❓ Hon Louise Kingston questions the Minister for Forestry regarding the production, stockpiling, and sale of timber from ecological thinning, particularly karri, and expresses concern about the viability of local sawmills. The Minister provides a general response stating all available resource is being made available for use in WA.
AnsweredQoN 928Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
FOREST PRODUCTS COMMISSION
— ECOLOGICAL THINNING
928. Hon LOUISE KINGSTON to the Minister for Forestry:
The government committed to the
provision of native forest wood from mining and ecological thinning to keep
local sawmills and the furniture manufacturing industry in operation.
(1) Since 1 January 2024, what quantity of timber by
species and log quality has been produced and stockpiled?
(2) Since 1
January 2024, what quantity of timber by species and log quality has been
delivered to domestic processors and markets?
(3) Has all the
timber produced from ecological thinning of the karri forest been through
public tender; and, if not, why not, and how was it sold?
(4) Has the cost
of producing and stockpiling karri timber been recovered from the sale of logs,
or will it be?
(5) What are the
costs of harvesting, stockpiling and delivering karri timber from karri
ecological thinning?
(6) Why has it
taken more than six months to achieve any sales of logs to the few remaining
sawmills, and is the government seeking to starve these mills out of business?
— ECOLOGICAL THINNING
928. Hon LOUISE KINGSTON to the Minister for Forestry:
The government committed to the
provision of native forest wood from mining and ecological thinning to keep
local sawmills and the furniture manufacturing industry in operation.
(1) Since 1 January 2024, what quantity of timber by
species and log quality has been produced and stockpiled?
(2) Since 1
January 2024, what quantity of timber by species and log quality has been
delivered to domestic processors and markets?
(3) Has all the
timber produced from ecological thinning of the karri forest been through
public tender; and, if not, why not, and how was it sold?
(4) Has the cost
of producing and stockpiling karri timber been recovered from the sale of logs,
or will it be?
(5) What are the
costs of harvesting, stockpiling and delivering karri timber from karri
ecological thinning?
(6) Why has it
taken more than six months to achieve any sales of logs to the few remaining
sawmills, and is the government seeking to starve these mills out of business?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(6) All
resource that may be available from the Department of Biodiversity,
Conservation and Attractions' ecological thinning for forest health
program and approved mine site clearing activities is being made available for
use in Western Australia.
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(6) All
resource that may be available from the Department of Biodiversity,
Conservation and Attractions' ecological thinning for forest health
program and approved mine site clearing activities is being made available for
use in Western Australia.
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