State Govt now on mission to save Kangaroo Island timber from bonfire

SA’s Primary Industries Minister will send staff to Kangaroo Island to assess what timber stocks can be salvaged in the wake of a company’s “crazy” decision to burn thousands of hectares of plantation forests – a move prompted by the Planning Minister axing its proposed timber port.

Warning that Kangaroo Island forests will burn again after port bid axed

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers says that thousands of hectares of its forests will be felled, piled and burned and the company will walk away from the industry following the State Government’s decision to reject its plans for a port on the island’s north coast.

Morgan Sawmill Jamestown owners Luke (left) and Ed Morgan want to build a second mill at Dublin.

Sawmill's bid to chop timber shortages

In part four of InDaily’s special report on the national timber shortage, a Mid North sawmill operator aims to build a second facility closer to Adelaide to cut structural timber and capitalise on fire-affected wood from Kangaroo Island if he can secure government support.

Kangaroo Island has timber solution but can't ship it off

In part three of InDaily’s special report on the national timber shortage, thousands of tonnes of structural grade timber is ready to be shipped to sawmills from Kangaroo Island but transport issues and high costs are hampering efforts.

Timber shortage threatens to send builders to the wall

In part two of InDaily’s special report on the national timber shortage, South Australian builders warn of looming job losses due to the lack of supply for the housing industry.

Supply and demand dilemma at root of timber crisis

A perfect storm of factors including bushfires, pandemic and low imports amid huge demand from a housing boom has led to a crippling timber shortage. In the first of a four-part series of reports this week, InDaily looks at the state’s structural timber crisis.