Forest industries can play a big role in Labor’s industry strategy
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the Labor Party’s inclusion of forest industries in its industry strategy, which aims to grow the food and fibre manufacturing industries of Australia, Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Mr Ross Hampton said. The Federal Opposition yesterday announced a $25 million food and fibre industry strategy, including the establishment […]
AFPA launches ‘Growing Your Future’ Federal Election Campaign
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has today launched ‘Growing Your Future’, a Federal Election Campaign targeted at planting more timber production trees in the right places and securing the future of native forest industries, Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Mr Ross Hampton said today. “AFPA has developed ‘10 Actions for Growth’; policy requests totalling […]
Voters in Bass say, support forest industries to keep economy strong
New polling conducted for the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) in the federal Tasmanian electorate of Bass, shows voters overwhelmingly believe a strong forest industries sector is important to Tasmania’s economy. The uComms poll of 847 voters in the northern Tasmanian electorate found 8 in 10 voters regard forest industries as either important or very important […]
ADC decision helps level playing field for Australian industry
Today’s decision by the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Hon Karen Andrews MP, to accept the Anti-Dumping Commission’s (ADC’s) findings that companies from four nations exported dumped A4 copy paper into Australia is a big win for fair trade and an important step towards a level playing field for domestic producers, Chief Executive Officer […]
Coalition delivery of $4 million for four Regional Forestry Hubs a great start, now $9 million for t…
Coalition delivery of $4 million for four Regional Forestry Hubs a great start, now $9 million for the other nine needed The Federal Government has today confirmed that it has begun delivery of Regional Forestry Hubs (Hubs), first committed to in the National Forest Industries Plan announced in September last year, through announcing $1 million […]
Politicians will need to ‘Grow Your Future’ if they want forest industry votes
With the commencement of the Federal Election campaign today, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) is poised to launch its own campaign titled ‘Growing Your Future’, to ensure that forest industries across Australia are firmly on the radar of political parties and candidates. Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Mr Ross Hampton said, “This will be […]
Forest industries innovation funding welcomed for Launceston R&D centre, but sustained national…
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) welcome the Federal and Tasmanian Governments announcement of more than $4 million in research funding for forestry projects at Launceston’s National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) centre, but recognise sustained national funding is needed for forestry-related research. “This second round of research […]
Western Australia RFA extension securing the future of forest industries
A vital milestone for Western Australia’s and the whole country’s forest industries has been achieved with the extension of the WA Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) for an additional 20-years. The landmark agreement signed off by Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and WA Premier, Mark McGowan, has been welcomed by the Forest Industries Federation of WA (FIFWA) […]
Andrews Labor Government is playing with timber workers’ lives
The peak industry groups representing the thousands of men and women in Victoria who gain a livelihood from timber and forest industries are demanding that the Andrews Government immediately release an updated Timber Release Plan and deliver certainty regarding Regional Forest Agreements. The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA), the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) […]
Government review advises removing barriers which are stopping plantations participating in carbon …
A Departmental review of the restrictions in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) that effectively exclude plantation and farm forestry projects from the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) has confirmed that these barriers should be removed. The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) urges the Government to finally act to allow forestry to play a greater role in […]