AFPA pays tribute to Australian health, food and forest workers for their work during the pandemic
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In the midst of a pandemic the Wilderness Society shows a callous disregard for Victorian Workers in an essential industry
On the same day the Victorian Government announced that, due to CoVid-19 lockdowns, the state economy will likely be in a deep recession with the loss of potentially tens of thousands of jobs, The Wilderness Society has taken its extremist campaign against the state’s...
National Forestry Planting Day celebrates planting of Australia’s Ultimate Renewable
Today is National Forestry Planting Day which recognises Australia’s sustainable and renewable forest industries. The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Ross Hampton said each year approximately 70 million new trees are...
Victorian Government must provide certainty for native timber industry with Code review
The Australian Forest Products Association has cautiously welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement of a review of the Code of Practice for Timber Production to address the relentless tide of vexatious litigation waged by anti-forestry groups. In making the...
Bunnings should listen to forest industry workers and reverse Victorian native forest timber decision
The blockade by timber trucks of Bunnings’ Traralgon store and a promise by timber workers to undertake more of the same, should cause Bunnings management to reconsider its short-sighted decision to close its doors on Victorian hardwood timber and the thousands who...
New NT Forest industry Association will help top end operations expand
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the formal announcement of the Forest Industry Association Northern Territory (FIANT). FIANT represents all major forestry enterprises in the Northern Territory, which produces around $115 million worth of...