With bushfires continuing to burn across several states, the Australian Forest Products Association acknowledges the tireless work of all firefighters and volunteers who continue to risk their lives to save lives, homes and our precious forests.
Our forest industries workers and contractors are an integral part of local firefighting efforts that help protect communities under threat of bushfires.
We urge everyone to stay safe and follow the advice of the State Fire Emergency Services in each state and territory:
RECENT RELEASES
PM FLAGS HAZARD REDUCTION FOCUS FOR ROYAL COMMISSION, WHICH MUST INCLUDE MECHANICAL FUEL REMOVAL
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has backed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s proposal for national fuel reduction standards across all land tenures to be considered in a Royal Commission into the recent bushfires. Speaking on the Credlin program on...
LOCAL SOLUTIONS NEEDED FOR WASTE EXPORT BAN
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) met the with Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management Trevor Evans yesterday to discuss the impacts of the waste export ban and how the industry can help keep Australia’s waste paper out of...
FOREST THINNING CAN REDUCE BUSHFIRE RISK – ACADEMICS
Leading forest and ecosystem scientists from the University of Melbourne have backed the scientific merit of forest thinning to reduce the risk and severity of bushfires in Australia, refuting the strident activist voices demanding Australia make no change to its fuel...
FORMER VICTORIAN LABOR PREMIER JOHN BRUMBY SUPPORTS NATIONAL ROYAL COMMISSION
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) fully supports the call by former Victorian Premier John Brumby on ABC radio this morning that a national royal commission into the current catastrophic bushfires be established. Mr Brumby was Premier of Victoria...
SUPPORT WELCOME FOR FORESTRY BUSINESSES
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) have welcomed the announcement by the Coalition government that it will provide an initial $100 million in emergency funding to be used for grants to help support farming businesses affected by the catastrophic...