AFPA pays tribute to Australian health, food and forest workers for their work during the pandemic
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HIA SOBERING STATS UNDERPIN CALL FOR NEW HOUSING STIMULUS
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has renewed its call for an urgent housing stimulus package following today’s Housing Industry Association (HIA) forecast of an imminent, calamitous decline in new housing construction. The HIA report, New House Sales...
Forest industries launch digital campaign to thank those on the CoVid-19 frontline
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) is paying tribute to frontline food and health workers who have heroically cared for all of us during the CoVid-19 pandemic, with the launch of a new digital campaign. The Chief Executive of AFPA Ross Hampton...
AFPA welcomes $15 million in forestry post bushfire transport assistance
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the inclusion of $15 million in freight support for burnt timber, as part of the National Bushfire Industry Recovery Package announced today, but urges more is needed to help the industry recover. In...
FOREST PRODUCT INDUSTRIES CONGRATULATE MORRISON GOVERNMENT ON MEASURED ECONOMIC APPROACH; ANNOUNCES $2.5B CONTRIBUTION TO KEEPING AUSTRALIA MOVING
Federal Treasurer the Hon Josh Frydenberg has today confirmed that the partial lock down which it has used to successfully control the CoVid-19 pandemic, has wiped $50 Billion from the Australian economy in the June quarter and is continuing to cost $4 Billion each...
Minister Tudge right on immigration. Forest industries urge new housing stimulus to help counter massive demand drop
The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Ross Hampton has congratulated Australia’s Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure, the Hon Alan Tudge, following his acknowledgement that a massive drop off in immigration will need additional policies to drive productivity and participation in Australia’s economy in response.