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Tasmanian Parliament passes Tasmanian Forest Agreement Legislation to create certainty for Tasmanian timber businesses, including Ta Ann Tasmania and their customers. See media release and click on photo for a detailed interview with one of the Executive Directors. |
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TA Ann Tasmania announces a holding measures package, see details |
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SBS Dateline (update)
The SBS Ombudsman reviewed the Dateline program featuring Ta Ann Tasmania aired on 21 August 2012, against its codes of practice provisions for accuracy, impartiality and balance and found the program to "have breached the provisions of the code. The Ombudsman considered that the "totality of the report was inaccurate and misleading."
The ombudsman advised in this letter that "SBS apologises to Ta Ann Tasmania for this breach of the SBS Codes of Practice".
SBS documentaries are normally known for the highest standards of accuracy, impartiality and balance. It is disappointing that Ta Ann both in Sarawak and Tasmania believes it has been unfairly treated by this report. In terms of a lack of balance, Ta Ann provided detailed responses to the many outrageous allegations made against it; these responses were edited from the final program.
These videos can be viewed at Ta Ann Tasmania's You tube Channel
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Ta Ann confirms further investment in down stream processing, read more... |
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Ta Ann commits to Tasmania Forest Peace Legislation, see media release. |
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Ta Ann Tasmania has held a meeting with Deputy Premier on collapse of IGA negotiations, see media release. |
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Trials of wider source of log standards.
Ta Ann Tasmania is conducting trials in June 2012 of logs from native forest regrowth and plantations that are outside its current specifications of useable billets.
Ta Ann's rotary veneer mills process native and plantation logs, 20 to 70 centimetres in diameter that are generally free of defects in terms of shape, form and knots. The new trials will look at recovery from logs which have more defects and some with a smaller diameter.
Tasmanian Resources Minister, Bryan Green, announced the company’s trial using these smaller and lower quality peeler logs. He says a permanent change could free up forests for reservations under the state's peace talks to reduce native forest logging."That might help ensure that we can come up with a volume for Ta Ann out of the existing mix that allows some room within the negotiations," he said.
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Sustainability of timber supply to Ta Ann Tasmania verified by leading forest expert
As a result of a formal request by PEFC, the University of Melbourne's Professor Ian Ferguson has investigated the sustainable yield used to supply Ta Ann Tasmania with regrowth and plantation billets. Professor Ferguson's findings have been welcomed by the Minister and has allowed Forestry Tasmania that supplies Ta Ann Tasmanian to maintain its certification under the Australian Forest Standard. Read more about the expert's finding of sustainable supply |
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Lara Giddings, the Tasmanian Premier, has announced that the Interim Conservation Agreement under the EPBC Act has been extended to 31 August 2012. |
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The Australian Forest Products Association has released a video explaining the facts on Tasmania forestry and its third party certification of legality and sustainability. |
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Peace talk resume after leadership by Tasmanian Forest Industries to negotiate in good faith.
FIAT, the peak industry body, has announced it has returned to the negotiating table on 18 May 2012 after ENGO groups signed a written agreement to reassure customers and to urge protests groups not to embark on new actions that are placing at risk any hope of a peace pact.
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Ta Ann Tasmania has corrected a story that first appeared in the Malaysian newspaper the Star and in the Daily Timber News, to clarify that its eco-timber is from certified regrowth native and planted forests, as it does not own plantations nor does it harvest timber in Tasmania. See The Star and Daily Timber News |
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Latest port protest risks peace process. Read more in the media release. |
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Ta Ann Tasmania has announced the appointment of eminent Tasmanian Evan Rolley as an Executive Director of the Company. Read more. |
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Australia's Federal Environment Minister supports Ta Ann Tasmania
The Hon Tony Burke, condemned attacks by green groups on Ta Ann Tasmania and supported workers and their families threatened by their market action. See his statement to Parliament.
The Premier of Tasmania backs Ta Ann Tasmania
Lara Giddings, the Premier of Tasmania, has emphasised her support to Ta Ann Tasmania and its workforce in view of the misinformation campaign by green groups. Deputy Premier, Bryan Green, has embarked upon a trade mission to provide assurances to Ta Ann's customers. Her letter supports the Tasmanian forest Agreements process.
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Taking Timber to the World
Tasmania Country's senior reporter recently inspected the Southwood rotary veneer manufacturing plant in the Huon Valley. |
 Click on the image to access the story of how Ta Ann Tasmania value adds regrowth timber billets from sustainably managed forests. |
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Media release - Regrowth not old growth
Ta Ann Tasmania confirms its commitment to use regrowth timber and explains that old growth is not suitable.
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In the News - Archived Articles
The media reports on Ta Ann Tasmania
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