Claims forest giants 600 years old
A conservation group has released carbon dating data showing Tasmania's giant eucalypts could be 200 years older than previously thought.
View ArticleCoalition back on track after Abbott rural policy boost
It seems the Federal Coalition is once again in happy accord, following a series of announcements by Liberal leader Tony Abbott focusing on rural Australia. Mr Abbott's announcement today that his...
View ArticleCoalition back on track after Abbott rural policy boost
It seems the Federal Coalition is once again in happy accord, following a series of announcements by Liberal leader Tony Abbott focusing on rural Australia. Mr Abbott's announcement today that his...
View ArticleCoalition back on track after Abbott rural policy boost
It seems the Federal Coalition is once again in happy accord, following a series of announcements by Liberal leader Tony Abbott focusing on rural Australia. Mr Abbott's announcement today that his...
View ArticleBroadscale land-clearing halved in Qld: Premier
Premier Anna Bligh says the rate of broadscale land-clearing in the state has almost halved.
View ArticleToxic trees
Scientists are demanding an investigation into Gum Tree plantation toxins, and a possible link to increased cancer and illness in humans. The issue is being raised by a doctor in St Helens on...
View ArticleCompany reprimanded for making false claims
The Federal Court has found a Queensland carbon trading company made false or misleading representations about companies it dealt with.
View ArticlePrime Carbon puts court case behind it
Queensland carbon trading company Prime Carbon says it hopes other companies learn from its mistakes.
View ArticleFraser defends terms of forestry plantations sale
The Queensland Government says it has been honest about selling land as part of its privatisation program.
View ArticleForestry land could be rezoned after sale: Lucas
The Queensland Government says some freehold forestry land that is being sold as part of its privatisation plans could be re-zoned.
View ArticleTimber group threatens to drop asset sale support
Timber Queensland may withdraw its support for the sale of the State Government's forestry plantation operations.
View ArticleTimber industry assured of jobs after asset sale
The State Government has assured the timber industry that business and jobs will not be lost when Forestry Plantations Queensland is sold.
View ArticleInvestors lose as fungus shuts down Elders forests
In a decision that spells bad news for possibly thousands of forestry investors, Elders has decided to close its central Queensland plantations because of a fungus.
View ArticleInvestors lose as fungus closes Elders forests
In a decision that spells bad news for possibly thousands of forestry investors, Elders has decided to close its central Queensland plantations because of a fungus. The eucalypt hybrid trees have been...
View ArticleForesters told not to fear fungus
Elders says a fungus which has destroyed its central Queensland eucalypt plantations is not a threat to other trees. 25,650 hectares of eucalypt hybrid trees have been killed or stunted by the...
View ArticleElders tree planting questioned
Elders decision to plant a hybrid eucalypt in Central Queensland was never appropriate, according to the head of a forest resource group.
View ArticleBids close for Government sale of Forestry Plantations
Binding bids for the State Government-owned Forestry Plantations Queensland (FPQ) have closed.
View ArticleQld forestry asset sells for more than $600m
The State Government has sold Forestry Plantations Queensland for more than $600m, in the first of its controversial asset sales. Treasurer Andrew Fraser has told Parliament that Hancock Queensland...
View ArticleQueensland Government sells its timber licence
The Queensland Government has sold a 99-year licence for its timber plantations for $603 million.
View ArticleQld timber plantations sold
A contract has been signed for the first of the Queensland Government's program of assets sales. Forestry Plantations Queensland has been sold for $603 million. The Treasurer Andrew Fraser says the...
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