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AFPA E-NEWS | Friday 26 August 2022
  • One week left to book Gala Dinner tickets!
  • National Forestry Day Tuesday 30 August
  • Tas protest laws pass upper house
One week left to buy 14 September Australian Forest Industries Gala Dinner tickets!
Tickets are running out the door for AFPA's Australian Forest Industries Gala Dinner in Canberra.

The Dinner will be held in Parliament House's Great Hall on the evening of 14 September 2022.

Book your tickets here.

NB: There will be no other formal AFPA meetings on 14th September.
 
The Gala Dinner is the only AFPA event on the 14th of September. The logistics surrounding the event will require a full AFPA staffing effort.  AFPA’s quarterly chamber meetings will be held virtually, during the week commencing 22 August.
AFPA operates a COVIDSafe event environment - see our events policy here.
Tasmanian Government protest laws pass upper house
A watered-down version of the Tasmanian Government's anti-protest laws has passed the Legislative Council. Amendments were made to reduce the maximum penalties, which will now go back to the lower house for consideration.

Read more here in the Hobart Mercury.

Read the Tasmanian Government’s media release here.
National Forestry Day – This coming Tuesday 30 August!
This coming Tuesday 30 August AFPA will celebrate our inaugural National Forestry Day, as a day to celebrate forest industries’ great work fighting climate change, providing jobs, underpinning communities, and creating sought after renewable and sustainable products.

We now have some digital assets that can be downloaded here, in support of the day.

They include:
  • National Forestry Day logo
  • A poster that can be printed to promote the day in the workplace
  • Digital 'save the date' graphics
  • A forestry fact social media tile and suggested forestry fact blurbs to share on social media with the tile on the day itself
ASH boost to process more plantation timber
Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) are expanding their plantation timber manufacturing operations thanks to a $1.2 million Victorian Forestry Plan innovation grant.

Read more from ASH here and the Victorian Government’s media release here.
South East NSW Timber Hub formed to look at timber industry: Bega Times

"Even before the bushfires, Australia's timber situation was not good but now it's dire, with builders desperate for the softwood frames needed for homes. But a timber hub set up specifically to investigate the problem is looking much closer to home for solutions."

Read more with the Bega District Times here.
New AFPA Canberra office phone number!
Please update your contact books. AFPA's new office phone number is 0408 404 764. The old 02 6285 3833 has been disconnected.

If you have a position to include on AFPA's forest industries jobs board please contact Joe Prevedello.
Please email joe.prevedello@ausfpa.com.au with any enquiries or upcoming industry events that you would like to appear in the Industry Calendar.
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