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❓ Hon Diane Evers asks about the operational status of sawmills since the WA Regional Forest Agreement in 1999. The Minister's response refers to a tabled paper and clarifies the Forest Products Commission's limited data scope.

AnsweredQoN 1050Legislative Council

Asked

15 March 2018

Member

Hon Diane Evers

Portfolio

Forestry

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For sawmills operating since the signing of the Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement in May 1999, will the Minister please list the names of the sawmills: (a) that were operating at that date and are still in operation; (b) that have opened since that date and the date on which they opened; and (c) that have closed since that date and the date on which they closed?

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Answered

12 April 2018

Responded by

Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Forestry

Response time

9 days

(a) [See tabled paper no.]. The Forest Products Commission only has information on sawmills with a contract with the then Department of Conservation and Land Management as at May 1999. (b) [See tabled paper no.]. The Forest Products Commission does not have the dates that a sawmill opens, only when the contract with a customer started and ended. (c) [See tabled paper no.]. The Forest Products Commission does not have the dates that a sawmill closes, only when the contract with a customer started and ended.

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