AFPA and VFPA pay tribute to timber industry champion, Malcolm Hole
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and Victorian Forest Products Association (VFPA) today pay tribute to forestry industry advocate, Wellington Shire councillor and all-round Gippsland community champion, Malcolm Hole, who has passed away. Malcolm Hole was a major supporter of the local timber industry across the Gippsland, but especially in the Wellington Shire, which he […]
Daniel Andrews’ sham forestry plan felled
The Victorian Labor Government has finally admitted that its promise to transition the state’s native regrowth timber industry to solely plantation-based timber by 2030 is a sham. The Age today revealed that Victoria’s Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has conceded that the promised plantations won’t be ready by 2030. Victorian Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said the […]
Federal Government commits to unlocking forest industries’ carbon storing potential to tackle clim…
Federal Assistant Minister for Forestry Jonathon Duniam has signalled the Federal Government will ramp up efforts to unlock the carbon storing potential of Australia’s forest industries, drive growth in the plantation estate and boost future timber supply. Speaking at the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Members’ Forum in Canberra on Wednesday, Assistant Minister Duniam said […]
Government asked to extend HomeBuilder deadline as Australian timber sawmills ramp up to supply reco…
The national Association representing Australia’s sawmills has reassured builders and homeowners that everything is being done to supply as much construction timber as possible to meet soaring demand. Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ross Hampton, said the domestic timber industry supplies around 80 per cent of the timber used in home […]
Turbo charging timber’s role in Australia’s climate strategy recommended by Federal Parliamentar…
The key role timber products can play in helping Australia achieve its climate goals has been recognised through a newly released House of Representative Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources report called “Aussie logs for Aussie jobs”. Australian Forest Products Association Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ross Hampton welcomed the influential Committee’s endorsement of forest […]
Federal Government’s rejection of Samuel EPBC Review plan to scrap RFAs welcome
The Federal Government’s commitment to retain Australia’s successful Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) and reject the Samuel Review’s criticism of them will be welcomed by forest industry workers around the country, Chair of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Mr Greg McCormack said today. “We welcome Assistant Minister for Forestry Jonathon Duniam’s commitment that the Federal […]
Forest industries meet in Canberra ahead of next federal election
Australia’s forest industries representatives will convene in Canberra this week for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic’s worldwide impact on trade and commerce, Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Chair, Mr Greg McCormack, said today. “It’s critical that representatives from across the full-value chain of Australia’s forest industries meet again in person to discuss future […]
Australia’s forest industries celebrate ‘International Day of Forests’
Today, on International Day of Forests, forest industries across Australia and around the world are celebrating this year’s theme ‘Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being’ as well as the broader economic, environmental and social benefits that forests create, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and Chair of the United […]
Timber industry workers welcome resumption of timber harvesting on NSW South Coast
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) says hundreds of NSW timber industry workers will welcome the resumption of hardwood timber harvesting operations on the South Coast. AFPA CEO Mr Ross Hampton said hardwood timber mills across NSW have been starved of log deliveries for more than a year since the Black Summer bushfires and are […]
South West Slopes Engineer Michael Darveniza nominated for prestigious global Blue Sky award
Michael Darveniza, a process engineer at Visy in Tumut, has been nominated for the global Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award. The awards are held every two years and recognise excellence in forest industry research from around the world. Entries are judged by an international panel of researchers, with the three best entrants given the […]