❓ Mr. Simpson raises concerns about plant-to-harvest forests near Jarrahdale. Mr. Redman assures the house that community concerns are considered in the planning process, highlighting the balance between conservation and sustainable forestry, while also criticising the Labor Party's stance on forestry.
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JARRAHDALE FORESTS — HARVEST OPERATIONS
The minister would know from visiting Jarrahdale and the nearby forests in my electorate that the people in the area are concerned about plant-to-harvest forests near the town. Can the minister assure the house that the legitimate concerns of neighbours and others are being taken into account? Mr D.T. REDMAN
The minister would know from visiting Jarrahdale and the nearby forests in my electorate that the people in the area are concerned about plant-to-harvest forests near the town. Can the minister assure the house that the legitimate concerns of neighbours and others are being taken into account? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I thank the member for Serpentine–Jarrahdale for his interest in this matter and also for, over a long time, his strong advocacy for the community that he represents. A lot of cases present some very challenging circumstances, particularly for local communities that have issues with some of the activities there. I highlight from the outset that before any harvesting operations occur within any of the Forest Products Commission coupes under the forest management plan, a very thorough planning process precedes that operation. As with the town of Jarrahdale, there is a strong engagement with the community in an endeavour to find that balance between conservation and our sustainable use of the forests. The forests can be sustainably harvested, regenerated and harvested again. It is a process that provides jobs for regional communities and the community of Jarrahdale is not exempt from that process. A number of businesses there get a very direct benefit from the harvesting operations. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Why do you refuse to release — Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Serpentine–Jarrahdale for his interest in this matter and also for, over a long time, his strong advocacy for the community that he represents. A lot of cases present some very challenging circumstances, particularly for local communities that have issues with some of the activities there. I highlight from the outset that before any harvesting operations occur within any of the Forest Products Commission coupes under the forest management plan, a very thorough planning process precedes that operation. As with the town of Jarrahdale, there is a strong engagement with the community in an endeavour to find that balance between conservation and our sustainable use of the forests. The forests can be sustainably harvested, regenerated and harvested again. It is a process that provides jobs for regional communities and the community of Jarrahdale is not exempt from that process. A number of businesses there get a very direct benefit from the harvesting operations. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Why do you refuse to release — Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
I thank the member for Serpentine–Jarrahdale for his interest in this matter and also for, over a long time, his strong advocacy for the community that he represents. A lot of cases present some very challenging circumstances, particularly for local communities that have issues with some of the activities there. I highlight from the outset that before any harvesting operations occur within any of the Forest Products Commission coupes under the forest management plan, a very thorough planning process precedes that operation. As with the town of Jarrahdale, there is a strong engagement with the community in an endeavour to find that balance between conservation and our sustainable use of the forests. The forests can be sustainably harvested, regenerated and harvested again. It is a process that provides jobs for regional communities and the community of Jarrahdale is not exempt from that process. A number of businesses there get a very direct benefit from the harvesting operations. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Why do you refuse to release — Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Why do you refuse to release — Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Serpentine–Jarrahdale for his interest in this matter and also for, over a long time, his strong advocacy for the community that he represents. A lot of cases present some very challenging circumstances, particularly for local communities that have issues with some of the activities there. I highlight from the outset that before any harvesting operations occur within any of the Forest Products Commission coupes under the forest management plan, a very thorough planning process precedes that operation. As with the town of Jarrahdale, there is a strong engagement with the community in an endeavour to find that balance between conservation and our sustainable use of the forests. The forests can be sustainably harvested, regenerated and harvested again. It is a process that provides jobs for regional communities and the community of Jarrahdale is not exempt from that process. A number of businesses there get a very direct benefit from the harvesting operations. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Why do you refuse to release — Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
I thank the member for Serpentine–Jarrahdale for his interest in this matter and also for, over a long time, his strong advocacy for the community that he represents. A lot of cases present some very challenging circumstances, particularly for local communities that have issues with some of the activities there. I highlight from the outset that before any harvesting operations occur within any of the Forest Products Commission coupes under the forest management plan, a very thorough planning process precedes that operation. As with the town of Jarrahdale, there is a strong engagement with the community in an endeavour to find that balance between conservation and our sustainable use of the forests. The forests can be sustainably harvested, regenerated and harvested again. It is a process that provides jobs for regional communities and the community of Jarrahdale is not exempt from that process. A number of businesses there get a very direct benefit from the harvesting operations. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Why do you refuse to release — Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Why do you refuse to release — Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours to go, Mr Speaker! Can we have the indulgence of the house to get through those two hours? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I want to highlight that the planning process starts with the forest management plan. We know how very quickly time turns on the Labor Party, but nothing turns so quickly as this interesting article in the Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail . For the benefit of Hansard, the photograph accompanying that article is of the member for Armadale, getting her hair right, and also of the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Collie–Preston and the member for Warnbro. The article is about the forest management plan, which, clearly, is the foundation of the forest harvesting operations in Western Australia. I am assuming it is something that the Labor Party supported, given that it was set up under the Labor government. The article outlines on page 1 what the Leader of the Opposition said. It states — The Labor Party did not support any changes to the forest management plan. I turn to page 4 of exactly the same paper wherein it states — Shadow Minister for Forestry Mick Murray said it was time to revisit the Forest Products Commission forest management plan … We know how quickly time turns on members of the Labor Party and that is illustrated on pages 1 and 4 of the same newspaper. It is like doing a backflip and coming back to the start. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale. Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : There is more, Mr Speaker. The member for Collie–Preston said in a recent media release by the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors — … with today’s drying climate logging of jarrah is not sustainable. When the member for Collie–Preston is with his union mates, he is supporting jobs, but when he is with his greenie mates, he is saying that he wants to ban all logging of jarrah forests. It is no wonder that the community gets confused about the position of the Labor Party on an industry that supports jobs in Western Australia and delivers outcomes to communities in Western Australia and is finding the very delicate balance between conservation values and an industry — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan i nterjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Two hours, Mr Speaker; there is just a little bit of time to go. For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
For the benefit of the member who asked the question, I advise that the Forest Products Commission makes every effort to support the reasonable community expectations around the community values in the coupes that are harvested. A lot of planning goes into making allowances for, in this case, bike trails, local heritage values and walking trails. These are the normal measures that are taken along with the measures to protect the wildlife and other environmental values. In short, while we cannot satisfy the demands of those who want to stop forest harvesting, we want to find that very careful balance between — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
The SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, perhaps I could preface my remarks by saying it gives me great pleasure to call you for the first time today. Continual interjecting will not help the minister get through his answer. Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : The Forest Products Commission puts a lot of effort into taking into account the concerns of neighbours and communities around the management of and harvesting of those forest coupes.
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