This parliamentary question probes the potential impact of reduced logging levels on royalty payments to the Department of Conservation and Land Management, and how any shortfall will be addressed, particularly regarding forest management funding.

AnsweredQoN 682Legislative Assembly
Asked
31 July 2001
Member
Portfolio
the Environment and Heritage

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(1) Will the recently announced indicative logging levels after 2003 result in reduced overall royalty payments to the Department of Conservation / Forests Products Commission?
(2) If yes, what are the indicative royalty payment reductions?
(3) Is it true that in the past significant a proportion of timber royalties was spent on forest management activities not directly related to regrowth and management of logged areas of forest?
(4) Will any shortfall in timber royalties that would otherwise have been allocated to uses other than the regrowth or management of logged forest areas be provided to the Department of Conservation from general revenue?

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Answered
16 October 2001
Responded by
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
77 days
(2) Not applicable to the Department of Conservation and Land Management. (3) Yes. (4) Consolidated Fund budgets for the Department of Conservation and Land Management are independent of logging levels. Budgets are regularly reviewed and discussed by the Department with the Department of Treasury and Finance.
(3) Yes. (4) Consolidated Fund budgets for the Department of Conservation and Land Management are independent of logging levels. Budgets are regularly reviewed and discussed by the Department with the Department of Treasury and Finance.
(4) Consolidated Fund budgets for the Department of Conservation and Land Management are independent of logging levels. Budgets are regularly reviewed and discussed by the Department with the Department of Treasury and Finance.

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