With NSW, WA and QLD declared in a State of Emergency due to catastrophic bushfires burning across the states, AFPA acknowledges the tireless work of all firefighters and volunteers who are risking their lives to save homes, lives and our precious forests.
Our forest industries workers – including staff at Forestry Corporation of NSW, plantation managers and forest contractors – are an integral part of their local firefighting efforts.
We urge everyone to stay safe and follow the advice of the NSW and Qld Rural Fire Service. Visit www.rfs.nsw.gov.au or www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au or www.dfes.wa.gov.au to donate and stay informed.
RECENT RELEASES
DON’T DO IT DAN – DON’T DESTROY VICTORIA’S TIMBER INDUSTRY
Victoria’s native forestry industry is fighting back against the decision by Premier Andrews to shut down the sector by 2030, with key organisations today handing out bumper stickers and urging supporters to show their support through an online petition: ...
AFPA AND AFCA CONGRATULATE THE NSW GOVERNMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF ITS RIGHT TO FARM BILL
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) welcome the passing of the NSW Government’s Right to Farm Bill with its new laws to crack down on farm invasions, mirroring the recent passage of the Federal...
FEDERAL LABOR BACKS NATIVE FOREST INDUSTRIES’ FUTURE
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has congratulated the Federal Labor Party for supporting Australia’s sustainable native forestry industry, despite the Andrews government announcing it would shut it down in Victoria. In the Senate last night, the...
DAN’S DODGY OLD GROWTH HOAX
Premier Dan Andrews has been caught out misleading Victorians about ending the harvesting of old growth forest as one of his excuses to shut down Victoria’s native forestry industry and put thousands of regional Victorians out of work. The state-government owned...
AFPA WELCOMES TAS GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING WORKPLACES
Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Ross Hampton has today welcomed the introduction into the Tasmanian Parliament of the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Amendment Bill 2019 that will protect forestry workers from...