❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Forestry regarding employment figures in WA's forestry industry, specifically seeking a breakdown between plantation and native forestry. The Minister confirms the ABARES figure includes plantation workers but cannot provide a percentage for native forestry employment and hasn't directly estimated native forest logging jobs.
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MOWEN
FOREST
235. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
minister representing the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to question without notice number 127 asked 26 February
2015.
(1) Does the
minister agree that the figure of 5 580 given by the Australian Bureau of
Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences as the number of people directly
employed in forestry in Western Australia includes people employed in WA's
plantation industry?
(2) In the
government's estimation, of the total 5 580 people, what percentage is
employed in WA's native forestry industry?
(3) Has the
government attempted to estimate the number of jobs in WA that directly rely on
native forest logging?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
(5) If yes to (3), can the minister please table the
documents?
FOREST
235. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
minister representing the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to question without notice number 127 asked 26 February
2015.
(1) Does the
minister agree that the figure of 5 580 given by the Australian Bureau of
Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences as the number of people directly
employed in forestry in Western Australia includes people employed in WA's
plantation industry?
(2) In the
government's estimation, of the total 5 580 people, what percentage is
employed in WA's native forestry industry?
(3) Has the
government attempted to estimate the number of jobs in WA that directly rely on
native forest logging?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
(5) If yes to (3), can the minister please table the
documents?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for Forestry I thank the honourable
member for some notice of this question.
(1) Yes.
(2) An estimate is not available.
(3) No.
(4) The
Western Australian government has relied upon data reported by Australian
Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences—ABARES—Cooperative
Research Centre for Forestry and URS Forestry.
(5) Not applicable.
member for some notice of this question.
(1) Yes.
(2) An estimate is not available.
(3) No.
(4) The
Western Australian government has relied upon data reported by Australian
Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences—ABARES—Cooperative
Research Centre for Forestry and URS Forestry.
(5) Not applicable.
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