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❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren requests the Minister for Forestry to table contracts of sale between the Forest Products Commission and six companies, referencing the Auditor General's opinion on similar contract disclosures. The Minister provides redacted contracts, citing commercial sensitivity.

AnsweredQoN 1213Legislative Council

Asked

8 May 2014

Member

Hon Lynn MacLaren

Portfolio

Forestry

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I refer to regulation 148(c) of the Forest Management Regulations 1993 , made under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 , which specifies that 'Upon application and payment of the fee, if any ... the CEO shall provide any person with ... a copy of any ... contract', where contract includes contract of sale, and to the November 2013 Opinion of the Auditor General that a decision by the Minister for Forestry not to provide copies of three contracts of sale to Parliament was not reasonable and was therefore not appropriate, and I ask: (a) will the Minister please table the contracts of sale between the Forest Products Commission and: (i) Auswest Timbers Pty Ltd; (ii) Hexan Holdings Pty Ltd trading as Whiteland Milling; (iii) Nannup Timber Processing Pty Ltd; (iv) Middlesex Mill Pty Ltd; (v) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd; and (vi) WA Chip and Pulp Co Pty Ltd; and (b) If no to any part of (a), why not?

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Answered

14 August 2014

Responded by

Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Forestry

Response time

98 days

(1) (a) (i) - (vi) A copy of each of the contracts is enclosed*. Commercially sensitive information has been redacted.
(b) Due to information contained within the contracts being commercially sensitive I am tabling redacted contracts. [See tabled paper no.].
*Please note that the tabled contracts are current contracts as at 6 August 2014.

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