Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Forestry regarding payments to Blueleaf Corporation for relinquishing jarrah sawlog contracts. The Minister confirms the mutual termination process and details the financial and volume specifics of the agreement.

AnsweredQoN 746Legislative Council
Asked
29 October 2013
Portfolio
Forestry

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BLUELEAF
CORPORATION — JARRAH SAWLOG CONTRACTS
746. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
minister representing the Minister for Forestry:
(1) Has
Blueleaf Corporation Pty Ltd received any payment to relinquish any part of its
log timber intake?
(2) If yes to
(1) —
(a) how much
money did or will the company receive;
(b) what log
timber intake did the company relinquish; and
(c) will any of
the log timber intake relinquished by Blueleaf be sold to another company?
(3) If yes to
(2)(c), what intake and to which companies?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the
honourable member for some notice of this question.
(1) The Forest
Products Commission has approval for the mutual termination of Blueleaf
Corporation Pty Ltd's jarrah sawlog contracts. This is currently in
process and Blueleaf Corporation Pty Ltd has not received any payment as yet.
(2)  (a) $875 000.
(b) Log intake
relinquished is approximately 23 000 cubic metres of jarrah first-grade sawlogs
under contract 2771 and approximately 20 000 cubic metres of jarrah small-bole
logs under contract 2765.
(c) This
relinquished volume will be available to assign under the current requests for
proposals process.
(3) See
(2)(c).

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