I have been advised by Tim Head of the CSIRO Geelong,that the tender submissions are currently being assessed. The successful tender will be decided by Monday of next week. An announcement on the outcome of the tender process is therefore expected so

The ABC's Landline program is Australia's national rural issues program. Over the past few weeks Pip Courtney, who is one of the Landline reporters, has been interviewing a variety of people from different areas of Australia, whose businesses

Tenders for the CSIRO scour closed at 5:00 pm AEST today (29 August 2008). According to the tender document late tenders will be accepted if the late receipt was caused by a mishandling error of Australia Post. I would therefore assume that reasonabl

Some individuals still seem to be unsure about the status of the CSIRO scour. The scour is still performing contract scouring from businesses and individuals and will continue to do so up until the 30th June 2009. That is unless an agreement can be r

It has been a bit of a struggle, but we have at last reached an agreement with the CSIRO for continued contract scouring until June 30 2009, or such time as the scour is decommissioned in order to be moved into private enterprise. The CSIRO have agre

The Tasmanian Greens have been actively supporting our fight to have the CSIRO scour remain as a dedicated scour for our Industry . Sophie Underwood, a staffer for Senator Christine Milne has consulted with me on several occasions in respect to the G

I am still awaiting the ok to publish the report of last Thursday's meeting at the CSIRO Geelong Division. So I am sorry, but you'll just have to wait and maybe some time, for I am off on a holiday for a couple of weeks. Even though I am unab

It was recognised that CSIRO was decommissioning the wool scour and that both transitional and long term arrangements were required to assist the developing Rare and Natural Fibre (RNF) industry. As a result, it was agreed that: The wool scou

Just a quick entry to let you know that I and 4 other representatives from our alliance of CSIRO contract scour users, met with the management of CSIRO Geelong, Andrew Reeves (Senator Carr's representative) & Darren Cheeseman (the local Feder

Andrew Reeves, from Senator Carr's office, is arranging a meeting for a small delegation, from our committee, to meet with the Management of the CSIRO TFT Geelong Division. We will be meeting at the CSIRO Geelong premisies on Thursday (24th April

The CSIRO Geelong, Textiles & Fibre Division, was in the early 1990's the largest Division in the CSIRO, employing over 400 people. A full small research wool mill had been established on site to specifically meet the needs of major research

Dear Trish, You asked me to relate my experiences in using the New Zealand scouring facility, and while this experience is far from over, it has been almost too eventful already. My story started back in September 2007 when my Angora goats were sh

Andrew James Writes of another concern which all Cashmere,Mohair and Alpca producers should be aware and that is....." The apparent agenda within the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation to strip research funding from smaller in

1.Write to our government representatives expressing your concern over the closure of the CSIRO scour. You can write your own letter or use the template letter provided, adding to it or changing sections to suit yourself. We suggest you address corre

Closure of the CSIRO scour will impact upon many lives, businesses that have taken years of hard work and devotion to build & nurture will be lost. Some have already tried the New Zealand scouring option as advised by the CSIRO Geelong and discov

<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> I have had a request from our Coloured Wool representative to post the following letter.... Dear SACSOS Members As you are well aware the proposed closure

Heather Forward, Communications Manager for CSIRO provides the following explanation regarding the closure: The CSIRO wool scour is due to close around 30 June 2008. Discussions are being held between representatives of the Rare and Natural Fibre

The history of the scour closure may be of interest to you all.This is what I believe happened based on conversations with those involved and correspondence I have received. The CSIRO scour has already been closed once, but was forced to re-open an

The CSIRO has, for many years, run a small research scour at its Geelong Textiles and Fibre Division. The scour has supplemented income to the CSIRO Geelong division by taking in small lot commercial contract scouring work