❓ Hon. Louise Kingston questions the Minister for Forestry regarding surplus sawlogs after the implementation of the Forest Management Plan 2024-2033 and the fulfillment of existing sawlog supply contracts. The Minister's response highlights the end of commercial logging and a focus on ecological thinning.
AnsweredQoN 173Legislative Council
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FOREST PRODUCTS
COMMISSION — SAWLOGS
173. Hon LOUISE KINGSTON to the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the Forest management
plan 2024–2033 and the Forest Products Commission's
management of sawlog supply contracts.
(1) Were there any surplus sawlogs
after 1 January 2024?
(2) Were the logs already allocated
to existing contracts but not fulfilled before 31 December 2023?
(3) If yes to (2), why; and have the
logs since been delivered?
(4) If no to (2), what has the
Forest Products Commission done with surplus sawlogs?
COMMISSION — SAWLOGS
173. Hon LOUISE KINGSTON to the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the Forest management
plan 2024–2033 and the Forest Products Commission's
management of sawlog supply contracts.
(1) Were there any surplus sawlogs
after 1 January 2024?
(2) Were the logs already allocated
to existing contracts but not fulfilled before 31 December 2023?
(3) If yes to (2), why; and have the
logs since been delivered?
(4) If no to (2), what has the
Forest Products Commission done with surplus sawlogs?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The Cook government has now ended commercial
logging of Western Australia's iconic and unique jarrah and
karri forests—a policy the opposition wishes to reverse. The Forest
management plan 2024–2033 focuses on ecological thinning for forest
health. As previously advised, any timber resource, including sawlogs, will be
made available to local customers.
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The Cook government has now ended commercial
logging of Western Australia's iconic and unique jarrah and
karri forests—a policy the opposition wishes to reverse. The Forest
management plan 2024–2033 focuses on ecological thinning for forest
health. As previously advised, any timber resource, including sawlogs, will be
made available to local customers.
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