❓ Question regarding review of native timber royalties and whether timber industry agreement reflects true value, in line with 'Protecting our old-growth forests' policy. Minister confirms review, tables documents, and defends WA processing policy.
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Further to my question without notice of Tuesday - (1) Has there been a review of royalties for native timber and the process by which they are levied, as promised by the Government’s policy document entitled “Protecting our old-growth forests”? If so, will the minister table a copy of the findings; and, if not, why not? (2) How does agreement with the timber industry for a 30 per cent increase in stumpage spread over four years and no increase apart from consumer price index adjustments for the following six years achieve returns for the State that reflect the “true value of our native timber”, as promised in the policy document “Protecting our old-growth forests”? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
(1) Has there been a review of royalties for native timber and the process by which they are levied, as promised by the Government’s policy document entitled “Protecting our old-growth forests”? If so, will the minister table a copy of the findings; and, if not, why not? (2) How does agreement with the timber industry for a 30 per cent increase in stumpage spread over four years and no increase apart from consumer price index adjustments for the following six years achieve returns for the State that reflect the “true value of our native timber”, as promised in the policy document “Protecting our old-growth forests”? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
(2) How does agreement with the timber industry for a 30 per cent increase in stumpage spread over four years and no increase apart from consumer price index adjustments for the following six years achieve returns for the State that reflect the “true value of our native timber”, as promised in the policy document “Protecting our old-growth forests”? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
(1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
[See paper No 2117.]
(1) Has there been a review of royalties for native timber and the process by which they are levied, as promised by the Government’s policy document entitled “Protecting our old-growth forests”? If so, will the minister table a copy of the findings; and, if not, why not? (2) How does agreement with the timber industry for a 30 per cent increase in stumpage spread over four years and no increase apart from consumer price index adjustments for the following six years achieve returns for the State that reflect the “true value of our native timber”, as promised in the policy document “Protecting our old-growth forests”? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
(2) How does agreement with the timber industry for a 30 per cent increase in stumpage spread over four years and no increase apart from consumer price index adjustments for the following six years achieve returns for the State that reflect the “true value of our native timber”, as promised in the policy document “Protecting our old-growth forests”? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
I thank Hon Chrissy Sharp for some notice of the question. (1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
(1)-(2) Honourable members may recall that I attempted to answer the question the other day and offered to provide a fuller answer before Easter. I refer the honourable member to my answer to question without notice 218 of 25 September 2002 for details of the first stage of the stumpage review. I will table a copy of the report of that review. The second stage has now been completed and the details of that are outlined in a media statement I have released today. The levels of sawlog stumpages for jarrah and karri will increase by approximately 34 per cent and nine per cent respectively from the 2002-03 levels. I will table a document that summarises the stages of these increases. Equally significantly, to ensure that the State reaps the true value of its forest timbers, it is the Government’s policy to ensure that the timber will be sawn and processed into value-added products in Western Australia by a globally competitive local industry. The social and economic advantages of this approach provide overwhelming benefits to Western Australia compared with the alternative. There is little doubt that higher prices for Western Australian timbers could be achieved through open tender or auction processes that would likely see the best Western Australian timber sold overseas. That is a very narrow approach to value that the Government cannot support. I table two documents. The larger document is titled “Review of Log Prices for Native Forest Hardwood from Government-owned Lands”. The smaller, one-page document is titled “Native Timber Stumpage Review”. [See paper No 2117.]
[See paper No 2117.]
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