This week, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has launched the next stages of its 2025 Federal Election Campaign following the release of our comprehensive Australian Timber. Australia’s Future Election Policy Platform in February – which outlines what our national forestry sector and supply chain requires to realise its potential for our national economy, consumers, jobs, the environment and fighting climate change, AFPA Chief Executive Officer, Diana Hallam said today.
“The AFPA team has been busy promoting our Platform, which includes key policy and funding requests, to policy and decision makers across all sides of federal politics over the past few weeks. It’s now time to launch the next stages of our campaign to support our Platform,” Diana Hallam said.
Today, AFPA is launching:
- forestfacts.com.au – a new website dedicated to countering the disinformation being irresponsibly spread about the forestry sector.
- New Billboards – to support the campaign in key forestry battleground electorates, including in Tasmania.
“There is a huge amount of disinformation being spread by activists about Australia’s sustainable and world leading forestry sector. The idea behind forestfacts.com.au is that people interested in the truth about how Australian forestry operates can have somewhere to go to have myths dispelled and find further scientific information, as well as a basic overview of industry,” Diana Hallam said.
“The Billboards running ahead of the Federal Election show the importance of the timber and forestry industry for homes. They have been placed in strategic locations to maximise public and political awareness of the importance of the full supply chain of Australia’s forestry sector.
“AFPA will continue to execute our Federal Election campaign ahead of polling day and work to get all sides of federal politics committed to our Platform,” Diana Hallam concluded.
ABOVE – One of AFPA’s billboard locations, in NSW.
ABOVE – The forestfacts website logo.