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: http://dontdoitdan.com.au/ Representatives from the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) […]
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 Coalition and Labor parties voted against a Greens motion attacking native forest harvesting and calling for its abolition. […]
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 Government in its similar regulation. Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Ross Hampton, said 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 VicForests announced months ago that it had ceased all old growth forest harvesting from […]
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 trespassers, threats or obstructions as they go about their business. “The forest industry acknowledges the right of every Australian […]
BIOENERGY ROADMAP WILL HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) strongly welcomes the Morrison Government’s announcement that the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has been tasked to develop a Bioenergy Roadmap. The roadmap will identify the role that the bioenergy sector can play in Australia’s energy transition and help lower Australia’s emission’s, CEO of AFPA Mr Ross Hampton said […]
ANDREWS GOVERNMENT TO DECIMATE VICTORIA’S SUSTAINABLE NATIVE FORESTRY
Victorian communities and families will be reeling today from the devastating news that the Andrews Government will today announce it will close down that state’s native forestry industries by 2030. The move, as reported in newspapers today, will see the loss of thousands of jobs and the withdrawal of key investment in many regional and […]
TIME IS RIGHT TO REFORM SECONDARY BOYCOTT LAW TO STOP ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
The time is now right for the Coalition Government to reform the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to prevent environmental and other activists from targeting Australian companies who provide services and work for other businesses involved in forestry, resource and other primary industries. Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association Ross Hampton said […]
DELEGATION TO JAPAN BUILDING GREATER TIES TO GROW AUSTRALIAN FOREST INDUSTRIES
An Australian forest industries delegation to Japan accompanying the Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Senator Jonathan Duniam will build a stronger relationship and help expand the market for high-quality Australian forest products, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Ross Hampton said. The Australian forest industry is visiting Japan on the […]
AFPA and AFCA welcome NSW Government proposed complimentary legislation supporting the Federal Gover…
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) welcome the NSW Government’s inclusion of forestry and forest product processing operations in its new laws to crack down on farm invasions, mirroring the recent inclusion by the Federal Government in its similar regulation. Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Ross Hampton, said […]