Submission on the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) Green Paper
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) Green Paper and provides this executive summary to complement its detailed submission. AFPA is the peak national body for Australia’s forest, wood and paper products industry. AFPA has had a long history of stakeholder engagement on the […]
Submission for the Inquiry into the Development of Northern Australia
Submission for the Inquiry into the Development of Northern Australia
Submission for the Inquiry into the Development of Northern Australia
As a land use sector and regional based industry, there is significant potential for the forest industry to play a major role in the economic development of Northern Australia. Expanding the plantation base would help to diversify land use and create opportunities for down-stream processing of forest products within the region. Submission for the […]
Submission on the Water Bill Exposure Draft
Submission- Victorian Water Bill Exposure Draft
Submission on the Australian Government’s Energy Policy Issues Paper.
AFPA has had a long history of stakeholder engagement on the development of domestic energy policy and associated domestic climate policy schemes, as well as on international climate change negotiations and related policy measures. AFPA has detailed the energy and climate change policy challenges faced by the Australian forest, wood and paper products industry previously […]
Submission on the NSW Parliament’s Inquiry into the Wambelong Fire
AFPA has provided input into several bushfire inquiries over the past 5 years. In keeping with the approach taken in our previous input this submission is nationally focused, applicable to all fire-prone environments, and identifies issues of direct relevance to this inquiry. Submission on the NSW Parliament’s Inquiry into the Wambelong Fire
Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications (SEC) Inquiry into the…
AFPA commends the Government on their determination to maintain the commitment of the previous Government to unconditionally reduce national GHG emissions by 5 per cent over 2000 levels by 2020. We also recognise that following the September 2013 election the Government was given a clear mandate to remove the current carbon tax. AFPA strongly supports […]