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25.01.2022 AFPA has corrected the Dan Andrew's Victorian State Government after it wrongly claimed a new forestry innovation centre in Gippsland helped it's aim of ending native forestry in Victoria.

25.01.2022 AFPA has hosted a forest industries roundtable in Tumut for Labor candidate in the Eden-Monaro by-election Kristy McBain. AFPA CEO Ross Hampton presented Kristy with the gift of a paperweight made from the Ultimate Renewable, Australian timber. #tumut #eden-monaro

25.01.2022 The Australian Greens, led by Senator Janet Rice, have attacked an educational video series produced by the Department of Agriculture designed to show the reality of Australias forest products industries. Share this video to get the real message out there about the forest products industry.

25.01.2022 The Andrews Governments native timber transition plan announced in 2017 is a sham Not one new hectare of land has been planted or an additional nativ...e saw log grade species put in the ground. Native hardwood takes 60 years to mature, yet Daniel Andrews plans to shut the industry in 10 years simple mathematics shows it cant be done. The only state government plantation timber established this year is 250 hectares of blue gum, a species suitable only for pulp, not flooring, furniture and joinery. Closing the native timber industry will cost thousands of jobs. Today I visit Derhams Lane, Maryvale with Victorian Hardwood Sawmillers Association spokesperson and Fenning Timber CEO, Leonard Fenning planted with unsuitable blue gum. This is not the future of the native timber industry. Under the Andrews Government planned closure, Victorians only option will be to import inferior unregulated rainforest timber. The Andrews Government must abandon its flawed timber policy. As a Nationals MP, I will continue to fight against this disastrous plan. #vicnats #supportnativetimberjobs #sustainableresource Australian Forest Products Association Australian Forests & Timber News

25.01.2022 Here's our MASSLAM plant in Heyfield, VIC, which produces completed, large section columns, beams and flooring components with connections pre-attached and delivered with a protective coating, ready for construction! Visit vicash.com.au/application/mass-timber for more.

24.01.2022 AFPA has called on Bunnings to listen to Victorian forest workers who have blockaded their Traralgon Warehouse in protest at the hardware giants ill informed decision not to buy timber from VicForests. Forest workers around the country are also supporting their Victorian colleagues.

24.01.2022 If you're keen to keep up to date with the latest technology in the forest products industry, but CoVid-19 means you can't attend a course this podcast series, produced by the Forest and Wood Products Association can help.

24.01.2022 AFPA is celebrating National Forestry Planting day, and the contribution the country's plantation estate makes to the economy and the environment.

23.01.2022 A new study by landscape scientists has found bushfires, not native forest harvesting, is the biggest threat to the endangered leadbeaters possum. This new research raises questions about the science used to back Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews decision to end native forest timber harvesting in 2030. and AFPA is calling on him to reverse the decision.

23.01.2022 AFPA is supporting National Agriculture Day #AgDayAU

23.01.2022 Today I called on the Andrews Labor Government to deliver a genuine commitment and investment to support secure and permanent jobs for the native timber industr...y in Gippsland with Jane Oakley, CEO Committee for Gippsland. The Andrews Labor Government needs to explain how their announcement to establish a seedling nursery today will replace Victoria’s world class sustainable native timber industry in only 10 years. Any seedling planted today will not be ready for saw log harvest until 2050, yet Daniel Andrews is determined to close the industry by 2030 - an industry that employees 21,000 people and contributes in excess of $7.3 billion to our economy. The state government need to push reset on their thinking as their timber transition plan is a sham. COVID-19 has taught us is that we must support and invest in local manufacturing jobs. Instead of encouraging the importation of timber from third world countries the Premier must support timber workers and our incredible homegrown high end hardwood products produced right here in Victoria. Read my full statement here https://www.melinabath.com.au/labor_s_seedling_nursery_miss

23.01.2022 Victorian Opposition MP Melina Bath has questioned the state goverments pledge to replace the states native forestry with hardwood plantations.

22.01.2022 AFPA is proud help launch the Buy Aussie Timber campaign to help push Aussie builders to make sure its Aussie timber theyre using. Check out the video and you can find more info at https://ausfpa.com.au//buy-aussie-timber-first-to-support/

22.01.2022 On ABC Landline this Sunday reporter Tim Lee has a look at how the NSW Southwest Slopes timber communities are working to rebuild and recover from the Black Summer Bushfires, and prepare for the economic challenge ahead of the slowdown in timber sales driven by CoVid-19.

22.01.2022 This weekend Landline on ABC TV looked at the race by the forest products industry in South West NSW plantation trees ravaged by the Black Summer Bushfires, while the face the economic threat of the CoVid-19 downturn in construction timber sales. Watch the story here.

21.01.2022 The Victorian Governments promises about establishing hardwood plantations to replace native forestry, have been proven a sham by the state opposition

21.01.2022 The Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has released this statement on Bunnings decision this week.

21.01.2022 The Federal Court’s judgment on the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement is a win for Australia’s forestry industry. It was great to be with Ross Hampton and V...ictor Violante from Australian Forest Products Association as the news came through this morning. Forestry supports the livelihoods of thousands of Tasmanian men and women, and it's the lifeblood of many of our regional communities. Protesters branded this the ‘Great Forest Case’, and the court has found exactly that, confirming that our forestry industry is great.

21.01.2022 Great to host Fiona in Tumut today and hear what she had to say.

21.01.2022 The Age publishes a response to claims it's logging which makes bushfires worse.

20.01.2022 Bushfire research used as the basis as criticism of forest industries retracted due to errors.

20.01.2022 Dont worry about supplies of Australian made toilet paper - AFPA

19.01.2022 AFPA has strongly welcomed the Federal Government's assistance for bushfire affected forest industries https://ausfpa.com.au//afpa-welcomes-support-for-australi/

18.01.2022 Celebrating International Women's Day

17.01.2022 The Bob Brown Foundation legal action has been dismissed by the Federal Court, a decision which is a win for Australia's sustainably managed native forestry.

17.01.2022 Australian forest growers a calling for an increase in levy to boost RD&E.

16.01.2022 The Victorian Government's promises about establishing hardwood plantations to replace native forestry, have been proven a sham by the state opposition

16.01.2022 Following her appointment as Shadow Agriculture Minister last week, AFPA CEO Ross Hampton met with Julie Collins in Canberra today to brief her on our industry’s key issues and priorities. Ms Collins is the Member for the southern Tasmanian electorate of Franklin. Ross also presented Ms Julie Collins with AFPA lapel pins.

15.01.2022 AFPA has joined all forest industry sectors in condemning the Wilderness Societys attempt to threaten global markets with sanctions if they buy timber from Victorias native forests. The environmental activist group has also belittled the global efforts to end illegal logging.

15.01.2022 Bunnings decision not to sell native timber products from Victorias forests a bad one for jobs and environment - AFPA

14.01.2022 In The Australian today a special report looks at the growth in demand for Australian timber and also the use of high end technology in the industry, from harvest to processing.

14.01.2022 AFPA has called on State and Federal Governments to act fast to resolve RFA uncertainty after a Federal Court decision has let them in limbo.

14.01.2022 AFPA has joined all forest industry sectors in condemning the Wilderness Society's attempt to threaten global markets with sanctions if they buy timber from Victoria's native forests. The environmental activist group has also belittled the global efforts to end illegal logging.

14.01.2022 Back in Tumbarumba meeting with timber workers (Hi Sam and Matt) at the Hyne Timber Mill with Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources, Ed Husic MP. The fo...restry industry in the South West Slopes supports over 5,000 jobs or one in every two jobs in the region and creates $2 billion in economic activity per annum. The 2019/20 bushfires took out 40% of the mill's local plantation pine supply. Through discussions with private growers, the industry has identified alternative log supplies. These private growers have confirmed that at least 441,000m3 of sustainably grown, plantation pine can be made available over the next three years. Because the logs are situated in other states, one sticking point is the cost of transporting the logs to local mills. Neither the NSW nor Federal Government currently has a mechanism for supporting the idea because grant programs don’t include transport costs. The South West Slopes community needs this solution. I have already spoken with my colleagues in government as have the Australian Forest Products Association. The industry and the community have a plan and now we need the NSW and Federal Governments to back it in. I will keep working with anyone and everyone to help bring about a positive result. Ed and I were only too happy to join the Timberfortumba campaign.

14.01.2022 Following an investigation after the retraction of a report last year linking forestry with bushfire intensity the University of Tasmania will provide training to its academics in scientific accuracy.

13.01.2022 AFPA has produced this four page 'Industry at a glance' document to provide a guide to the scale and different sectors of the industry. You can download it below.

13.01.2022 Changes to water rules will mean a major boost for plantation forestry in Australia

13.01.2022 Bob Brown must accept the decision of the court and heed his own advice: ‘It is time we moved on’. It’s time Bob Brown and the Greens moved on from the coupes a...nd the courtroom. The Federal Court yesterday found the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement was valid, and the Bob Brown Foundation’s attempt to use lawfare to shut down Tassie’s world-class forest industry again failed.

12.01.2022 AFPA and the Forestry Industries Association Northern Territory have welcomed the Country Liberal Party commitment to support a Forest Industries Hub in the Top End in the NT.

12.01.2022 Between the Black Summer Bushfires and CoVid-19 the timber industry in South West NSW is facing a crisis. This weekend Landline looked at the race to salvage harvest the plantation trees damaged during those fires.

11.01.2022 As AFPA approaches its 10th anniversary as the united national voice of the forest products industry, weve put this video together to look at what we have achieved and what challenges we face in the years ahead.

11.01.2022 The Chair of the Softwood Working Group (SWG) Peter Crowe has been named as a recipient of the Order of Australia Media (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours. On behalf of its members AFPA would like to congratulate Peter who has been working in the forest industries for nearly 60 years, and is showing no sign of stopping.

11.01.2022 AFPA has strongly welcomed the Federal Governments assistance for bushfire affected forest industries https://ausfpa.com.au//afpa-welcomes-support-for-australi/

11.01.2022 Today AFPA CEO Ross Hampton and Dean Kearney from Forestry Corp NSW joined Madeleine West @madmadswest on the mid coast of NSW to record an episode of her Invisible Heroes podcast. It takes a serious and honest look at how hard the forest industries work to protect the environment they work in sustainably harvesting the timber products Australians want. The episode is scheduled for broadcast in October and you can find a link here to the series. https://www.smooth.com.au/podcast/invisible-heroes/

11.01.2022 Log trucks take the protest to Bunnings.

10.01.2022 AFPA has welcomed the Federal Government's Homebuilder Program, and the stimulus it will provide to the construction industry, and with it, the supply chain that provides it. That includes the forest products industries which provide most of the construction timber used in Australian homes. Now it's time for those who want to use it to demand their dream home is built with Aussie timber.

09.01.2022 Victorian Opposition MP Melina Bath has questioned the state goverment's pledge to replace the state's native forestry with hardwood plantations.

09.01.2022 University of Tasmanian PhD research Michelle Balasso nominated for prestigious global Blue Sky award.

09.01.2022 Timber. The Ultimate Renewable.

09.01.2022 The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Senator Jonno Duniam has welcomed VicForests’ appeal against the Federal Court decision on the leadbeaters possum.

09.01.2022 Forestry and timber processing: an exciting industry going places! Thank you to everyone who made my action-packed visit to the Limestone Coast possible! I caug...ht up with the Forestry Industry Advisory Council, Green Triangle Forestry Hub, SA Timber Processors Association, Seed Potato Services, Best Oceania Seafood, OneFortyOne, Tabeel Trading and Australian Forest Products Association. Nick McBride Tony Pasin MP Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub Whiteheads Timber Sales Roundwood Solutions Regional Development Australia Limestone Coast One Forty One Australian Forest Products Association

09.01.2022 Australian softwood manufacturing operations are responsible for being the major employer in the regional communities in which they are located, so buying local...ly grown and manufactured Plantation Pine framing also supports many communities impacted by the bushfires earlier this year. Support your local communities and BuyAussieTimberFirst! https://www.buyaussietimberfirst.com.au/#/ Source: https://framing.woodsolutions.com.au/

09.01.2022 If youre keen to keep up to date with the latest technology in the forest products industry, but CoVid-19 means you cant attend a course this podcast series, produced by the Forest and Wood Products Association can help.

09.01.2022 AFPA is proud help launch the 'Buy Aussie Timber' campaign to help push Aussie builders to make sure it's Aussie timber they're using. Check out the video and you can find more info at https://ausfpa.com.au//buy-aussie-timber-first-to-support/

08.01.2022 Register to have your say on the forest grower levy.

07.01.2022 The Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Award is now open for nominations. Check out the website below or contact AFPA for more details. Lets get a young Australian forest researcher into the running!

07.01.2022 AFPA CEO Ross Hampton and Dean Kearney from Forestry Corp NSW recently sat down with Madeleine West to talk about the facts of sustainable native forestry, not the drama. You can hear the interview on her "Invisible Heroes" podcast, and it is well worth taking to time to do so.

06.01.2022 AFPA is celebrating National Forestry Planting day, and the contribution the countrys plantation estate makes to the economy and the environment.

06.01.2022 Bunnings' decision not to sell native timber products from Victoria's forests a bad one for jobs and environment - AFPA

04.01.2022 Joel Fitzgibbon has been commended for his leadership on forestry and rural policy as he steps down as shadow agriculture and forestry minister.

04.01.2022 The Australian Senate has supported a motion which condemns the use of "bodgy" research to attack sustainable forestry. That "bodgy" research, produced by a group of UTas scientists has been retracted due to significant errors.

04.01.2022 AFPA has corrected the Dan Andrews Victorian State Government after it wrongly claimed a new forestry innovation centre in Gippsland helped its aim of ending native forestry in Victoria.

04.01.2022 The Victorian Government is to be commended for calling for a review of the Forest Industry Plan to address legal uncertainty for VicForests. But that does not mean it can be used to push forward with ending native forestry by 2030

03.01.2022 Don't worry about supplies of Australian made toilet paper - AFPA

03.01.2022 AFPA has welcomed the Federal Governments Homebuilder Program, and the stimulus it will provide to the construction industry, and with it, the supply chain that provides it. That includes the forest products industries which provide most of the construction timber used in Australian homes. Now its time for those who want to use it to demand their dream home is built with Aussie timber.

03.01.2022 I recently met with Ross Hampton, CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association. We talked about the government’s $40 million Forestry Recovery Development ...Fund and the need to get this money at work in communities like Eden, Tumbarumba, Tumut, Bombala, and surrounds following our bushfires. The fund, announced in June by the Prime Minister, is designed to support timber processors and the industry as a whole adjust to a new future. Fire-affected mills and the many Eden-Monaro jobs they support face significant challenges over the next 20-30 years. As Ross said, "Eden-Monaro is the forestry electorate" I look forward to working with the industry and making sure this fund does the job we need it to.

02.01.2022 The Age publishes a response to claims its logging which makes bushfires worse.

01.01.2022 Michael Darveniza is an engineer with Visy at Tumut in the South West Slopes region of NSW, and has just been nominated in the prestigious global Blue Sky Awards

01.01.2022 THE CFMEU want to send a message to Bunnings that deciding not to sell timber bought from VicForests is a bad decision. Add your name to their call.

01.01.2022 Senator Jonno Duniam has this message for National Forestry Planting Day.