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• Timber Queensland releases election policy to support essential timber supply chains for housing and construction

  The peak state body for the forest and timber industry in Queensland has released its key policy recommendations in the lead up to the state election to support essential timber supply chains to meet the state’s growing housing and construction needs. Read more

• Local leaders support Queensland Timber Fest and important role of timber industry

Hundreds of industry workers and their families, whose livelihoods and businesses are supported by Queensland’s sustainable forest and timber industry, welcomed the support of local leaders at the Queensland Timber Fest in Gympie last weekend. Read more

• Timber Queensland is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-25 Growth Scholarship Awards Program

The 2024-2025 judging committees were impressed by the range of applications received from every part of the industry supply chain. Read more

• Timber Queensland launches online training resource to help industry navigate compliance with native forestry obligations

  With operations on crown-owned Queensland native forestry subject to understandably complex regulatory obligations, Timber Queensland has released an online resource with a suite of easy-to-follow tools to help operators and permit holders safely and effectively navigate compliance. Read more

• Study finds state forests deliver better long-term social outcomes than national parks in South & Central Queensland

The peak state body for the forest and timber industry in Queensland has welcomed a landmark study into the long-term benefits from state forests in South and Central Queensland as compared to if they were managed as national parks. Read more