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With the increase in the number of builders collapsing, such as Porter Davis, and the real possibility that frames and trusses, could potentially be uncovered and left in the weather for months, we thought it was a good time to talk about Best Practices for Caring for Your Timber Products.

Today we are joined by three nail plate engineers to discuss what can frame and truss manufacturers, builders and homeowners do to care for their quality timber products. 

Episode guests:

• Tim Rossiter - MiTek, 
• David Zhang - Multinail 
• Nick Cui - Pryda

FTMA's Best Practice – Caring for Your Timber Products flyer available at FTMA News or email editor@ftmanews.com.

With the 13th largest builder in Australia going bust, leaving 1700 homes unfinished, and a trail of creditors, we thought it would be a good reminder to go over what the collapse means, how it impacts fabricators and talk about how you can avoid being caught by the collapse of more builders in the future.

Today, we are joined by Jaqi Rennie, Managing Director of Austbrokers Trade Credit to explain further. Jaqi experience spans three decades with a background in finance and law. 

Jaqi’s comments are based on Jaqi’s analysis and that of Austbrokers Trade Credit, and does not constitute legal or professional advice, and listeners should always take their own advice that takes in to account their own circumstances.

 As mentioned in the episode, if you are interested in trade credit, you can contact Jaqi Rennie, Managing Director of Austbrokers Trade Credit, on 0423 683 230 or jaqi@abtradecredit.com.au. 

As loggers retire, the industry is now facing  the challenging task of recruiting and training the next generation to continue operating an industry that makes civilization as we know it, possible. I sit down with Ryer Becker, part of the research faculty in the  Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Forest Sciences at The University of Idaho, to talk about their new degree program helping educate and train the next generation of people entering the logging industry. We talk about the significance of logging in our daily lives, the state of the industry with respect to workforce, and how the industry can work to reshape its image.

Learn more about the degree program we talked about on the show here https://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/undergraduate-majors/bs-forestry

Find Ryer Becker on LinkedIn and Instagram, or reach out to him here https://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/faculty/becker-ryer

Find Mack on social media @earthmovers_media and check out their website https://earthmoversmedia.com/

Andrew Rule is a Gold Walkley winning journalist and author (Underbelly) who grew up on a farm in Gippsland and made his way from The Maffra Spectator to the pinnacles of Australian investigative reporting. His father, Keith, spent his life felling and fashioning timber, and this eulogy is a beautiful ode to a man and his axe. It was written as a feature for The Age in 1998, written as Keith Rule lay in the next room dying, and then adapted slightly to be read at the funeral in Lake Tyers on 27th June 1998. There is no audio of the original speech, so Andrew Rule has re-recorded the speech for this podcast. 

Andrew Rule mentions his colleague Les Carlyon in this chat, and Andrew's eulogy for Les Carlyon is also on Speakola. 

Andrew Rule has a 'Life and Crimes' podcast and I'm the current guest talking footy rogues, 'Black sheep in footy boots'. 

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Welcome back for season two of F&T Time! 

To kick off this season of F&T Time, we are joined once again by Tim Woods of IndustryEdge to talk about what we expect to see with timber supply and the housing markets for 2023.

It seems everyone has a viewpoint on where the market is headed, but not all are on the same page. Some say the boom will continue, as we welcome an expected 200,000 migrants who will need to be housed, whilst others say, the housing market is headed for a bust.

Tim has provided regular housing and timber updates for the sector since May 2020, ensuring frame and truss manufacturers and suppliers to our industry are up to date with the latest information, and I have to admit, he has been pretty spot on with his predictions.

So, are we headed for a continued boom, or a housing bust in 2023.

It is important to note that Tim’s analysis and that of IndustryEdge does not constitute financial advice, and listeners should always take their own advice that takes into account their own circumstances.

We are joined by FTMA's outgoing chair, Jamie Dahlsen, and newly elected chair, Aaron Hillman, for the last episode of this wild year!

We recap our first ever season of F&T Time and discuss the exciting things that lie ahead for not only Season 2 of F&T Time, but FTMA and the wider industry.

Thanks for listening to our first ever podcast series, see you next year for season two!

Stress is a natural part of being human, short term, it gives you energy and promotes action. Unfortunately, being too stress for too long kills motivation, ruins focus and decreases performance. What if we could harness the awesome power of stress and get rid of the bad stuff.

Well that's what today's guest, Luke Mathers, is going to talk about - becoming Stress Teflon.

FTMA Members may recognise the name, as Luke was our Keynote Speaker earlier this year at the FTMA National Conference and is also the author of this year's book that was sent out to FTMA members, Stress Teflon.

Today, we are joined by Jo Mason, Co-Founder and CEO of WorkHaven. 

WorkHaven is committed to developing a culture of zero tolerance towards domestic and family violence where each member of the community protects and empowers victims of DFV.

With the upcoming changes, now is the right time to consider your businesses' approach to Domestic and Family Violence. FTMA has engaged Jo at WorkHaven to develop a DFV Policy for FTMA members as DFV is complex and sensitive and, forming a relevant, meaningful and effective response takes expertise and insight. 

The workplace can provide crucial support for a person who is impacted by Domestic and Family Violence. An employer who takes a committed approach to walk with employees during this stressful and difficult time can make an enormous difference to the outcomes for the person and for their organisation.

FTMA Members please keep an eye on your inbox as we will be sending out the updated DFV Policy and other resources.

October is National Safe Work Month—a time to commit to building a safe and healthy workplace.

As FTMA honours National Safe Work Month, we are joined by AKD’s National Health & Safety Manager, Toni Kirkup, who’s passion for safety saw her receive the 2021 National Forests industries Innovation Health and Safety Award.

Toni explains how safety doesn’t just start or finish at the gate and, how we all have a collective and individual responsibility to create a safe work environment, so we can all leave after each shift.

Inspired by Toni Kirkup’s safety initiative, we are encouraging FTMA Members to make safety personal and hold a SafeTea this month to start the discussion about the importance of safety. Keep an eye out in your inbox for resources to help with this.

It's time to make safety personal.

In this episode, we are joined by FTMA’s Marketing Coordinator, Nikita Gentle, who explains that we all have a role to play in the fight against climate change and why we created our environmental arm, Carbon Warrior.

We discuss how timber is being recognised around the world, for its ability to fight climate change and how Australia can take inspiration from these countries leading the way in climate action and introduce real and practical policies like the Carbon Warrior policy, 4 Steps Towards a Greener Future.

FTMA also wants those in the industry to recognise the role they play in addressing climate change, simply by locking up carbon in the timber frames and trusses they manufacture.

So, be a proud Carbon Warrior and let’s create a greener future for all.

For more information on Carbon Warrior, including the Carbon Warrior policy, please visit carbonwarrior.com.au 

Today's guest is Cris Stainbrook, President of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF). 

ILTF is a national community-based organization serving Indian nations and Indian people in the recovery and control of their rightful homelands. They work to promote education, increase cultural awareness, create economic opportunity, and reform the legal and administrative systems that prevent Indian people from owning and controlling reservation lands. The organization has provided over $98 million of grants, loans and services over the past 20 years. 

In today’s episode, we cover: 

• An overview of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF)
• How the organization came to be and its mission to restore rightful land ownership of 90 million acres
• Cris' personal climate journey
• His background in fisheries biology and transition to Indian land
• The role of the federal government in Indian land ownership
• The Dawes General Allotment Act
• ILTF's tactics at the beginning and how they've changed over time
• Importance of education for Indian history and land issues
• The organization's theory of change and how they measure progress
• Changes on tribal land related to climate
• How climate impacts day-to-day life of tribal members
• How the tribes became interested in carbon markets and some of the issues they're working to overcome
• The Indian Land Capital Company, a CDFI subsidiary of ILTF
• Buyer incentives for the tribe's carbon credits
• The National Indian Carbon Coalition and its assessment of additionality credits, setting prices, finding buyers, etc.
• What Cris sees as the biggest barriers to moving forward on climate change
• His thoughts on government's role in solving certain issues
• Cris' message to listeners both in terms of the problem of climate change and Indian lands

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Since the Federal Government introduced the Home Builder grants program, thousands of Aussies have excitedly applied for the financial assistance to help fulfil their dream of building or seriously renovating their home.

Unfortunately for many people that dream has turned into a nightmare as dozens of building companies have gone bust, and experts are warning that many more construction firms are vulnerable.

The Quicky speaks to a woman for whom this nightmare is her reality, a guru in construction law, and an expert in supply chain management to find out why this is happening, and what can be done to protect people who have already invested in their dream home project.

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Blockchain can get a bit of a bad rep because of the massive carbon footprint Bitcoin has, and more recently because of its huge losses! 

Enterprise blockchains though don't suffer either of those problems and so can be very elegant solutions to some quite challenging problems. In this episode of the Digital Supply Chain podcast, I spoke to IOV42's Chief Product Officer David Coleman to hear how their blockchain solution is helping prove the provenance of timber.

We had a great conversation spanning how IOV42's blockchain works in the timber supply chain, how their algorithm uses proof of authority, not proof of stake, and what other domains they intend to target next. 

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The fires that tore through the South Coast of New South Wales in 2019/2020 hit towns on the coast and in the bush.

Within the community, homes were lost, some experienced events that left them traumatised and all inhabited a devastated landscape.

Animal habitats were also affected, and when both logging companies and urban developers began to encroach on the habitat of the critically endangered Swift Parrot, locals from the South Coast began to stand up and take action to save the home that this small bird needs in order to survive.

Content warning: this feature contains stories from the 2019/2020 Fires.

Guests:
Bill Eger

Nick Hopkins

Jordan Nye

Dr. Debbie Saunders

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Producer: Alice Ansara

Executive producer and sound design: Sarah Mashman

Engineer: Tegan Nicholls

Theme music by Oliver Beard

Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

Management team: Abe Killian and Sime Knecevic

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The Australian plantation estate hasn’t grown for over a decade due to poor Government policies, which effectively were blockers to plantation investment. Today, Timber Queensland CEO, Mick Stephens explains the important promises made by both major parties in the lead up to this Federal Election, to remove the all important ‘water rule’ under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) given its impact on stifling new plantation investment and denying access to carbon markets.

Mick explains that given the critical importance of removing the water rule as a perverse barrier to plantation investment, the industry must hold the next Australian Government to account on implementation soon after the election.

Brian Rahija- and his latest release Timber.