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 […]
Alternative fuel reduction methods needed to avoid tragic bushfires
MEDIA RELEASE Difficult lessons should be learnt by Australia from the tragic loss of more than 60 lives in the current catastrophic bushfires in Portugal, to fully explore alternative fuel reduction methods, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) said today. Australia’s thoughts are with Portugal and it is a sombre reminder of tragic bushfires in […]
Finkel Review paves way for renewable energy from wood waste
MEDIA RELEASE The Finkel Report’s recommendation of a Clean Energy Target (CET) creates an opportunity for Australia to embrace renewable energy from wood waste as part of our clean energy mix, with the potential to provide baseload electricity and help meet Australia’s emissions reduction target, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) said today. AFPA Chief […]
Tasmania’s Wood Encouragement Policy a national first
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) today congratulated the Tasmanian Government for becoming the first Australian state to adopt a Wood Encouragement Policy (WEP), and urged all jurisdictions to adopt similar policies to boost the use of timber products in local building and construction projects. Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products […]
70 million reasons to celebrate launch of National Forestry Planting Day
MEDIA RELEASE The planting of around 70 million trees this winter officially starts today, with the official launch of National Forestry Planting Day to mark the start of the planting season for Australia’s forestry plantations. The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) today launched the inaugural day to highlight the mammoth and unheralded task that the […]
TAS Government commits $2m for forest products innovation
MEDIA RELEASE TAS Government commits $2m for forest products innovation The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) congratulates the Tasmanian Government for committing $2 million in today’s State Budget to establish a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation node in Launceston, Tasmania. This welcome investment adds to the existing funding by the Federal Government, providing the […]
Innovation to take centre stage at forestry industry’s night of nights
MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has today announced the all industry Gala dinner at Australia’s Parliament House on 12 September will feature the richest series of three awards ever presented for the forest products industry; the 2017 Forestry Industry Innovation Awards. AFPA Chief Executive Officer Mr Ross Hampton today declared nominations open […]