❓ Hon. Louise Kingston questions the Minister for Forestry regarding the Forest Products Commission's (FPC) actions related to sawlog supply and contracts following the native forest logging ban. The Minister's response acknowledges the transition plan and FPC's focus on contractual obligations.
AnsweredQoN 1253Legislative Council
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NATIVE FOREST — LOGGING — TRANSITION
PACKAGE
1253. Hon LOUISE KINGSTON to the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the native forest logging
ban and sawmills that have accepted a modest sum of money to help them
transition to a new environment from 1 January 2024, and which have been
required to sign deeds of agreement.
(1) Why were the
affected sawmillers verbally advised by FPC management in early August this
year that they would not be supplied with any more sawlog for the remaining
term of their contracts?
(2) Why have these sawmillers not
been advised in writing of the reasons?
(3) Why has FPC instructed its harvesting contractors
to bypass sawlog products in its planned and tree-marked coupes?
(4) Why were these unprecedented
changes made by FPC?
PACKAGE
1253. Hon LOUISE KINGSTON to the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the native forest logging
ban and sawmills that have accepted a modest sum of money to help them
transition to a new environment from 1 January 2024, and which have been
required to sign deeds of agreement.
(1) Why were the
affected sawmillers verbally advised by FPC management in early August this
year that they would not be supplied with any more sawlog for the remaining
term of their contracts?
(2) Why have these sawmillers not
been advised in writing of the reasons?
(3) Why has FPC instructed its harvesting contractors
to bypass sawlog products in its planned and tree-marked coupes?
(4) Why were these unprecedented
changes made by FPC?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) Following
the historic decision to end native forest logging, the Cook Labor government
committed to an $80 million native forest transition plan, negotiated with
industry, community and workers that included industry restructure payments of
more than $22 million to 24 individual businesses, including sawmills. The
Forest Products Commission has always focused and will continue to focus
deliveries from the available resource based on its contractual obligations.
some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) Following
the historic decision to end native forest logging, the Cook Labor government
committed to an $80 million native forest transition plan, negotiated with
industry, community and workers that included industry restructure payments of
more than $22 million to 24 individual businesses, including sawmills. The
Forest Products Commission has always focused and will continue to focus
deliveries from the available resource based on its contractual obligations.
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