New CEO for Forestry SA
Forestry SA has appointed a new chief executive to manage the government-owned company's $2.8 billion timber assets.
View ArticleAnger over timber sale plan
Hundreds of people have expressed their anger at SA Government plans to sell-off pine forests.
View ArticleTreasury officials to front timber inquiry
Treasury officials will face a South Australian parliamentary inquiry today on the planned forward sale of forest timber in the south-east.
View ArticleTimber sell-off driven by Government: Treasury
Government bureaucrats have defended their role in a proposed forward sale of South Australian forests.
View ArticleGago defends forest rotations comments
The Minister for Forests says the South Australian Government has not said it will slash forest rotations in the south-east.
View ArticleForests sale conditions revealed by SA Treasurer
South Australian Treasurer Jack Snelling says an agreement has been reached on conditions for a south-east forestry sale.
View ArticleRuralAus shutting Perth office in move to SA
Forestry group RuralAus will close its Perth office and move its headquarters to Adelaide.
View ArticleSawmill operations on hold indefinitely
The owners of a sawmill on South Australia's Kangaroo Island have suspended the mill's operation indefinitely.
View ArticleJamestown sawmill workers facing uncertain future after fire rips through...
Sawmill workers at Jamestown in SA's Mid North are facing an uncertain future after the Bangor fire destroyed most of the plantation pine in Wirrabara Forest.
View ArticleForestry SA jobs facing the chop, minister Leon Bignell holding talks
Forests Minister Leon Bignell has confirmed Forestry SA is keen to cut almost 100 jobs in South Australia over the next two years. Mr Bignell has met Forestry SA officials at Mount Gambier and says the...
View ArticleJobs at risk if Wirrabara Forest not replanted after bushfire
Wirrabara Forest in the mid-north of South Australia could be another victim of a ForestrySA efficiency drive. South Australia's Forests Minister will not confirm if the area will be replanted after a...
View ArticleForestry outlook bleak after Bangor and Bundaleer bushfires in mid-north of SA
There is doubt over the future for forestry industry jobs in the mid-north of South Australia after bushfires. The Bangor blaze early this year burnt 90 per cent of the Wirrabara Forest in the southern...
View ArticleBeetles in imported pallets from China put timber industry at risk
Authorities have tracked down shipping pallets infested with beetles in an effort to avert a risk to the timber industry.
View ArticleKI timber firm touts Smith Bay port feasibility
Timber company Kangaroo Island Plantations says it is feasible to build a port on the island for its timber shipments.
View ArticleKI Mayor cites community support for timber export plans
Kangaroo Island's Mayor says the ability to export timber directly from the island would greatly benefit the community.
View ArticleSA Government urged to save forestry in state's mid north after bushfires
A South Australian community has packed a local meeting to keep up the pressure on the State Government over the future of its local forestry industry following devastating bushfires.
View ArticleAustralia's oldest saw mill finds itself on the chopping block
A small saw mill in the Mid North, Australia's oldest, has been left pining for a plan to restore the nearby forests and its commercial prospects.
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