AFPA will soon celebrate 10 years as the united voice of Australia’s forest products industry and is taking a look back, and forwards
RECENT RELEASES
Act now to provide certainty for hardwood timber workers
The Federal and State governments must act urgently to provide certainty for Australia’s hardwood timber industries and stop the lawfare being waged by activist groups, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) said today. AFPA CEO Mr Ross Hampton said reports...
BUILD BACK BETTER – GLOBAL FOREST INDUSTRIES TO UNDERPIN COVID RECOVERY
Renewable forest industries in Australia and globally are ready to grow and play an even bigger role in the COVID-19 economic recovery. The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has added its support to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s...
VICTORIAN PLANTATION TIMBER INVESTMENT IMPORTANT BUT NO REPLACEMENT FOR NATIVE FORESTRY
The Victorian Government’s call for expressions of interest from investors and plantation developers to expand the State’s plantation timber supply is important, but the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has again warned the State’s policy makers not to...
FOREST INDUSTRIES READY TO ASSIST AUSTRALIA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
The Federal Budget delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last night has been welcomed by the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) for its significant measures to support jobs, businesses, and manufacturing investment as Australia looks to kickstart the...
FOREST GROWERS LOOK TO THE FUTURE WITH RD&E AND BIOSECURITY FUNDING BOOST
Australia’s forest growers are being asked to support a proposed increase to the sector’s R&D and biosecurity levy to address the decline in funding and capacity for vital forest science research, development and extension (RD&E) and to tackle ever-increasing...