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Jubilee Sawmill in Mount Gambier, South Australia is a historic fixture of the community and is one of Australia’s most progressive, productive and efficient mills. Employing over 300 people from...

From industrial relations experts, TTIA It is well worth clarifying exactly what outside authority has the power to visit your premises and their powers on workplace health and safety matters. As it...

After many COVID related delays , TABMA Australia at last hosted their first National Conference in a very long time, and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect! In what has been the most...

FWPA is hosting a series of five webinars to help explain the recent changes in supply and demand for timber products, both internationally and domestically. This webinar series will draw on...

From industrial relations experts, TTIA It always strikes me how quickly a new term or phase can catch on and then become part of the established lexicon used by all and sundry to describe a...

In March this year, one of the founding staff members of Multinail, Mark Ford, retired from the industry after almost 40 years of service. Mark joined Multinail from Hasting’s Trusses in the late...

In these extremely busy times, it is important for fabricators to keep on top of their builders’ debts, especially when a builder moves from fabricator to fabricator leaving debt in their trail or...

I never realised the depth and breadth of the word ‘scale’ □ Fish skin                 □ Remove fish skin □ White deposit formed on a kettle/coffeemaker                 □ Libra – constellation...

Over the past few months, I have received so many calls from members who want to talk about a range of issues, however, most simply want to talk and know if they are the only ones dealing with the...

This article was written and provided by Gavin Matthew and Andy McNaught of EWPAA. With surging domestic and global demand for renewable timber products putting pressure on Australian supply chains,...

A personal opinion piece by Ric Sinclair Over the last three months, it is quite clear that one person can make a difference in the consciousness of Australia. The powerful speech by Australian of...

From our industrial relations experts, TTIA Under the Fair Work Act (FWA), an employee is prevented from taking or accruing leave when the employee is absent from work because of a personal illness...