Finalists announced for 2017 national Forest Industry Innovation Awards
MEDIA RELEASE Finalists announced for 2017 national Forest Industry Innovation Awards The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has announced the finalists of the 2017 national Forest Industry Innovation Awards. AFPA Chief Executive Officer Ross Hampton said he was delighted with the quality of nominations received for the prestigious inaugural awards, which will be presented at […]
SA to contribute $2 million to forest products innovation
MEDIA RELEASE South Australia to contribute $2 million to forest products innovation The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the South Australian Government announcement of $2 million towards a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation node in Mount Gambier. “This investment is recognition that in a carbon constrained global economy in which renewable resources are […]
Prime Minister to speak at AFPA’s Industry Gala Dinner
MEDIA RELEASE Prime Minister to speak at AFPA’s Industry Gala Dinner The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) is extremely pleased to announce that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will be speaking at AFPA’s Industry Gala Dinner on Tuesday 12 September 2017 at the Great Hall in Parliament House. The Prime Minister will be delivering the keynote […]
More Leadbeater’s Possums should prompt rethink of 200m exclusion zones
MEDIA RELEASE More Leadbeater’s Possums should prompt rethink of 200m exclusion zones A report by the Victorian Government has recognised that the Leadbeater’s Possum population is likely bigger than previously thought, strengthening the case for the Government to ease its 200m Timber Harvesting Exclusion Zones and conduct a comprehensive population study of the possum. The […]
Governments waste no time in supporting innovative energy project
MEDIA RELEASE Governments waste no time in supporting innovative energy project The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the joint Federal and Victorian governments’ announcement of funding to support Australian Paper undertaking a full-scale feasibility study into a major waste to energy project in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The Federal and State governments have each committed […]
ASH agreement welcomed, but long-term certainty needed
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the Victorian Government’s in-principle agreement with Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) shareholders to buy the Heyfield sawmill. AFPA CEO, Mr Ross Hampton, said it was good news for the Heyfield community and the Victorian hardwood industry that the mill will no longer be closing, but the region’s […]
Government should buy into our future
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the sensible recommendations contained in the Joint Select Committee on Government Procurement Report released today. AFPA Chief Executive Officer Mr Ross Hampton said, “AFPA urges the Government to ‘buy into our future’ and support Australian industry by progressing key Report recommendations.” “Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) should […]
Renewable bioenergy can help keep the lights on
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) final report released today recommends a package of reforms to secure Australia’s power system but still does not recognise the renewable baseload potential of bioenergy. This omission is despite the Government’s recent announcement on the scale of the energy crisis in ‘Securing Our Energy Future’, continued calls […]
Co-firing renewable wood waste to clean up coal power
MEDIA RELEASE Australia is ideally placed to significantly reduce emissions from our coal-fired power stations by co-firing them with renewable wood waste, in a game-changing element in Australia’s “clean coal” challenge that’s already used around the world, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) said today. Reports in Fairfax newspapers today that the Clean Energy Finance […]
Bioenergy ready to shoulder the (base) load
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the Turnbull Government’s announcement ‘Securing Our Energy Future’ today as a step in the right direction indicating the Government understands the scale of the energy crisis facing the country. AFPA Chief Executive Officer Mr Ross Hampton said, “Forest products industry manufacturers are facing business-destroying costs in […]