemorative magazine will also be released at the presentation evening.

The deadline for entries in Australia’s oldest and best known timber design competition is June 28.

For more than 14 years the

Australian Timber Design Awards has been spreading the word about the very latest in timber design – how architects are using recent innovations in engineered wood products to design high and wide in timber.

The awards night at ZINC on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets commences with welcome drinks at 6.30 pm with dinner and award presentations at 7 pm.

The event cost is packaged at $165 p.p. which includes a three-course dinner and drinks.

All entrants in the awards receive one complimentary ticket.

Contact Jane Letteri on (02) 8424 3702 or email jane.l@ tdansw.asn.au to RSVP and to book tickets.

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• The global and Pacific Rim softwood log and lumber

supply demand and supply balance. Is a supercycle in the making – and how Oceania lumber production, domestic and export sales trends fit into this?

• The rapidly growing Oceania log export trade – how far can it go?

• The Pacific Rim Wood Panel industry, and where Oceania production might fit in the future.

• Global and Pacific Rim pulp and paper industries: has Oceania got much of a long term future in these industries?

• Tree-based carbon; moribund recently, but what might

give, with one new, and maybe yet another PM in 2013.

• A panel discussing exciting new biofuel and

biochemical developments, and (legal) engineered hardwood products. Small number of panel slots remain available.

• Keynote addresses on policy and supply chain issues so vital to the industry; and other talks on statistics, a new study on wood product manufacturing options, and FSC issues

We are u nlikely to again see such a strong li presente nkup of rs cover ing all impor tant the Ocea aspects of nia fores try and fore st produ cts industry

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8-9: DANA 2013: Oceania Plantation, Forest and wood Products Trade Conference.

Bayview Eden Hotel, Melbourne.

Email: enquiry@prcc.com.au www.prcc.com.au/ danamelbourne2013 16: institute of Foresters of Australia (Qld division) AGM and seminar.

Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, 2pm.

RSVP Monday, August 12. Contact: Emma Leslie-Mohr, IFA QLD division secretary on 0429 270 622. Email: Emma.Leslie@hqplantations.com.au 24: (Saturday): The Cat Goes Gold.

Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 50th anniversary celebration. Fratelli Italian Ristorante, 103 Crosby Road, Albion, Brisbane. $79 p.p. for three-course meal and wines. $75 p.p. for tables of 10. Payments and bookings to PO Box 3236, Sunnybank South Qld 4109.

Contact 0401 312 087 or 0428 745 455 for bookings.

SEPTEMBEr 3-5: WoodEXPO 13 – Albury, nsw.

11-13: WoodEXPO 13, Rotorua, NZ. World leaders in wood processing, manufacturing and new product technologies will speak at the region’s first ‘business-tobusiness’ wood industry show.

The new expo will provide local companies – management as well as production staff – exposure to new technologies that can improve their own efficiencies and productive capability. Leading technology providers from Europe, North America and Asia will join with each of the main equipment

and product suppliers from New Zealand and Australia. Full details on the expo, summit and technology workshops are available on www.woodexpo2013.com 27: FSC Friday.

A global celebration of the world’s forests highlighting the importance of responsible forest management.

Every year, schools, businesses, individuals, forest owners/managers and other organisations around the world get involved in spreading the word about FSC and responsible forestry. Visit http://www.fscfriday. org/index.htm

OCTOBEr 11: Forest and wood Products Australian AGM. In conjunction with meeting of the Australian Timber Importers Federation and an industry value chain seminar.

An industry dinner is planned for Thursday evening, October 10.

Information about the AGM and seminar will be circulated at a later date.

11: Forest and wood Products Australia (FWPA) AGM and research forum. Time: 8:30-10:30 am. Venue: Novotel Rockford Darling Harbour Hotel, Sydney.

Inquiries to Ric Sinclair, FWPA (03) 9927 3200 or ric.sinclair@fwpa. com.au 11: Building stronger value chains – Australian timber industry seminar. Time: 10.30 am-5 pm.

Venue: Novotel Rockford Darling Harbour Hotel, Sydney. Joint hosts: Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA); the Australian Timber Importers Federation (ATIF) and Timber Merchants and Building Material Association (TABMA). This

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will be the industry’s ‘must-attend’ event for 2013. Inquiries to John Halkett, ATIF (02) 9356 3826; Colin Fitzpatrick, TABMA (02) 9277 3100 Ric Sinclair, FWPA (03) 9927 3200 or Eileen Newbury, Leading Edge Events International (03) 9597 0948.

Seminar sponsorship inquiries to John Halkett.

11: Australian timber industry annual gala dinner and awards presentation. Time 7:30 pm onwards. Timber and Building Material Association (TABMA) Doltone House, Pyrmont, Sydney.

Pre-dinner drinks 6:30 pm.

Inquiries to Colin Fitzpatrick, TABMA (02) 9277 3100 or colin@tabma. com.au

NOVEMBEr 23: TABMA Queensland timber industry gala dinner. Moda Events Portside Level 2, Portside Wharf Hamilton. Contact Alicia on (07) 3254 3166 or alicia@tabma.com.au

dECEMBEr 4-5. Focus on improving transport and logistics in the forestry sector. It will build on the

excellent program designed by the Forest Industry Engineering Association.

Visit www.foresttechevents.com

FEBrUArY 2014 17-21: Gottstein Wood Science Course, Melbourne. Inquiries to Dr Silvia Pongracic (Gottstein Trust), 0418 764 954 or secretary@gottsteintrust. org or www.gottsteintrust.org

Australia’s forest, wood, pulp and paper products industry now has a stronger voice in dealings with government, the community and in key negotiations on the industry’s future, as two peak associations have merged to form a single national association.

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has been formed through the merger of the Australian Plantations Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) and the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI).

AFPA was established to cover all aspects of Australia’s forest industry: - Forest growing; - Harvest and haulage; - Sawmilling and other wood processing; - Pulp and paper processing; and - Forest product exporting.

For more information on the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) or to enquire about membership , please call (02) 6285 3833.

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worksafe fears structural failure in buildings using Chinese LVL

Suppliers must provide evidence of compliance A NOTICE to show cause has been issued to an importer and a supplier of Chinese manufactured LVL by WorkSafe Western Australia after products entered the market without evidence that they met the state’s certification and building standards.

WorkSafe WA issued improvement notices to the importer and supplier under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, specifically in relation to bond quality.

Both parties have been allowed one month to test the imported products and provide evidence that they comply with the AS/ NZS standard for LVL. “The material has already entered the market for use in housing and on construction sites, but any further supply of the suspect LVL has been suspended pending evidence of compliance with the standard,” WorkSafe WA’s director of construction Chris Kirwin said.

“If the products fail to pass tests by a National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) approved laboratory, they will have to be moved out of the

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market.”

[Type A bond is specified in AS/ NZS2272 for marine plywood, AS/NZS2269 for structural plywood, AS/NZS4357 for structural laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and AS2271 for exterior plywood].

Mr Kirwin said he believed the suspect LVL had been entering the market since June.

“We’re not sure how much of it has been used, although we know it has entered housing projects and construction sites around Perth,” Mr Kirwin said.

The action by WorkSafe WA follows a vigilant watch on non-compliant materials by the engineered wood industry in Australia which has resulted in the recall of many noncompliant products that have threatened the safety of workers on building sites.

In many cases, imported non-compliant formwork failed durability tests for

Not a good look .. imported Chinese LVL lacks credentials.

plywood bond quality at the laboratories of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.

“The durability of the products is not what the manufacturer is claiming, so if gluelines fail

‘The durability is not what the manufacturer is claiming, so if gluelines fail it has serious implications for structural reliability’ – simon dorries

it has serious implications for structural reliability,” EWPAA general manager Simon Dorries said.

“In some cases, this noncompliant material had a 100% failure rate which again highlights the value of industrydriven monitoring of standards compliance.”

Mr Dorries said the use of noncompliant formwork and other building materials reflected a common attitude in the building trade: “if it’s cheap and looks the same, we’ll use it”.

He said to prevent inferior products entering the market, importers and local suppliers were urged to have structural plywood and LVL independently tested by an organisation registered with the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) or an equivalent competent laboratory to ensure compliance with the standard.

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Government must support rFAs

Key plank in sustainable forest management THE Australian Forest Products Association has called on the federal government to maintain support for regional forest agreements, which provide long-term wood supply from sustainably managed forests.

CEO Ross Hampton said the regional forest agreements had been one of the great success stories of the nation. The reserve system established through the RFAs had delivered significant environmental benefits.

“They have formed the key plank in the delivery of a world leading sustainable forest management system that achieves substantial environmental outcomes while providing access to resource to meet the needs for the timber products industry,” Mr Hampton said.

“The RFAs have been developed and supported by generations of governments, environmentalists, scientists and industry leaders. They underpin why Australia is considered to have among the most environmentally sustainable timber industries anywhere in the world.

“Various reviews, such as the Hawke review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in 2009, have strongly endorsed the RFAs, while noting that there were some areas where there could be improvement.”

Mr Hampton said subsequent government reviews of the forest industry, including the recent House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry (Seeing the Wood through the trees) and the Pulp and Paper Industry Strategy Group also strongly supported the continuation of the RFAs

“In areas of managed forests, the data clearly shows that through the sustainable forest management practices applied through the RFAs, the biodiversity objectives are being achieved,” he said.

RFAs .. biodiversity objectives are being achieved.

“It is only where forests have been locked away in conservation areas that there is insufficient information to determine whether the environmental outcomes of the RFAs are being achieved.”

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INNOVATION l TECHNOLOGY l DESIGN

Builders welcome promise to restore industry watchdog MASTER Builders Australia has welcomed the Coalition’s proposal to fast track the reestablishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission should they win government.

CEO Wilhelm Harnisch said the building sector had consistently called for the re-establishment of the ABCC to address unlawful industrial action in the building and construction industry.

“The campaign of ugly industrial thuggery directed against Grocon by building unions clearly demonstrates the need for the restoration of the agency and the return of its stronger powers,” Mr Harnisch said.

“Fair Work Building and Construction has been shown to be ineffective in countering unlawful industrial action such as in the ‘Grocon dispute’ and has seen an upsurge in industrial activity on its watch.”

Master Builders’ policy is that regardless of which party forms government after the next federal election, the restoration of the ABCC and the laws and powers it applied is essential for a strong building industry and strong economy.

Prior to the establishment of the ABCC, unlawful industrial action in the building industry was commonplace and a dead weight on the productivity of the industry and the wider economy for decades.

Independent research commissioned by Master Builders shows that a productivity boom followed the establishment of the ABCC with the building industry out performing other sectors of the economy and delivering a $6 billion a year dividend to the Australian community.

Mr Harnisch said Reserve Bank

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Wilhelm Harnisch .. stronger powers for building industry.

governor Glenn Stevens had highlighted that productivity gains were essential to a strong building industry capable of driving Australia’s economic prosperity post the resources boom.

Master Builders will be presenting evidence to the Working Group announced by the Coalition which demonstrates why reforms to restore the ABCC are fundamental to achieving these objectives.

Meanwhile, Master Builders has supported a crackdown on corruption as an appropriate step in reform of Australia’s industrially registered organisations.

Wilhelm Harnisch said, “no party in the workplace should receive special treatment.”

“The Coalition’s proposal, released in its policy for better transparency and accountability for registered organisations, to impose personal fines and jail terms for officials of registered organisations who break the rules is one facet of reform of registered organisations which should be given careful consideration.”

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NZ Quake Centre joins industry in engineering work THE University of Canterbury Quake Centre, officially launched in March, will work with industry on joint venture earthquake engineering research projects.

Siding with the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, the centre will build on New Zealand’s reputation for innovation in earthquake engineering.

“The Quake Centre will ensure that the knowledge and experience gained from the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes can be captured and applied to building design and construction techniques for the benefit of future generations,’’ said Mark Adamson, CEO of Fletcher Building, which is a partner in the project.

Dr. Robert Finch, the former CEO of the Structural Timber Innovation Company, has been appointed full-time director of the centre.

The Quake Centre will be the catalyst for a number of national and international industry and academic research and development partnerships relating to urban seismic risk.

“This will be a world-class centre and we will liaise with similar organisations in California, Japan and Italy,” the university’s Pro-ViceChancellor (Engineering) Prof.

Jan Evans-Freeman said.

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Forestry tasmania appoints new chief FSC certification critical task FORESTRY Tasmania has appointed former chief operating officer Steve Whiteley as its new chief executive.

He replaces Bob Gordon whose contract with the state-owned company as managing director was terminated in May after mutual agreement, just months after it was renewed.

Chairman Bob Annells said the board had commissioned a comprehensive search for the new chief executive and had carefully considered a wide range of interstate candidates with impressive credentials.

“However, Steve Whiteley stood out. His combination of experience and personal qualities made him the best candidate to lead FT through the extremely challenging times ahead,” Mr Annells said.

“FT has been through an extraordinarily difficult period and, while many of the uncertainties have now been resolved, the challenges remaining are substantial and varied and will require a particularly deft hand.

“Steve Whiteley has demonstrated admirable leadership qualities through the Tasmanian Forest Agreement process and has gained wide respect from both industry and environmental leaders. “ [The TFA, signed by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings on August 7 last year, was designed to support the forest industry’s transition to a more sustainable and diversified footing, support local jobs and communities, and protect more of Tasmania’s high conservation value forests].

Mr Annells said Mr Whiteley’s

Steve Whiteley .. leadership qualities.

leadership qualities would be critical to FT’s attempts to secure Forest Stewardship Council certification, which has been identified by the board as essential to the future viability of the business.

Mr Whiteley, who has a forestry degree from the University of Melbourne, joined FT as a forester in 1985. He has worked across the state in positions including district forest manager for the Derwent district and general manager operations.

Meanwhile, ForestrySA has appointed a new chief executive.

Adrian Hatch will replace Islay Robertson, who is set to step down on August 15 after three years at the helm.

Mr Hatch currently holds the position of general manager, commercial, after joining ForestrySA four years ago. Prior to this he held a number of senior positions within the forestry and timber processing industries in Australia and overseas.

His commercial skills are well suited to manage the business as a plantation owner in the Mount Lofty Ranges and Mid North.

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Change of the guard at FIAA

MARTIN Lewis has stepped down as CEO of the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia in transition to a less demanding new role.

• Mr Lewis is pictured (right) with Simon Dorries, general manager, Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (centre) and FIAA general manager Dean Brakell during the launch of a product awareness campaign in Canberra.

The joint campaign has distributed thousands of labels to EWPAA and FIAA members promoting the safety of Australian products that are tested to emission standards of Super E0, E0 and E01.

More than 8000 ‘green tick’ labels were attached to furnishing products manufactured by FIAA members.

Mr Lewis will continue to work for FIAA in a consulting role on a number of special projects and will keep in touch with members.

Dean Brakell will be assisted by Tony Willis who is in charge of the registered training organisation activities.

FIAA is the key representative of employers in the furnishing industry with services that provide workplace relations advice and representation, training for apprenticeships and traineeships, occupational health and safety advice, wages-based incentive schemes and licensing assistance for kitchen and built-in furniture businesses.

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of compliance to Australian Standards via JAS-ANZ accredited product certification or certificates of testing for the structural plywood or LVL purchased,” Mr Dorries said.

“Builders who use suspect, non-certified or untested material seriously risk damaging their business and could be exposed to litigation.”

Mr Dorries said it was the responsibility of governments to enforce effective regulations to prohibit the use of dangerous

or illegal materials and the industry was concerned about the ineffectiveness of current policing.”

Meanwhile, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is carrying out its own investigation into the untested imported LVL entering the WA market.

The EWPAA is a JAS-ANZ accredited product certification body and operates two NATA accredited laboratories for testing of members’ production in New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

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ENGINEErED WOOD

Multi-residential buildings to drive huge demand for plywood: ABArES BIG upswings in home renovations and construction of new multi-residential dwellings is set to more than double demand for wood-based panel products such as plywood in Australia over the next four decades, says an ABARES report.

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences says it expects overall volumes of wood-based panel consumption, including plywood, medium density fibreboard and plasterboard, to more than double from an annual average of 2 million cub m in 2010-14 to 4.3 million cub m in 2045-49.

Driving this growth, ABARES says, will be long-term increases in multi-residential construction and renovations activity due to the use of wood

Multi-res buildings .. let’s use plywood.

panelling in sheathing for walls, roofs and floors as well as in cabinets, mouldings and doors.

ABARES expects annual average numbers of multi-residential dwelling construction starts to double from 55,500 to 98,100 by 2045-49 and the dollar value of renovations to almost triple

from $6.83 billion to $20.20 billion – albeit with renovations activity quiet at the moment after a period of high activity.

In contrast, use of structural sawn wood is expected to increase more slowly due to this type of timber being used in the slower growing market for single-house construction.

While construction on single residences is still expected to expand in the coming decades as the population increases, it is expected to do so at a slower rate than multi-residential dwellings.

While overall sawn wood consumption is expected to increase from an annual average of 4991 cub m in 201011 to 6374 cub m in 2049-50, consumption per capita is expected to drop by almost 17% over this period.

Furthermore, while the proportion of wood panel imports relative to domestic consumption is expected to drop from 18% to 12.7% over the forecast period, that of sawn timber is expected to rise from 16.4% to 22.4%, meaning local producers have an opportunity to capitalise on higher growth.

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$100m Labor fund to buy seats, not jobs, says senator COALTION forestry spokesman Senator Richard Colbeck has called on the Rudd government to release all documents associated with the assessment of the $100 million forest shutdown fund announced in July.

“The Liberals have been asking for weeks for details on the allocation and assessment process for what was supposed to be a strategic fund,” Senator Colbeck said.

“It is becoming clearer by the day that the only strategy is holding onto Labor seats; this process appears to have all the integrity of Ros Kelly’s white board.

“It wasn’t the lapping of the Tamar River you heard at the launch of the $100 million fund it was the slosh slosh slosh of Kevin Rudd’s election slush fund.

“Which seats are Labor trying to bulwark?

“With some of the communities hardest hit by the forest industry shutdown ignored, one can only assume that this package is about shoring up votes, not creating jobs.

“If Labor is to have any credibility then they must throw open the books.”

Senator Colbeck has again called on the government to

clarify simple questions about the scheme: What was the assessment criteria and the process to assess projects against them?

Who are the unsuccessful applicants? How were 400 applications properly assessed in just six days? Who was on the selection panel and what were their roles? Do they have any connections to successful projects?

How many applications without business cases were approved? How many jobs will be created?

“There are already murmurings of dissatisfaction coming from the public service. The cracks in the facade are starting to show. Kevin Rudd is up to his old tricks again “This process is starting to take on a stench greater than the sewer-laden sludge rakings from the bottom of the Tamar River.”

The agreement between environmentalists and the timber industry unlocked the funding, which was fasttracked by former prime minister Julia Gillard earlier this year. The money, to be rolled out over four years, is intended to help restructure the state’s economy after the downsizing of its logging sector.

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Popping up in the forest .. Kevin Rudd delivers $100 million message in Tasmania.

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CHArITY EVENT

Brisbane Timber Industry Hoo-Hoo Club 218 has entered the 2013 Variety Club of Queensland Bush Returning to Bash from August 5 to 14 to Hoo-Hoo Clubth21e action ..Brisbane Timbe 8’s ’7 r Industry for the 20 lden King raise funds for disadvantaged from Em 13 Queensland7 Ho swood is ready Variety Cl erald in ce ub Bu sh Ba ntral and Mount children, travelling in the Isa, to Mis Queensland, via W sh in sion Beac Queensla nd. h in Far N ton clubs’ veteran Bush Bash orth performer – a 1977 Holden Kingswood.

The Variety Bush Bash in the club’s major children’s charity event this year.

Please support it and show how the forest and forest products industry can enrich the lives of underprivileged children.

Your sponsorship will attract wide media coverage and is tax deductible.

Members of the Bri sbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 Bush Bash team commit tee prepare for the Variety Club’s ‘Su Queensland n, Saddles & Surf’ Variety Bash starting in Emera ld in central Queen sland Blackall and Stoneh enge, up to Winton , west to Boulia, up to Mo , across to unt Isa and further north to Normanto then across to the n, coast via Georgeto wn and Mareeba to Mission Beach in North Queensla nd.

We sincerely thank the following sponsors: Major Sponsors John Crooke, Queensland Sawmills HQ Plantations Advanced Timber Systems

Sponsors (to date) Forest and Wood Products Australia Australian Forest Products Association Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia Austbrokers Premier Insurance Beyond Blue Tim Tech Chemicals Kop-Coat NZ Timber&Forestry enews

Frank Withey Alan Jones (Hoo-Hoo Club 218 president) Spiro Notaras (Notaras Bros, Grafton, NSW) John Gill (The Timberman) Thora Wholesale Timbers Noel Griffiths (Skyline Building Services) Nigel Turvey (Gro Group, NT) David Alcock (Asia Pacific Timber Marketing) Gerry Gardiner (iTreat Timber Pty Ltd) Tim Evans (Independent Verification Services) Tableland Timbers Paul Anderson (IMEMS Pty Ltd) Peter and Carolyn Mort Ron Bell

Ready to go .. Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 members Peter and Carolyn Mort help pack wood promotional material ahead of the 6220 km Queensland Variety Club Bush Bash charity run from central Queensland to Mission Beach.

industry digs deep for special children in Bush Bash event TIMES might be tough in the industry, but sponsorships keep rolling in to support Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218’s entry in the Variety Club of Queensland Bush Bash this year.

The club’s 1977 Kingswood Holden – dubbed the national forest industry’s ‘kid’s care car’ – will travel more than 6220 km in the 10-day event to raise funds for sick and disadvantaged children.

Along the way, the driving team will help drop off much-needed equipment to nine schools along the track from Emerald in central Queensland to Mission Beach in North Queensland.

Also on board, is a swag of wood promotion and educational material provided

by FWPA’s Wood Naturally Better campaign for delivery

to children and teachers in the 340 schools that the Bush Bash will visit.

All members on the Club 218 driving team are meeting their own expenses for fuel, accommodation and tucker The event from August 5 to 14 will add funds to more than $15 million so far raised to help the needs of special Queensland children.

More than 45,000 children and their families are directly assisted by Variety each year, through its appeals programs, children’s Christmas parties and events such as the Bush Bash.

Timber&Forestry enews will receive regular reports from the Club 218 team along the track.

• See Bush Bash notice and list of sponsors this page

For more information and to discuss sponsorship options contact one of the committee members: Alan Jones 0419 754 681 Don Towerton 0428 745 455 Tim Evans 0417 726 741 Jim Bowden 0401 312 087

Carolyn and Peter make sure the spare is OK for the Bush Bash trek.

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Free trade pacts target illegal timber exports: IUFrO report

But there is no substitute for good forest management A FREE trade agreement signed by Peru and the US shows that the same treaties that open global markets to tropical timber can provide tools to stem illegal logging, according to a study under way in Peru.

With provisions for stiffer sanctions, stronger law enforcement and cooperation to improve forest management, the pact reflects exporting and importing countries’ shared responsibility in fighting illegal logging, says Julia Urrunaga, a researcher with the Environmental Investigation Agency.

Speaking at the third Latin American Congress of the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) in San José, Costa Rica, Ms Urrunaga said for environmental provisions in free trade agreements to be effective, they had to be binding, subject to dispute resolution and placed on an equal footing with the commitments in other chapters.

Ms Urrunaga is the lead author of a report that focuses on ways in which illegal loggers in Peru ‘launder’ timber, especially mahogany, to make it appear to have been cut legally in government-licensed timber concessions.

Although the Peru trade agreement is unusual because of its very specific language about illegal logging, Ms Urrunaga says the TransPacific Partnership currently negotiated among 12 countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean might also include provisions to prohibit the illegal

harvested in Brazil could be of ‘unknown origin’, according to André Luiz Campos de Andrade, executive manager of economy and markets for the Brazilian Forest Service.

Forestry laws in most Latin American countries, in their attempts at promoting local forest management, had been inspired on large-scale timber production, and did not necessarily respond to the interests and needs of smallholders who cut and sold trees when they needed cash, Mr Pacheco said.

Illegal logging now accounts for between 15 and 30% of the overall trade globally.

harvest and trade in timber and forest products.

The draft text of that treaty has not been released, but negotiations include environmental and conservation issues, according to the US Trade Representative’s office.

Trade treaties may be one tool for addressing illegal logging, but they are no substitute for effective forest management policy in exporting countries, according to Pablo Pacheco, a scientist with the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) who led a panel discussion about the local and regional timber trade in Amazonian countries at the IUFRO congress.

“Demand-side measures to ensure the legality of exports do not necessarily mean that forest management will be sustainable in the long run,” Mr Pacheco said. “It is important to put in place measures on the supply side to promote

Nonetheless, they often must bear the cost of hiring a chainsaw operator and transporting the timber to market.

Pablo Pacheco .. governments should tailor regulations to different conditions.

sustainable practices.”

Illegally harvested timber is sold within Amazonian countries and across borders into neighbouring countries, as well as internationally, researchers at the IUFRO congress said.

Yet, it is hard to separate illegal from legal timber.

As much as half the timber

‘it is important to put in place measures on the supply side to promote sustainable practices’

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“Compliance with regulations means additional costs and institutional barriers that tend to limit their competitiveness and encourage illegality,” Mr Pacheco said. “Forestry regulations aren’t adapted to the different situations that exist.”

Instead of responding with ‘command and control’ measures that punish small-scale illegal logging, he said, governments should tailor regulations to different conditions and help smallholders obtain credit and technical assistance for managing their forests as part of broader strategies of farm management.

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INTErNATIONAL FOCUS

scientists turn to cryogenics to protect trees for the future Developing technologies to make plants survive IN a small, windowless room at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, Praveen Saxena peruses a shelf packed with little green shoots growing in pint-sized bottles of liquid nutrients.

There are thousands of individual plants from several species, mostly laboratory cultures of trees – including the stately American elm – that are at risk from disease, climate change or encroaching development.

“Acres and acres would not be able to accommodate what we have here,” says Prof.

Saxena, director of the Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation.

His point underscores the special challenges of tree preservation: it is difficult to protect mature trees. If their environment changes too fast, they cannot adjust. They simply die, taking their genes with them. And preserving a genetic line in a lab means culturing it over and over.

So Prof. Saxena, a plant biologist, is turning to the science of cryogenics to ensure that the trees he’s culturing in his lab have a place in the landscapes of the future.

His work holds the possibility of repopulating the world with trees once thought all but lost, better arming forests against disease, and making trees with commercial value more productive.

With the help of a $2 million private donation, Prof. Saxena is building a state-of-the-art facility in which living tree tissue can be frozen, preserved and revived as needed for decades to come. Scientists will use the lab’s resources to foster tree varieties, species and individuals that are

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Philip and Susan Gosling, co-founders of the Gosling Foundation .. ensuring that the American elm is restored to its rightful place in cities and ecosystems.

especially hardy or productive and explore why some seem to be well-equipped genetically to stave off threats.

“We are developing technologies to make plants survive,” Prof. Saxena says.

The project, unique in Canada, is a labour of love for the biologist. Not so long ago, he expected to be winding down nearly three decades of research. Instead, he is busier than ever, thanks to a blossoming relationship with Philip and Susan Gosling, the philanthropists behind gift who have made tree conservation a personal priority.

An avid bird watcher, Mr Gosling traces his interest to the loss of a favourite stand of American elms near his home, and of the orioles that nested in them every spring. The culprit was Dutch elm disease, an insect-borne fungus that has all but wiped out native elms since it appeared in

Praveen Saxena .. special challenges of tree preservation.

North America about 85 years ago. Efforts to restore the trees, which once lined many streets in Canada and the US, have been hampered by the technical challenges of finding and culturing disease-resistant survivors.

“For a while, it seemed people had given up hope,” says Louis Bernier of Laval University, a specialist in the Dutch elm

Living tree tissue can be frozen, preserved and revived as needed for decades to come

disease fungus.

“The idea is that if you can find trees that look promising and you have a technique like cryopreservation, you can conserve that material.”

With initial funding from the Goslings’ foundation in 2011, Prof. Praveen Saxena and his team cloned an American elm from the buds of a mature tree on the Guelph campus that withstood the disease even as others around it withered. Since then, the group has frozen and revived elm tree tissue, paving the way for genetically identical versions to be cultured and stored in the lab.

Prof. Saxena says the donation from the Goslings will allow his team to expand its efforts to encompass other trees under pressure, including ash, chestnut and sugar maple. He has also been in discussion with prospective international partners, including Britain’s famed Kew Gardens, and he envisions the facility working on preserving trees from around the world.

“It seems a logical next step to do that for whatever species is in trouble,” says Susan Gosling, who holds a degree in plant science.

While cryopreservation is not new in plant research, it is technically challenging for many species, and expensive.

“There hasn’t been a lot of funding available to pursue the opportunities that are out there,” says Gayle Volk, a plant physiologist with the National Centre for Genetic Resources Preservation in Colorado, part of the US Department of Agriculture.

– The Globe and Mail.

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Forest owners pumped by bio-energy project plan to convert waste to fuels NEW Zealand forest owners are hopeful that a project designed to convert forest waste into liquid bio-fuels will provide growers and mills with extra income streams.

In what is known as the ‘stump to pump’ project, the government has approved $6.75 million in funding to be matched by partners Norske Skog and Z Energy.

The $13.5 million project will be based at Norske Skog’s Tasman mill in Kawerau. The initial 14-month study will examine the feasibility and economics of making bio-fuel from sawdust, bark and harvest residue which currently has little or no value. If successful, a test plant will then be built in Kawerau.

“The success of the venture could prove to be a shot in the arm for forestry as well as

timber and paper mills,” Forest Owners Association CEO David Rhodes said.

“We congratulate the partners for making such a big investment in such an important opportunity for the sector.

“Forest owners have been working with the Bioenergy Association for several years with the aim of getting government to recognise the opportunities that lie in bioenergy. This is a significant step forward.”

Mr Rhodes says in uncertain times, investors are unwilling to invest in new forest planting unless they can see higher returns than they are getting now. For their part, timber and paper mills face stiff competition from overseas log buyers and mills that have much lower cost structures, or

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on fossil fuels, they also have the potential to make forestry and wood processing more profitable.”

The ‘stump-to-pump’ project aims to produce bio-crude oil from sawdust which can then be refined into diesel or petrol.

David Rhodes .. shot in the arm for forestry.

enjoy government subsidies of one kind or another.

“Making bio-fuel from forest and wood waste is the focus of hundreds of scientific projects around the world,” he said. “While most of them are motivated by a desire to break the world’s dependence

Meanwhile, Mr Rhodes says Scion Research in Rotorua is working with enzymes to convert chemically pulped softwood into simple sugars which can then be converted to fuels and bio-chemicals.

And at Canterbury University, scientists and engineers are working on a package suitable for small to medium-sized sawmills to produce bio-crude oil from the gasification of wood waste.

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ON THE rOAD

And all that Jazz .. Honda’s cool hybrid tuned to the environment and economy It Ain’t What You Do – It’s the Way That You Do It. Erin Dickens, groovy vocalist and co-founder of Manhattan Transfer, sang the 1939 jazz tune high and sweet at the first Brisbane International Jazz Festival.

We zipped off to the event in a Honda Jazz hybrid. Weaving in and out of the busy evening traffic, the plucky light hatch showed ‘it ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it!

And you can do it easily in what is arguably the most practical and useful city car on the market. It goes from being a zippy city runabout to a small van in minutes. The front seats are snug and supportive and our two jazz buff friends were comfortable in the back.

In what Honda describes as its ‘magic’ seating, the rear seats fold in 18 different combinations, so you can put almost anything inside and still have room for a bass fiddle.

At around $25,100 r.r. (metallic paint extra) this 1.3 litre second-generation Honda Jazz hybrid is Australia’s most affordable hybrid vehicle – in fact, $1000 cheaper than its direct competitor the Toyota Prius C. Honda and Toyota are the two names in hybrid technology.

In fact, despite Toyota being widely recognised as the hybrid pioneer, it was Honda that had the first attempt with the Honda Insight EV, the first production vehicle to feature Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist system and introduced 11 yeas ago as a three-door hatchback.

Powered by a 1.3-litre fourcylinder petrol engine and an electric motor, the new Jazz dual setup delivers 72kW of power and 167Nm of torque with a fuel economy figure of 4.6L/100km city driving and 4.3 out on the highway.

The Honda hybrid variant is

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with space utilisation.

Plenty of zip .. Honda’s Jazz hybrid.

differentiated with a chromeblue grille and surrounds for the headlights as well as clear taillights. On the inside there’s Honda’s Eco Assist function, which will judge the driving style in terms of fuel efficiency in real time.

At 1178kg, the Jazz hybrid is 68 kg heavier than the equivalent 1.3 litre auto variant, but its hybrid drive-train yields 32% more fuel economy and emissions gains.

Like the Insight, the Jazz hybrid features a dash-button actuated ECON mode, where power delivery is softened and auxiliary electricity usage is scaled back to optimise efficiency Another Jazz hybrid advantage is the effect of 50-odd kilos of

battery mounted behind the rear axle, which makes for an altogether more composed ride and a more balanced feeling than lesser Jazz variants.

It may trail the Prius C for performance and fuel efficiency, but the Honda Jazz hybrid remains ahead in terms of interior packaging, despite its smaller rear cargo space.

Sales, nevertheless, are catching up. Stay tuned. ... ... ...

THE interior of our next Honda off the Brisbane lot was the Civic Hatch DTi-S diesel, undoubtedly the best in its class. It combines consistently matched soft-touch plastics with a neat, ergonomic design and it leads its competitors

Up front, storage spots abound, including a huge central storage bin with inbuilt sunglasses holder, large door pockets and glove box, and four cup holders. The back-seat folding mechanism remains unrivalled in the small car class. As with the Honda Jazz, the seat base can be flipped up against the backrest to allow a large stowage area between the front and rear seats.

This is the first diesel-engine car from the Japanese manufacturer to land in Australia, but it makes an impact with a 1.6-litre turbo four-cylinder that produces 300 Nm of torque at just 2000 rpm.

There’s also 88 kW of power at a high 4000 rpm and an impressive 4L/100km claimed combined consumption.

Based on the petrol Civic Hatch VTi-S, the DTi-S diesel adds larger 17-in. alloy wheels, dual-zone climate control, leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear knob, alloy pedals, automatic headlights and wipers, and stop-start technology. It also gets cruise control with speed limiter and a reversing camera.

Civic Hatch interior .. best in its class.

The Civic diesel, which comes in a manual-only model, is around $29,670 on the road.

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