❓ Question regarding the Minister for Environment's consultation on an investment security guarantee (ISG) related to a log sale contract with Auswest Timbers Pty Ltd. The Minister's response cites cabinet confidentiality regarding departmental advice.
AnsweredQoN 615Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
AUSWEST TIMBERS PTY LTD — INVESTMENT
SECURITY GUARANTEE
615. Hon GIZ WATSON to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to additional questions for the 2012–13
budget hearings to which the minister answered that he was consulted on the
proposed investment security guarantee associated with the contract for the
sale of logs to Auswest Timbers Pty Ltd.
(1) By whom was the minister consulted?
(2) Was the
Department of Environment and Conservation or the Conservation Commission
consulted on this ISG?
(3) If yes to (2), what advice was provided?
(4) What advice was provided by the minister or the minister's
office regarding this ISG?
SECURITY GUARANTEE
615. Hon GIZ WATSON to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to additional questions for the 2012–13
budget hearings to which the minister answered that he was consulted on the
proposed investment security guarantee associated with the contract for the
sale of logs to Auswest Timbers Pty Ltd.
(1) By whom was the minister consulted?
(2) Was the
Department of Environment and Conservation or the Conservation Commission
consulted on this ISG?
(3) If yes to (2), what advice was provided?
(4) What advice was provided by the minister or the minister's
office regarding this ISG?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
(1) It was the Minister for Forestry.
(2)–(4)
The Department of Environment and Conservation was consulted through the
cabinet consultation process, which is confidential.
(1) It was the Minister for Forestry.
(2)–(4)
The Department of Environment and Conservation was consulted through the
cabinet consultation process, which is confidential.
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