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1/11/ 2010

NEW - Strategy for Victorian Timber Industry

The peak representative body for the Victorian timber industry, the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI), has released a 10 point plan to secure a sustainable forest industry for Victoria’s future.

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21/10/ 2010

NEW - Guide to the Murray Darling Basin Plan

The recently released Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan comprises a series of publications which have been prepared to facilitate consideration and discussion of the draft Basin Plan, which will be released later this year. The chapter on the hydrologic character of the Basin (Chapter 5) discusses intereception activities including plantations. The chart below constructed from data in that chapter reveals that plantations intercept less than 1% of Basin inflows.

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Water Use in the Murray Darling Basin

20/7/2010

New Qld Plantation Strategy Announced

Minister Tim Mulherin has released the new Qld plantation strategy. In harmony with the national plantation strategy, the 2020 Vision, it recognises the increased role of the private sector in plantation investment.

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8/06/2010

NSW Government to Fund New Plantation Investment

The Keneally Government will invest approximately $23 million in the State’s plantation estate and produce around 13 million seedlings to increase timber supplies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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19/4/2010

Wood, Not Carbon the Primary Driver of Plantation Expansion

Wood production, rather than carbon sequestration is likely to be the primary driver of Australian
plantation development, despite recent commentary suggesting food production will be overrun by trees in the quest for carbon credits.

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22/07/2008

A3P response to climate change greenpaper

The Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) supports the treatment of forestry in the proposed carbon pollution reduction policy outlined by the Federal government. Section 2.8 of the greenpaper - available in the reports section of this website - deals with forestry.

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13/02/2008

FWPA consultation meetings

The newly formed Forests and Wood Products Australia is conducting a series of workshops to consult with levy payers and industry stakeholders on the development of FWPA.

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11/05/2007

New 2020 Vision Coordinator

The plantation timber industry is delighted to welcome the appointment of Mr David
Thompson as the new National Plantations Strategy Coordinator for Plantations for
Australia: The 2020 Vision.

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09/05/2007

Secondary Markets in Plantations - Budget Answers A3P's Call

A3P welcomes the Government's 2007 Budget commitment to facilitate secondary market trading for immature plantations as a means to attract greater investment in longer-rotation plantations.

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06/02/2007

Non-Forestry Managed Investment Schemes

Following the announcement on 21/12/2006 regarding new arrangements for taxation of plantation forestry investment, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Peter Dutton, today announced that the Government has decided that it is 'not disposed to introduce a similar taxation arrangement for investments in non-forestry agribusiness MIS'.

Investors in non-forestry MIS would no longer be able to claim upfront deductions for thier contributions to the MIS on the basis that the investor is 'carrying on a business'.

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21/12/2006

Announcement re Review of the Taxation of Plantation Forestry

Forestry and Conservation Minister, Senator Eric Abetz, and Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Peter Dutton, today announced new arrangements for the taxation of investments in forestry managed investment schemes (MIS).

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1/12/2006

Local Government to Form National 'Timber Councils Taskforce'

Local Government Mayors, Councillors and CEOs, representing councils from across Australia unanimously agreed to form a 'National Timber Councils Taskforce' at a breakfast meeting hosted by Timber Towns Victoria in conjunction with the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) National General Assembly in Canberra yesterday.

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