Federal Labor pledge to scrap CFI water barriers could boost farm forestry
Federal Labor’s election commitment to scrap artificial Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) water barriers will make farm forestry more attractive, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Ross Hampton and Chief Executive Officer of the National Farmers Federation (NFF), Tony Mahar said today. Yesterday, Federal Labor committed to removing the regulatory barriers that […]
AFPA partners with augmented reality experts ‘Viewa’ for Growing Your Future Election Campaign
AFPA partners with augmented reality experts ‘Viewa’ for Growing Your Future Election Campaign The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), is partnering with augmented reality App ‘Viewa’ as part of the Growing Your Future Federal Election Campaign. Last week, AFPA launched Growing Your Future, a campaign targeted at planting more timber production trees in the right […]
Federal Labor pledge to scrap CFI water barriers will drive plantation growth and create jobs
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) strongly welcomes Federal Labor’s election commitment to remove artificial Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) barriers that are holding back new plantations and future timber supply, Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Mr Ross Hampton said today. “Today, Federal Labor has committed to removing regulatory barriers that exclude plantation and farm forestry […]
Infrastructure, innovation and collaboration needed for forest industries in Tasmania
Tasmania’s forest industries need Federal Government commitments to support strategic growth, innovation and infrastructure needs ahead of the Federal Election. The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) are calling on federal political parties in Tasmania to commit to delivering: • $35 million of federal funding over three years […]
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 […]