Diana Hallam

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) welcomes Federal Labor’s $24 million election commitment for the Boyer Paper Mill in Tasmania. This funding will help the facility transition the energy source for its boiler infrastructure from coal to electricity along with other essential measures. The commitment also highlights the extreme pressures the forest products sector’s manufacturing operations are under nationally, Chief Executive Officer of AFPA, Diana Hallam said today. “We welcome Federal Labor’s commitment to the Boyer Mill – $9 million in upfront support over the next two years and $15 million to deliver mill upgrades over the longer-term. The facility is a critical forest industry employer in southern Tasmania and Australia’s last local supplier of many publication paper products. We must however stress that forestry and forest products is a $24 billion industry, Australia’s 6th largest manufacturing sector and our timber and wood-fibre manufacturing facilities across the country are struggling with rising energy costs,” Diana Hallam said.