Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers LTD | KIPT Australia’s only listed timberland company managing a wholly-owned portfolio of forestry plantations on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Tue, 06 Oct 2020 06:30:34 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 Harvest plans take shape /2020/10/06/harvest-plans-take-shape/ /2020/10/06/harvest-plans-take-shape/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2020 06:30:34 +0000 /?p=1778 Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers has advised the three levels of government about its plans to start harvesting of the fire-damaged plantations on Kangaroo Island. Salvage harvesting will begin in the... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/10/06/harvest-plans-take-shape/feed/ 0 Notice of Annual General Meeting /2020/09/26/notice-of-annual-general-meeeting/ /2020/09/26/notice-of-annual-general-meeeting/#respond Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:50:56 +0000 /?p=1766 Shareholders are notified of the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held at 1pm (ACST) on October 28. For more information please refer to the attached Notice of Meeting. AGM... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/09/26/notice-of-annual-general-meeeting/feed/ 0 KIPT prepares for port construction and salvage harvesting /2020/09/09/kipt-prepares-for-port-construction-and-salvage-harvesting/ /2020/09/09/kipt-prepares-for-port-construction-and-salvage-harvesting/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2020 04:14:56 +0000 /?p=1757 The Company has signed a contract for the construction of the Kangaroo Island Seaport at Smith Bay. The contract partners in the Early Contractor Involvement Agreement (ECI), led by Maritime... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/09/09/kipt-prepares-for-port-construction-and-salvage-harvesting/feed/ 0 Protective presence of plantations /2020/08/28/protective-presence-of-plantations/ /2020/08/28/protective-presence-of-plantations/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:23:52 +0000 /?p=1731 Independent research from Airborne Research Australia (ARA) after the 2019-20 bushfires on Kangaroo Island has confirmed that plantations can act as a fire suppressant. “From what I can see on... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/08/28/protective-presence-of-plantations/feed/ 0 Seedlings signal new era for KI forestry /2020/08/25/seedlings-signal-new-era-for-ki-forestry/ /2020/08/25/seedlings-signal-new-era-for-ki-forestry/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2020 06:56:57 +0000 /?p=1717 KIPT has completed its first replanting following the summer bushfires. The new crop of pine and blue gum, in a small 24-hectare compartment, was planned well before the devastating bushfires.... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/08/25/seedlings-signal-new-era-for-ki-forestry/feed/ 0 Koala stakeholders meet on bluegum harvest /2020/08/20/koala-stakeholders-meet-on-bluegum-harvest/ /2020/08/20/koala-stakeholders-meet-on-bluegum-harvest/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2020 01:12:00 +0000 /?p=1711 Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers (KIPT) has convened the first meeting of its koala stakeholder group, with participants agreeing to work collaboratively for the best outcome for koala welfare as KIPT... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/08/20/koala-stakeholders-meet-on-bluegum-harvest/feed/ 0 Macgill dam to preserve pines /2020/08/07/macgill-dam-to-preserve-pines/ /2020/08/07/macgill-dam-to-preserve-pines/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:34:49 +0000 /?p=1684 KIPT has surveyed the Sheep Creek Dam at its Macgill property to ascertain its suitability to store pine logs once harvesting of the bushfire-damaged pine plantations can begin. John Linsell... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/08/07/macgill-dam-to-preserve-pines/feed/ 0 Quality of people and relationships shines in a crisis /2020/08/04/quality-of-people-and-relationships-shines-in-a-crisis/ /2020/08/04/quality-of-people-and-relationships-shines-in-a-crisis/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2020 06:33:55 +0000 /?p=1688 In this piece for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) magazine Company Director, KIPT chairman Paul McKenzie reflects on the bushfire events of the summer and how the value... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/08/04/quality-of-people-and-relationships-shines-in-a-crisis/feed/ 0 KIPT welcomes new Ministers /2020/07/29/kipt-welcomes-new-ministers/ /2020/07/29/kipt-welcomes-new-ministers/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:58:06 +0000 /?p=1680 Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers welcomes the appointment of Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman as the new Minister for Planning and David Basham as the Minister for Primary Industries. “Both Ms Chapman... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/07/29/kipt-welcomes-new-ministers/feed/ 0 KIPT releases bushfire submission /2020/07/24/kipt-releases-bushfire-submission/ /2020/07/24/kipt-releases-bushfire-submission/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:22:51 +0000 /?p=1671 KIPT has publicly released the submission it made to the Keelty Review into SA’s Bushfires of 2019-20. Managing director Keith Lamb said he had also received an apology that the... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/07/24/kipt-releases-bushfire-submission/feed/ 0 Keelty Review recognises positive role for forestry sector /2020/07/15/keelty-review-recognises-positive-role-for-forestry-sector/ /2020/07/15/keelty-review-recognises-positive-role-for-forestry-sector/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2020 04:58:22 +0000 /?p=1655 Local knowledge, use of forestry experts, and better understanding of fire behaviour in plantations is critical for future fire management on Kangaroo Island. Incident Management Teams (IMTs) and fireground leaders... Continue reading

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]]> /2020/07/15/keelty-review-recognises-positive-role-for-forestry-sector/feed/ 0 Building insurance finalised for $5.9m /2020/06/19/building-insurance-finalised-for-5-9m/ /2020/06/19/building-insurance-finalised-for-5-9m/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2020 05:43:04 +0000 /?p=1636 The Company announced on April 1 that it had agreed with its insurer to a sum of $4.2 million to cover the replacement cost of houses destroyed by the 2019-20... Continue reading

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