Australians can have confidence in environmental safeguards provided under RFAs

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) says Australians can have confidence that our sustainably managed native forestry operations provide all the environmental safeguards required by the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, Deputy CEO Victor Violante said today. Responding to criticism of the national RFA framework in the Samuel review of the EPBC Act, […]

AFPA congratulates Julie Collins on appointment as Shadow Minister for Agriculture

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulates Member for Franklin Julie Collins MP on her appointment today as Shadow Agriculture Minister, which includes the forestry portfolio. AFPA Deputy CEO Victor Violante said Ms Collins brings an understanding of the importance of the forestry sector to the national economy and to her home state of Tasmania. […]

Forest industries champion Peter Crowe receives well deserved Australia Day Honour

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has congratulated the Chairman of the Softwood Working Group (SWG) Peter Crowe on being named a recipient of the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours for his service to the softwood plantation industry. Mr Crowe has worked in the forest industries since 1959 when he […]

AFPA appoints Victor Violante as new Deputy Chief Executive Officer

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has appointed Victor Violante to the new role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer after more than 4 years in the organisation. Mr Violante has held the position of Senior Policy Manager for the past 4 ½ years, looking after AFPA’s Hardwood Processing Chamber as well as native forestry policy, […]

Deb Kerr announced as inaugural Victorian Forest Products Association CEO

The Victorian Forest Products Association (VFPA) has announced the appointment of its foundation Chief Executive Officer Deb Kerr. Ms Kerr has extensive experience in the primary industries sector, having worked in various industry representative roles across the sector, and most recently as a senior executive with Australian Pork Limited. The Chair of the VFPA Tony […]

TFPA deeply disappointed with unsubstantiated WWF commentary

The Tasmanian Forest Products Association is deeply disappointed with unsubstantiated commentary from the WWF after throwaway comments linked deforestation to Tasmanian forestry and the ending of the Tasmanian Forest Agreement. “It is wrong to link Tasmania’s forest industry to deforestation”, Tasmanian Forest Products Association CEO, Nick Steel said. “Tasmania’s forest industry is the ultimate renewable; […]

ABC SCIENCE CORRECTS ITS MISREPRESENTATION OF AUSTRALIAN REGROWTH NATIVE FORESTRY

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the finding by the ABC Audience and Consumer Affairs Department that a recently published story made a series of errors which showed Australian forestry in a negative light. The complaint to the ABC was made by Justin Law, Managing Director of community group, Forest and Wood Communities […]

MORRISON/ McCORMACK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES $40M IN BUSHFIRE RECOVERY GRANTS

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has congratulated the Federal Government on the announcement today of 14 grants to forest industry businesses totalling $40million dollars to aid in their recovery from the Black Summer bushfires. Chief Executive Officer of AFPA Ross Hampton said, “After the enormous challenges of dealing with COVID through 2020, the Black […]

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