❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on native forest log sales from the Forest Products Commission to sawmills, including volumes and employment figures. The response provides contract details but lacks comprehensive employment data.
AnsweredQoN 1924Legislative Assembly
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Will the Minister please provide:
(a) the list of sawmills that purchase native forest logs from the Forest Products Commission;
(b) the amount of logs by grade and species that each sawmill is contracted to buy from the Forest Products Commission; and
(c) the number of employees at each sawmill?
(a) the list of sawmills that purchase native forest logs from the Forest Products Commission;
(b) the amount of logs by grade and species that each sawmill is contracted to buy from the Forest Products Commission; and
(c) the number of employees at each sawmill?
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Answered
22 February 2010
Responded by
Minister for Forestry
Response time
96 days
(a - b) [see tabled paper no.]
The attached table lists all of FPC's native forest timber customers and relevant details including their contract name, contract of sale number, product and amount awarded under each contract of sale. The amounts of the different log products available are limited by the harvest permitted under the Forest Management Plan. The quantity of product shown under each contract of sale does not necessarily mean that FPC will supply or that these customers will take that exact amount each year.
(c) The FPC does not record comprehensive information on the number of employees at each of these sawmills. The most recent, comprehensive and authoritative information on employment in native forest sawmills in Western Australia is available from the Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry (Schirmer, Dr J, Forestry, jobs and spending: forest industry employment and expenditure in Western Australia, 2005-06, CRC for Forestry, October 2008.)
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The attached table lists all of FPC's native forest timber customers and relevant details including their contract name, contract of sale number, product and amount awarded under each contract of sale. The amounts of the different log products available are limited by the harvest permitted under the Forest Management Plan. The quantity of product shown under each contract of sale does not necessarily mean that FPC will supply or that these customers will take that exact amount each year.
(c) The FPC does not record comprehensive information on the number of employees at each of these sawmills. The most recent, comprehensive and authoritative information on employment in native forest sawmills in Western Australia is available from the Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry (Schirmer, Dr J, Forestry, jobs and spending: forest industry employment and expenditure in Western Australia, 2005-06, CRC for Forestry, October 2008.)
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