Specialist team to help manage shot-hole borer response
A new specialist team will help the Western Australian community to manage trees impacted by polyphagous shot-hole borer, as new quarantine areas come into effect.
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Family and domestic violence leave
All employees of businesses with fewer than 15 employees (including part-time and casual employees) are entitled to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave per year.
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Grant for WA landowners
The Farm Forestry Assist Program is a one-off grant for farmers and other land owners to plant pine trees on their land and support WA’s softwood industry.
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Forests given a fighting chance
For the first time, Australia’s forests will be covered by national nature protection laws, with legislation going to the Senate on November 27.
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Textiles beat the heat
As global temperatures rise and heatwaves intensify, an innovation in textiles co-developed by University of South Australia scientists promises to keep people cooler, drier, and more comfortable in extreme heat.
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New payday Super legislation
In October, the Australian government introduced Payday Super legislation into parliament. It’s intended the legislation will take effect from July 1, 2026. This measure is not yet law.
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Polyphagous shot-hole borer ‘No longer technically feasible to eradicate’
Western Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has reported a national Transition to Management (T2M) response plan for Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) is now in place and being delivered by DPIRD, but said the borer is ‘no longer technically feasible to eradicate’.
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Support payments for those affected by the GKNP
The Minns Labor Government has finalised a comprehensive Worker Support Package for employees at the six timber mills on the North Coast directly impacted by the recent moratorium on timber harvesting within the proposed boundaries of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP).
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Limiting farm-to-forest conversions
Legislation to protect productive New Zealand farmland by limiting farm-to-forest conversions is now in place.
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ETS and STIHL
ETS and STIHL are leading the way in infrastructure and environmental management.
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