❓ Hon Giz Watson requests detailed information on recipients and terms of assistance/compensation provided under the 'Protection of Old Growth Forests' Policy Funding Package. The Minister declines to provide the information due to the labour-intensive retrieval process and potential data loss from archiving and destruction under the State Records Act 2000.
AnsweredQoN 6035Legislative Council
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I refer to the elements 'Business Exit Assistance', 'Industry Development Assistance', 'Workers Assistance', 'Community Development Assistance', 'Relocation Compensation', and 'Furniture Promotion Fund' of the 'Protection of Old Growth Forests' Policy Funding Package, and I ask —
(1) Will the Minister please provide a list of the companies, company directors, businesses or business proprietors that received assistance or compensation under these elements of the package and indicate in respect of each —
(a) the amount of assistance or compensation;
(b) the element of the package that was the source of the assistance or compensation;
(c) where the assistance or compensation related to partially or wholly exiting the native forest timber industry or an associated industry, what terms were attached to the assistance/compensation regarding remaining in, or subsequent re-entry to —
(i) the same industry (please provide full details);
(ii) a related industry (please provide full details);
(d) whether and how these terms are/were enforceable;
(e) whether and how these terms have to date been monitored for compliance and any breaches dealt with;
(f) whether they have remained in or subsequently re-entered the same industry or a related industry (partially or wholly), and if so, the nature of this;
(g) if yes to (1)(f), whether they received further funding to do so, and if so —
(i) the amount of further funding;
(ii) the reason the further funding was provided; and
(iii) the element of the package or other source of the further funding?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(1) Will the Minister please provide a list of the companies, company directors, businesses or business proprietors that received assistance or compensation under these elements of the package and indicate in respect of each —
(a) the amount of assistance or compensation;
(b) the element of the package that was the source of the assistance or compensation;
(c) where the assistance or compensation related to partially or wholly exiting the native forest timber industry or an associated industry, what terms were attached to the assistance/compensation regarding remaining in, or subsequent re-entry to —
(i) the same industry (please provide full details);
(ii) a related industry (please provide full details);
(d) whether and how these terms are/were enforceable;
(e) whether and how these terms have to date been monitored for compliance and any breaches dealt with;
(f) whether they have remained in or subsequently re-entered the same industry or a related industry (partially or wholly), and if so, the nature of this;
(g) if yes to (1)(f), whether they received further funding to do so, and if so —
(i) the amount of further funding;
(ii) the reason the further funding was provided; and
(iii) the element of the package or other source of the further funding?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
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Answered
23 October 2012
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Science and Innovation
Response time
35 days
(1-2) The Protecting Our Old Growth Forests Policy was introduced in 2001 under the Gallop Labor Government.
There were 11 elements to the Protecting Our Old Growth Forests' Policy Funding Package totalling $161.4m, involving 6 government agencies.
Whilst I acknowledge the identification of the particular elements of the Protecting Our Old Growth Forests Policy Funding Package; Business Exit Assistance, Industry Development Assistance, Workers Assistance, Community Development Assistance, Relocation Compensation and the Furniture Promotion Fund, I need to advise that the retrieval of information as detailed as that requested, is very labour intensive. This is because of the record keeping processes and requirements in the various agencies that administered the program since 2001.
Further, due to the archiving and schedule of destruction of records under the
State Records Act 2000
, the detailed information as requested may not result in a fully comprehensive list of all the details requested by the Minister.
It is therefore not practical to provide the information requested.
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There were 11 elements to the Protecting Our Old Growth Forests' Policy Funding Package totalling $161.4m, involving 6 government agencies.
Whilst I acknowledge the identification of the particular elements of the Protecting Our Old Growth Forests Policy Funding Package; Business Exit Assistance, Industry Development Assistance, Workers Assistance, Community Development Assistance, Relocation Compensation and the Furniture Promotion Fund, I need to advise that the retrieval of information as detailed as that requested, is very labour intensive. This is because of the record keeping processes and requirements in the various agencies that administered the program since 2001.
Further, due to the archiving and schedule of destruction of records under the
State Records Act 2000
, the detailed information as requested may not result in a fully comprehensive list of all the details requested by the Minister.
It is therefore not practical to provide the information requested.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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