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Fast start on timber standards strategy

Special IFA conference picture issue

Senior management role at FWPA FOREST and Wood Products Australia Ltd has moved quickly to address standards development in the industry and has appointed a timber standards manager.

Neil Evans commences the new senior management role in late October and brings wide experience in the building sector to the position.

The new role was created by FWPA, the industry-owned services company, after a lengthy discovery and review process. A year-long involvement by the board in the issues surrounding standards development culminated in a workshop

Neil Evans .. coordinated approach to timber standards.

held in Melbourne and attended by more than 50 Industry stakeholders.

The workshop – designed to address whether Forest and Wood Products Australia

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should play a stronger role in the development of industry standards – uncovered a clear need for a long-term strategy.

After reviewing the workshop outcomes, the board supported the creation of the timber standards manager senior role as part of a coordinated approach.

“The recruitment of Neil Evans will allow FWPA to get an immediate head start on the development of a standards coordination strategy,” FWPA managing director Ric Sinclair said.

“Neil Evans brings to the organisation a strong Cont Page 2

Governor praises ‘rigorous’ forest policy • Victorian hardwood sawmiller new NAFI president • Australian Timber Design Awards to be announced at EWPAA conference • Applications open for 2010 Russell Grimwade Prize • Importance of retail forestry investment recognised • Pioneer Hoo-Hoos gather in Brisbane

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Australia’s rigorous forestry policy defends national interests: Governor

Uniquely placed to make a positive contribution to help developing countries move to more sustainable industries

By JIM BOWDEN

“AUSTRALIAN forestry practice, forestry management and the forest industries have become among the best – most rigorous and scientifically based – in the world.”

This comment from the Governor of Queensland Penelope Wensley AO during her official opening of the Institute of Foresters of Australia’s national conference last week heartened both speakers and delegates and set the pace for lively and opportunityseizing sessions built around the theme ‘Forestry: A Climate of Change’.

More than 250 delegates from all states and from New Zealand, Canada, Indonesia, Sweden and Laos took part in a full program of conference presentations, field tours and a spectacularly themed conference dinner at the Caloundra Events Centre on Queensland’s Sunshine

Welcoming the Governor of Queensland Penelope Wensley AO to the IFA national conference are, from left, Keith Jennings, chair, IFA Queensland division, Dr Peter Volker, IFA national president, and Stephen Walker, conference chairman.

Coast from September 6 to 10.

The conference attracted forestry professionals, including public and private practitioners, engaged in forestry, nature conservation, resource and land management, research, administration and education.

Penelope Wensley said Australia’s rigorous forest management policies would help protect and defend

national interests better, as it will to promote timber products.

“It also means that Australian forestry is uniquely placed to make a positive contribution to helping developing countries move to more sustainable industries,” Ms Wensley said.

Forestry is not a new area for the Governor, personally or professionally. Her paternal grandfather was a timber pioneer on the Atherton

Tableland, establishing and managing the first timber mills at Tolga, then Yungaburra.

In her former life and career as a diplomat, she had a good deal to do with forestry issues and policy, principally during the years she served as Australia’s Ambassador for the Environment in the 1990s.

“Australia has had a longstanding commitment to including reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) in a post2012 outcome on climate change,“ Ms Wensley said.

“While this debate about the inclusion of REDD in the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is still playing out internationally, given that about 17% of greenhouse gas emissions originate from Cont Page 3

Strong understanding of building sector From Page 1

understanding of the building sector and key standards from an endusers perspective and has been an active participant on some of the key technical committees,” Mr. Sinclair explained.

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Evans played an important role in establishing a trial to use lightweight timber construction techniques for housing in remote communities.

Prior to this position, he was national director of technical and regulatory policy with the Master Builders Association based in Canberra. His

strong background in developing national policies that encompass the needs of industry stakeholders while ensuring future development makes him a welcome addition to FWPA. Mr Evans was selected from a very strong field of candidates who demonstrated a wide

range of technical and management skills.

“As an added advantage, Neil was also a member of FWPA’s market access and development industry advisory group and is a well known supporter for the expanded use of timber in a range of building solutions,” Mr Sinclair said.

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Good policy needs solid scientific base

Conference program ambitious and challenging From Page 2

deforestation and forest degradation, it is clear to me that effective mitigation of climate change will not be achieved without a rigorous and robust mechanism for the inclusion of forests.

“The Institute of Foresters of Australia has a great deal of expertise to contribute to this debate in the lead up to Copenhagen and beyond – and there will be considerable scope to continue to assist developing countries, particularly in our region, to improve their forestry practices.”

Ms Wensley said the IFA conference program was indeed ambitious and challenging.

“It reflects the dynamic nature of the institute and its members and the readiness to work actively to influence the policy debate and help find the solutions to these complex and difficult issues,” the Governor said.

“I am also very pleased to see a good number of educators and students here. These issues are going to be with us for a long time and we need that next generation, the future leaders of forestry,

to have the highest possible levels of knowledge and understanding of the challenges surrounding sustainability and climate change and to be wellequipped to handle and respond to what your president [Dr Peter Volker] has described as the ‘broad and complex spectrum of challenges facing the forestry profession and forest-based industries’.”

Looking beyond the forestry industry, Ms Wensley said Queensland was highly exposed to the impacts of climate change: “not only because of our vast land area and long coastline, but because our population is largely centred on coastal areas.

Primary industry and tourism are profoundly important in the state’s economy and we are the custodians of two particularly vulnerable world heritage sites – the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics.

“As someone who has a long history in dealing with the charged politics and the policy debate around climate change – which, while it often seems to be swiftly

moving, just as often seems to be swiftly doubling back on itself – I have long argued that one of the essential keys to achieving progress and actually moving the debate forward in a sensible, measured way (rather than those sudden lurches and surges that occur because of political pressures and events) is science.

More IFA conference reports and pictures next issue “Good policy needs a solid scientific base and the input of experts. Without this input, whether it be from the IPCC, the coral reef scientists, the marine

biologists or the foresters, it is difficult to conceive of the decision-makers, at either the international or national level, being able to design, let alone agree, on workable mitigation and adaptation strategies.

“For this reason, I am pleased to see science placed front and centre of the conference program.

“Another key focus of the conference, quite understandably, is on the costs of climate change – of the impacts and of the responses to reducing carbon emissions.

“Wherever such discussions occur, we need also to consider the opportunities.”

Forest management consultant Richard Pegg, Brisbane, John Simpson, Department of Primary Industries, Gympie, Qld, and Dr Bob Thistlethwaite, chair, conference technical panel.

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Victorian sawmiller new NAFI president VICTORIAN hardwood sawmiller Greg McCormack has been elected new president of the National Association of Forest Industries.

He replaces Bob Pearce, executive director of the Forest Industries Federation of Western Australia, who stepped down as NAFI president at the annual general meeting on September 8 after holding the post for two years.

Mr McCormack thanked Mr Pearce for his valuable contribution to NAFI and the forest industries.

“He has assisted NAFI in building solid policy foundations and a respected, professional working relationship with federal and state governments,” Mr

Greg McCormack .. green shoots of recovery.

McCormack said.

He said the forest industry has faced challenges due to the recession, but now was starting to see the green shoots of recovery.

“NAFI is well placed to seize the many opportunities that a recovering economy and issues such as climate

change can provide,” he said.

Mr McCormack will be joined on the NAFI board by vicepresident Vince Erasmus, ITC chief executive, and treasurer Brian Tisher, executive general manager of Boral Timber.

NAFI chief executive Allan Hansard said the forest industries were at a critical time in their history, with resource security, climate change and investment key issues that would determine the future of the industry.

“Greg McCormack, Vince Erasmus and Brian Tisher bring a wealth of experience and expertise and, along with the rest of the board they form a strong team.”

Mr McCormack and Gary Demby operate McCormack Demby Timber, a merger in

2007 of McCormack Timbers and Alex Demby Timber and the acquisition of Drouin West Sawmills. Their fully automated Morwell milling facility processes 55,000 cub m of sawlog annually.

Grimwade Prize

applications open FOREST and Wood Products Australia is calling for applications for the 2010 Russell Grimwade Prize for the advancement of forestry science in Australia.

The prize provides funds to meet all or part of the costs for postgraduate study in forest science at an appropriate tertiary education institute in Australia or overseas.

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SEPTEMBER 09

14-16: SawTech 2009. Melbourne www.sawtechevents.com

OCTOBER 09 8-9: New Zealand Pine Manufacturers Assn Inc. 19th AGM and conference – ‘Global Storm Clouds: Identifying the Silver Linings’.

Holiday Inn, Wellington.

Tel: +64 3 544 1086.

Fax: +64 3 541 0187.

Email: lawrie@pine.net.nz 8-9: NZ Forest Owners Association/WPA conference.

Seifrieds Winery and Vineyard Conference Centre, Redwood Road, Appleby, Nelson. Inaugural event focuses on global trends, the challenges presented by the current trading environment, and ways to improve productivity, increase energy efficiency and create new marketing opportunities.

Keynote speakers: Minister for Forestry David Carter; Jim Carle, UNFAO; Andre de Freitas, head of FSC International. Register at www.forestwood.org.nz Contact conference manager Kylie Riley.

Tel: 021 300 611.

Email: kylie@forestwood.org.nz 10: Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association national awards dinner. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Contact: Kersten Gentle, FTMA Executive Officer 0418 226 242 Web: www.ftmaaustralia.com.au 13: FSC Australia industry breakfast forum. Co-presenters Timber Queensland and WPC Group. Special guest speaker Andre Giacini de Freitas FSC International executive director.

Victoria Park Golf Course, Brisbane.

Contact: Amanda Boyd.

Tel: (03) 8636 2661.

Email: amanda@fscaustralia.org

14: FSC Australia 2nd annual awards dinner. Atlantic at Central Pier, Docklands, Melbourne. Key speaker FSC International executive director Giacini de Freitas.

Contact: Amanda Boyd.

Tel: (03) 8636 2661.

Email: amanda@fscaustralia.org 15-16: FICA Annual Conference 2009, Kingsgate Hotel, Whangarei, NZ. www.fica.org.nz 16-18: HIA Build Green Expo - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Exhibition and Events Association of Australia. Tel: +61 2 9413 9520.

Web: www.eeaa.com.au

16: Australian Timber Design Awards regional.

Cullity Gallery, Perth. Contact Timber Development Association (NSW) Tel: Laurel Clarke on (02) 9279 2366.

Email: info@timberawards.com Web: www.timberawards.com.au 18-25: XIII World Forestry Congress. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Forestry Department, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracella, 00100 Rome, Italy. www.fao.org/forestry/site/18508/en 20: Australian Timber Design Awards regional.

Melbourne Recital Centre. Contact Timber Development Association (NSW).

Tel: Laurel Clarke on (02) 9279 2366.

Email: info@timberawards.com Web: www.timberawards.com.au 31: 2009 Queensland timber industry gala function. World class entertainment and an A-list invite list.

Contact TABMA Queensland (07) 3847 4637 Email: karen@tabma.com.au

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NOVEMBER 09

6: Victorian Association of Forrest Industries annual dinner Crown Casino, Melbourne.

Tel: (03) 9611 9000.

12-13: Australasian Timber Drying Group (ATDG) 50th meeting, Lismore NSW. First day technical presentations. Second day site visits, including Boral’s engineered flooring plant at Murwillumbah and QDPI’s research facility in Brisbane.

Contact: Lance Vinnell, PO Box 85, St Kilda, Vic. Tel: +61 419 895 358 (Australia) and +64 21 73 99 66 (NZ).

Email: lancemv@bigpond.com 15-17: Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia annual conference and dinner. Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise. Contact: Vicki Roberts, EWPAA, PO Box 2108, Fortitude Valley BC Qld 4006. Tel: +61 7 3250 3700. Email: vicki.roberts@paa.asn. au web: www.ewp.asn.au 16: Australian Timber Design Awards. Winners announced at EWPAA conference, Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise. Contact Laurel Clarke.

Tel: (02) 9279 2366.

18-20: Managing Native Trees: Towards a National Strategy.

Tane’s Tree Trust’s 10- year conference, University of Waikato, Hamilton,NZ. Workshops on the utilisation of totara and beech regeneration, the economical establishment of planted indigenous forest, eco-sourcing and the indigenous research program.

Tel: +61 9 239 2049. Email ibtrees@ wc.net.nz for a brochure and enrolment form. www.waikato. ac.nz/pathways

SUSTAINABLE. RESPONSIBLE. The National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) is striving for an ecologically sustainable Australian society achieved through dynamic, internationally competitive forest industries.

NAFI’s mission is to represent the interests of members by promoting the environmental sustainability and the prosperity of Australian forest industries.

National Association of Forest Industries Ltd (Est. 1987) PO Box 239, Deakin ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6285 3833.

Fax: (02) 6285 3855 Web: www.nafi.com.au

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IFA NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALOUNDRA

Kayt Watts, chief executive, Australian Forestry Standard Ltd, welcomes Richard Shoobridge, Norske Skog Paper Mills (Aust) Ltd, Boyer, Tas, and conference speaker Professor John L. Innes, chair of forest management at the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada, to the AFS display at the IFA national conference. Prof. Innes is vice-president for policy of IUFRO and was one of seven keynote presenters and more than 50 session speakers at the conference.

Tim Vercoe, 3rd Man Innovation, Cooroy, Qld, Chris Weston, senior lecturer, University of Melbourne, and Kaara Shaw, Private Forestry, Southern Queensland.

Canberra trio .. Marian Niederkokfler, manager, climate change policy, A3P, Moira Goddard, policy officer, Australian Forest Growers, and Natalie Louden, communications officer, A3P.

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Dennis Rolfe, manager, South East FMA, DERM Forest Products, Gympie, Qld, Matthew Fryett, general manager, Health Care Insurance, and David Wettenhall, Plantall Forestry, Albany, WA.

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Gayle Joyce, operations manger, Willmott Forests, Tumbarumba, NSW, Rob deFegley, Melbourne, and Andrew Haywood, Queensland Department of Sustainability and Environment.

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Warwick Ragg, chief executive, Australian Forest Growers, Sarah Humphrey, marketing and communication manager, Forest and Wood Products Australia, Melbourne, and Rodney Keenan, University of Melbourne, conference speaker.

Lee Tunstall, Forests Tasmania, Mia Spain, Southern Cross University, Lismore, and Edwina Loxton, PhD student, Australian National University, Canberra.

Ian Robertson, retired forester from Lismore, NSW (left) catches up with Vic Eddy, forester with Murbein Sawmilling, Mildura, Vic, and Paul Massey-Reed, manager, private native forestry, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water.

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Dr Bob Thistlethwaite, chair, conference technical panel (right) with Cr Malcolm Hole, president, Timber Towns Victoria, and Jillian Molina, coordinator, National Timber Councils Taskforce, Melbourne.

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IFA NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALOUNDRA

Cameron Coward, DERM Forest Products, and Eric Keady, Forestry Plantations Queensland Kevin Harding, principal scientist, wood quality improvement, DPI Queensland, David Balfour, director, Timberlands, Rotorua, NZ, Ian Ferguson, Professor Emeritus of Forest Science, University of Melbourne, and Dr Peter Shepard, manager, business development, Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Batchelor, NT. John Herbohn, reader in tropical forestry, University of Queensland, Ir. Medrilzam, head, environmental services and conservation, National Development Planning Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Grahame Applegate, AusAID.

Peter Kanowski, Professor of Forestry, Australian National University, and Mari-Chantale Pelletier, PhD candidate, School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University.

Phil Lacey of P.F. Olsen, Australia, Woolgoolga, NSW, chats with veteran forester Bob Newman, vice-president, Commonwealth Forestry Association, Canberra. Mr Newman recalled that New Zealander the late Peter Olsen was with him during his studies at the Australian Forestry School.

Both later went into forest management.

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Joanne Lewis, IFA conference organising committee, shares a coffee break with Vivien de Remy de Courcelles, PhD student at the University of Sydney.

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events

Timber design awards to be announced at EWPAA conference on the Gold Coast JUDGING of the Australian Timber Design awards is almost complete and regional and national winners will be announced at the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia’s annual conference on the Gold Coast on November 16.

This year marks a major restructure of the awards, including an overhaul of categories and the introduction of regional awards.

The ‘re-design’ of the design awards follows major sponsorship by the Wood Naturally Better campaign, an initiative of Forest and Wood Products Australia, which is promoting the environmental benefits of building with timber and delivering information on designing with wood.

Judging of regional winners has been completed in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

The competition is open to most sectors of the industry including architects,

building designers, builders, engineers, in fact anyone who has a principal interest in design and construction that heavily features timber, either structurally or aesthetically.

There are four primary entry categories, all building related, three other traditional categories – interior fitout (for commercial and resort type projects), outdoor timber (for treated structures such as sheds, landscapes, boardwalks, decks and bridges) and the coveted sustainable design category.

There are eight best-use categories including best use of Australian certified timber.

The winner of the coveted Sanderson Trophy for best use of plywood and LVL will be a feature presentation at the EWPAA conference dinner.

The trophy recognises the service given to the industry by the late Geoffrey Sanderson, who was president of the Plywood

of wood products in most entries.”

The EWPAA annual conference will be held from November 15 to 17 at the Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise. The dinner evening on November 16, which features the national timber awards, will also include presentations of the EWPAA President’s Prize-John Hancock Award; Con Otto Award; and Distributors’ Prize.

“The conference promises something for everyone across the plywood, LVL and engineered wood products industry,” EWPAA general manager Simon Dorries said.

Conference/dinner inquiries should be directed to Vicki Roberts, executive assistant, Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia, PO Box 2108, Fortitude Valley BC Qld 4006. Tel: +61 7 3250 3700. Email: vicki. roberts@paa.asn.au web: www.ewp.asn.au

Award for plywood and LVL excellence .. the coveted EWPAA Sanderson Trophy.

Association of Australasia (PAA) 1988-89 and 19982003. The award is raising the awareness of innovations in the design, use and application of certified engineered wood products among architects, specifiers and builders.

“Category winners in this year’s design awards have reached a very high standard,” said awards coordinator Laurel Clarke of the Timber Development Association.

“Judges have been impressed by the innovative and structural applications

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events

Pioneer Hoo-Hoos gather at the Gabba

Hoo-Hoo pioneers: Mark Kapper, David McIntyre (club 218 president 1995-96), John Crooke (club president 1984-85 and J1V president 1996-97), Charlie Henry (club president 1980-81), Alf Chapple (club president 1991-93), and seated, Peter Mort. (club president 1987-88).

Chris Hall (another who worked for FPM/Wilkinson) and Bill Philip.

Brothers in Hoo-Hoo .. Tim Evans (Grafton club president 1979-80) and Jim Bowden (Brisbane club president 2001-2003).

Bill Philip (Brisbane club president 1982-83, Alan Jones (Brisbane Club 218 vice-president), and Peter Leddy.

Enjoying a long lunch at the Norman .. Mark Twine, John Titmash, and Charles Achilles.

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OLDER Hoo-Hoos will know that their worldwide ‘concatenated order’ is symbolised by a black cat .. “to show the order’s disdain for superstition”.

And it has based much of its ritual on the cat’s nine lives.

“Concatenated” refers both to the cat, which was chosen as the symbol, and to “concatenation,” or “linking together in a chain”.

The founding members were not just lumbermen; they included railroad men (who transport lumber) and newspaper men (who cover it with print) and they limited membership first to 9999 members and subsequently 99,999 members.

Their officers were – and still are – the Supreme Nine.

So it was no surprise that the pioneer members of Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 chose the date 09-0909 to stage their annual luncheon at Brisbane’s historic Norman Hotel at Woolloongabba, which first opened its doors in 1889.

Last week’s gathering remembered and toasted the late Tony Baynes (#74529) who founded the pioneers’ club more than 20 years ago. Many of the 19 members at the

Norman haven’t missed a luncheon in all those years.

Vice-president of Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 Alan Jones was a special guest, standing in for club president Pieter Verlinden who is in Reno, Nevada, attending the Hoo-Hoo International Convention.

Alan reminded the pioneers that the club was still a strong service institution; it had raised more than $25,000 for children’s charities in the past 18 months.

Organiser of the luncheon John Crooke remarked that the luncheon was a wonderful opportunity for a “band of brothers” to meet socially once a year to enjoy mutual irrigation, devour magnificent steaks, and remember the good old days.

The 40th annual Hoo-Hoo International Jurisdiction 1V convention will be held at the Rydges Melbourne Hotel from April 15 to 18 next year. – JIM BOWDEN.

Hoo-Hoo pioneers who all at one time or another worked with the FPM/Wilkinson Group: Tom Donohue (club president 1988-89), Bill Neilson, Charlie Henry (club president 1980-81), Colin Galley (club president 1978-79), Peter Mort (club president 1987-88), and Tim Evans (Grafton club president 1979-80).

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industry news

Parliamentary Committee recognises importance of retail forests investment THE vital and integral role of retail forestry investment within Australia’s plantation products and paper industry has been recognised by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services.

The joint committee released the report of its inquiry into aspects of agribusiness managed investment schemes last week.

“This finding is consistent with the views put to the committee in a detailed submission and testimony by the plantation products and paper industry,” A3P chief executive Richard Stanton said.

“Private investment in retail forestry is responsible for growing the timber resource that underpins value-adding plantation industries, creating jobs, wealth and environmental benefits in regional Australia,” he said.

“A3P welcomes the

Integrity measures provide certainty to retail forestry investors.

committee’s finding that the ‘inherent disincentives’ to invest in long-term forestry warrant the retention of the existing tax deductibility arrangements for forestry managed investment schemes, as provided under Division 394 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

“A3P agrees with the committee’s view that these arrangements are relatively new [legislated in 2007]

and should be given the opportunity to work.”

Mr Stanton noted another committee finding that ‘the government should continue to monitor the effectiveness of Division 394’s integrity measures closely against industry practices and amend them if required’.

“These integrity measures provide certainty to retail forestry investors that their money will be used

appropriately in establishing, managing and harvesting the timber plantation projects, rather than being spent on marketing, fees and commissions,” Mr Stanton said.

He acknowledged that the collapse of agribusiness investment managers Timbercorp and Great Southern had adversely affected investment in retail forestry and had heightened the attention being paid to the regulation of agribusiness managed investment schemes.

“Consistent with one of the committee’s recommendations, A3P also agrees that ASIC should exercise its power to appoint a temporary responsibility entity to protect investors’ interests when a registered managed investment scheme becomes externally administered,” he said.

Ausco: ‘clean’ on NT emergency housing AUSCO Modular Pty Ltd has taken issue with an article in T & F enews (#78) in relation to housing support to staff involved in the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) that was quoting information provided in a media release issued by Federal Minister Jenny Macklin (4.4.09).

Ausco Modular wishes to clarify the statement made in the article “Macklin airheaded on emissions ‘fix’”.

At no time has Ausco

Modular Pty Ltd (‘Ausco’) buildings had prohibition notices placed on them.

While there are issues of inconsistent readings within the buildings indicating formaldehyde and VOCs being above what is currently considered acceptable levels, investigations to date show that these are not necessarily attributable to the base structure.

At all times all material or fixtures contained in any Ausco building are where possible sourced locally and

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that any imported material meets current legislative, code and guideline requirements.

Analysis of the tests post installation concluded that the sources of the contamination are introduced and is distinct from intrinsic emissions from building materials. This fact is not mentioned in the article and again clearly defines the Ausco buildings from point of manufacturing has no problem of formaldehyde or VOCs.

Paragraph 1 of the article stating that ‘a second round of transportable homes has been condemned’ [quote from Jenny Macklin’s media release] is not correct. The second round of homes changed from the retrofitted shipping containers purchased from Royal Wolf to Ausco’s Modular buildings.

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on the road

Great space: City meets country Sporty Honda sedan a head-turner for the Y Generation “GREAT space for the surf skis and snowboard,” observed my daughter’s partner, who is obsessed with snow, surf and sports vehicles.

Rowan loves excitement and this he achieves by jumping down incredibly deep and steep snow slopes at incredible speed with a board attached to his feet.

He was not allowed to drive our 5-speed Honda City ‘sedan-hatch’.

But he was impressed with the remarkably generous inner space, especially in terms of boot capacity.

The City is basically a Honda Jazz hatchback with a boot annexe, but what a boot – the biggest in its class (506 litres), with good access, a flat floor and 6040 fold-down seats that still allow stowage of all sorts of sports gear.

And there’s still space under the flat floor for a fullsize spare wheel. Honda claims it has 10 litres more cargo space than a Holden Commodore.

Accessibility is the key and the City boot features a low lip so you don’t have far to lift and stow objects like surf skis and snow boards.

Both the manual and auto gearboxes get five ratios, so the gearing is aimed for fuel economy. The City is a light drinker, using just 6.6 litres of fuel per 100 km – and the manual just 6.3. We put this down to the max powermini consumption of the 1.5 litre i-VTEC engine. This breakthrough technology continuously varies the engine’s valve intakes Page 14 | issue 93 | 14.09.09

to meet changing power demands. It’s how the City can deliver impressive levels of maximum power (88kw at 6600rpm) and torque (145Nm at 4800rpm), without compromising overall fuel efficiency.

Content to sit in the passenger seat, Rowan came with us for a citymeets-country Sunday drive to a friend’s winery at Stanthorpe on Queensland’s Granite Belt. We drove it across some rough patches down a row of glistening grapes. The City kicked in well with Honda’s G-Force Control Technology, or G-CON. This also helps improve driving safety by controlling the forces of a collision’s impact.

The City puts sports style front and centre, with a bold grille that arches into wraparound slit headlights. This powerful face flows into an aerodynamic body and amped-up rear deck.

Reasonably compact, the City is one small car that shows rather obviously just how much space can be availed with some intelligent design work. And the driver is surrounded by modern décor and a “cockpit” feel in

Sports style front and centre of the new Honda City.

Honda City 2009 boasts generous inner-space.

the roomy cabin.

The City has SRS airbags front and side for both the driver and passenger.

It comes with Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Brake Assist (BA), central locking, child proof door locks, child safety seat anchorages and electronic brake-force distribution.

Include the iPod integration, USB compatibility, front and rear door speakers, speed-sensitive volume compensation and steering wheel-mounted audio controls and you have a smart, enjoyable and very

economical head-turner for the Y Generation – in the snow, at the beach or in the country.

At a glance – price: VTi $20,490, VTi-L $22,990 (auto adds $2300). Engine: 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder. Power: 88kW at 6600rpm. Torque: 145Nm at 4800rpm.

Transmission: 5-speed manual or 5-speed automatic, front-wheel drive.

Economy: 6.3L/100km combined (manual) 6.6L/100km combined (auto). Emissions: CO2 148g/km (manual) 156g/km (auto).

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Chain of Custody

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Speakers include: • Colin MacKenzie, manager, timber application and use, Timber Queensland • Simon Dorries, General Manager, Engineered Wood Products Association of The Australian Forest Contractors Association Australasia • Kayt Watts, chief executive, Australian Forestry Standard Ltd (AFS) Enhancing the long-term • Michael Spencer, chief executive, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

viability and welfare of Registration fee: $65 pp (TABMA member)Australian $80 pp (non-member) • forest Includes hot breakfast and morning tea. Note: Arrival 7:30am. Breakfast 7:45 am. Presentations begin at 8 am. contractors.

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