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❓ Dr. Edwards questions the Minister about a statement regarding old-growth jarrah forest logging, challenging the Minister's claim that the information was already public. The Minister clarifies that her statement referred to karri and karri-tingle forests, not jarrah.

AnsweredQoN 260Legislative Assembly

Asked

9 August 2000

Member

Dr EDWARDS

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Environment

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I refer to the Minister s statement of 6 June that the Opposition s revelations that 2,300 hectares of old-growth jarrah forest would be logged in 2000-01 was just a rehash of information put squarely in the public arena and could be found on page 23 of the Ferguson Report, and ask - (a) will the Minister advise where on page 23 or in fact anywhere else in the Ferguson Report the area of old-growth jarrah forest to be logged is revealed; and (b) does the Minister concede that her June 6 statement was incorrect and that Labor s revelation - which were backed up by the Executive Director of CALM - was the first time that the community was made aware that 2,300 hectares of old-growth jarrah forest would be logged in 2000-01? Answered on 5 September 2000 The Minister

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5 September 2000

Response time

27 days

The report by the Ministerial Advisory Group on Karri and Tingle Management chaired by Professor Ian Ferguson provided recommendations on improving the management of karri and tingle forests in Western Australia's south-west. A reading of my media statement of 6 June 2000 shows that the quoted statement clearly referred to karri and karri-tingle old growth forest, not jarrah old-growth.
(b) does the Minister concede that her June 6 statement was incorrect and that Labor s revelation - which were backed up by the Executive Director of CALM - was the first time that the community was made aware that 2,300 hectares of old-growth jarrah forest would be logged in 2000-01?

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