❓ Mr. Redman questions the Minister for Forestry about potential uncertainty introduced into the timber industry, referencing a previous lobster industry issue. The Minister defends the government's actions, highlighting investment and job creation.
AnsweredQoN 114Legislative Assembly
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FOREST PRODUCTS
COMMISSION — TWO-TIER
KARRI FORESTS — HARVESTING
114. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Forestry:
I have a supplementary question.
Can the minister defend again throwing uncertainty into an industry when it
least needs it, following his failed nationalisation of the lobster industry?
COMMISSION — TWO-TIER
KARRI FORESTS — HARVESTING
114. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Minister for Forestry:
I have a supplementary question.
Can the minister defend again throwing uncertainty into an industry when it
least needs it, following his failed nationalisation of the lobster industry?
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The price of timber is not zero
dollars a kilo. The industry is doing very well.
Mr D.T. Redman : So why make
this decision? Why intervene?
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood, I have given you enough warnings. I call you to order
for the first time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : As I said to the
member for Warren–Blackwood, if he had listened to the answer and he
had not just read his pre-written supplementary question, he would know that
Parkside is investing significant amounts of money in mills in WA. For it to
purchase Auswest and NTP is the best thing that has happened to the industry
for a very long time. Both those operators, both those mills, could have been
closed by now.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : I call you to
order for the second time, member for Warren–Blackwood. Minister, we
are running out of time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : We have a government
that is interested in jobs in this industry. We have a government that is interested in seeing this industry have a future.
We have managed to attract a significant new player into the industry .
Rather than the member sitting there and making glib comments, he should be
talking up the industry, not talking it down.
dollars a kilo. The industry is doing very well.
Mr D.T. Redman : So why make
this decision? Why intervene?
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood, I have given you enough warnings. I call you to order
for the first time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : As I said to the
member for Warren–Blackwood, if he had listened to the answer and he
had not just read his pre-written supplementary question, he would know that
Parkside is investing significant amounts of money in mills in WA. For it to
purchase Auswest and NTP is the best thing that has happened to the industry
for a very long time. Both those operators, both those mills, could have been
closed by now.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : I call you to
order for the second time, member for Warren–Blackwood. Minister, we
are running out of time.
Mr D.J. KELLY : We have a government
that is interested in jobs in this industry. We have a government that is interested in seeing this industry have a future.
We have managed to attract a significant new player into the industry .
Rather than the member sitting there and making glib comments, he should be
talking up the industry, not talking it down.
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