❓ Question regarding the Leader of the Opposition's stance on the government's ban on old-growth logging, following the Premier's call for the Liberal Party to support the policy. The Premier uses the response to attack the opposition's stance.
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FORESTS, GOVERNMENT POLICY
I refer to the Government’s policy on forests. What has been the response of the Leader of the Opposition to the Premier’s call for the Liberal Party to abandon its discredited logging policies and support the Government’s ban on old-growth logging? Dr GALLOP
I refer to the Government’s policy on forests. What has been the response of the Leader of the Opposition to the Premier’s call for the Liberal Party to abandon its discredited logging policies and support the Government’s ban on old-growth logging? Dr GALLOP
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This is an important issue for the people of Western Australia. Western Australia has crossed an important threshold by stopping the logging of old-growth forests. It is the one State in Australia to have done this. Those old-growth forests will be preserved for future generations of Western Australians, Australians and all who come to Western Australia. This policy involves a complex transition. It is important in the interests of the workers, the communities and the investors that we have certainty on this issue. The one way we can bring certainty is for all members of Parliament to say that we have crossed that bridge and we will not go back again. We can then plan for a future without the logging of old-growth forests. I asked the Leader of the Opposition about this issue, because the voters in Nedlands have made a clear statement that they do not want the logging of old-growth forests in Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition, who will take the Liberal Party into a new progressive era of politics, would not give that guarantee. In fact, he said that there could be old-growth logging under a Liberal Government. I find those comments stunning, given the emphatic result in the recent state election. I was more stunned when I read an advertisement placed in the local newspapers by the Liberal candidate, and now member for Nedlands, that shows the Leader of the Opposition smiling. We have not seen that for a while. Members can look at the ship of misery on the other side of the Chamber moving along bit by bit into uncharted waters. The candidate for the seat of Nedlands said - I support the ban on logging in old growth forests and the proposed restructuring of the industry. No wonder the new member for Nedlands went to the election on that policy; she likes backing winners, that is for sure. Is the Leader of the Opposition prepared to give a commitment in this House to stop the logging of old-growth forests? The Leader of the Opposition is reported in the newspaper as saying that under his regime there would be old-growth logging. What conclusion can we draw from this? Let us look at the new, progressive Liberal Party in Western Australia, the Liberal Party that is moving to face the challenge of the future. The Leader of the Opposition has a policy that would allow the logging of old-growth forests. The shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the member for Vasse, has a better policy; he wants to start logging in national parks. Also, the federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Wilson Tuckey, believes that the best way to protect forests is to cut them down. I have great respect for the political judgment of the new member for Nedlands. She became a winner when she went into the by-election campaign supporting Labor’s policy. I hope that she carries through with it during her political career.
Dr GALLOP replied: This is an important issue for the people of Western Australia. Western Australia has crossed an important threshold by stopping the logging of old-growth forests. It is the one State in Australia to have done this. Those old-growth forests will be preserved for future generations of Western Australians, Australians and all who come to Western Australia. This policy involves a complex transition. It is important in the interests of the workers, the communities and the investors that we have certainty on this issue. The one way we can bring certainty is for all members of Parliament to say that we have crossed that bridge and we will not go back again. We can then plan for a future without the logging of old-growth forests. I asked the Leader of the Opposition about this issue, because the voters in Nedlands have made a clear statement that they do not want the logging of old-growth forests in Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition, who will take the Liberal Party into a new progressive era of politics, would not give that guarantee. In fact, he said that there could be old-growth logging under a Liberal Government. I find those comments stunning, given the emphatic result in the recent state election. I was more stunned when I read an advertisement placed in the local newspapers by the Liberal candidate, and now member for Nedlands, that shows the Leader of the Opposition smiling. We have not seen that for a while. Members can look at the ship of misery on the other side of the Chamber moving along bit by bit into uncharted waters. The candidate for the seat of Nedlands said - I support the ban on logging in old growth forests and the proposed restructuring of the industry. No wonder the new member for Nedlands went to the election on that policy; she likes backing winners, that is for sure. Is the Leader of the Opposition prepared to give a commitment in this House to stop the logging of old-growth forests? The Leader of the Opposition is reported in the newspaper as saying that under his regime there would be old-growth logging. What conclusion can we draw from this? Let us look at the new, progressive Liberal Party in Western Australia, the Liberal Party that is moving to face the challenge of the future. The Leader of the Opposition has a policy that would allow the logging of old-growth forests. The shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the member for Vasse, has a better policy; he wants to start logging in national parks. Also, the federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Wilson Tuckey, believes that the best way to protect forests is to cut them down. I have great respect for the political judgment of the new member for Nedlands. She became a winner when she went into the by-election campaign supporting Labor’s policy. I hope that she carries through with it during her political career.
This is an important issue for the people of Western Australia. Western Australia has crossed an important threshold by stopping the logging of old-growth forests. It is the one State in Australia to have done this. Those old-growth forests will be preserved for future generations of Western Australians, Australians and all who come to Western Australia. This policy involves a complex transition. It is important in the interests of the workers, the communities and the investors that we have certainty on this issue. The one way we can bring certainty is for all members of Parliament to say that we have crossed that bridge and we will not go back again. We can then plan for a future without the logging of old-growth forests. I asked the Leader of the Opposition about this issue, because the voters in Nedlands have made a clear statement that they do not want the logging of old-growth forests in Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition, who will take the Liberal Party into a new progressive era of politics, would not give that guarantee. In fact, he said that there could be old-growth logging under a Liberal Government. I find those comments stunning, given the emphatic result in the recent state election. I was more stunned when I read an advertisement placed in the local newspapers by the Liberal candidate, and now member for Nedlands, that shows the Leader of the Opposition smiling. We have not seen that for a while. Members can look at the ship of misery on the other side of the Chamber moving along bit by bit into uncharted waters. The candidate for the seat of Nedlands said - I support the ban on logging in old growth forests and the proposed restructuring of the industry. No wonder the new member for Nedlands went to the election on that policy; she likes backing winners, that is for sure. Is the Leader of the Opposition prepared to give a commitment in this House to stop the logging of old-growth forests? The Leader of the Opposition is reported in the newspaper as saying that under his regime there would be old-growth logging. What conclusion can we draw from this? Let us look at the new, progressive Liberal Party in Western Australia, the Liberal Party that is moving to face the challenge of the future. The Leader of the Opposition has a policy that would allow the logging of old-growth forests. The shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the member for Vasse, has a better policy; he wants to start logging in national parks. Also, the federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Wilson Tuckey, believes that the best way to protect forests is to cut them down. I have great respect for the political judgment of the new member for Nedlands. She became a winner when she went into the by-election campaign supporting Labor’s policy. I hope that she carries through with it during her political career.
I asked the Leader of the Opposition about this issue, because the voters in Nedlands have made a clear statement that they do not want the logging of old-growth forests in Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition, who will take the Liberal Party into a new progressive era of politics, would not give that guarantee. In fact, he said that there could be old-growth logging under a Liberal Government. I find those comments stunning, given the emphatic result in the recent state election. I was more stunned when I read an advertisement placed in the local newspapers by the Liberal candidate, and now member for Nedlands, that shows the Leader of the Opposition smiling. We have not seen that for a while. Members can look at the ship of misery on the other side of the Chamber moving along bit by bit into uncharted waters. The candidate for the seat of Nedlands said - I support the ban on logging in old growth forests and the proposed restructuring of the industry. No wonder the new member for Nedlands went to the election on that policy; she likes backing winners, that is for sure. Is the Leader of the Opposition prepared to give a commitment in this House to stop the logging of old-growth forests? The Leader of the Opposition is reported in the newspaper as saying that under his regime there would be old-growth logging. What conclusion can we draw from this? Let us look at the new, progressive Liberal Party in Western Australia, the Liberal Party that is moving to face the challenge of the future. The Leader of the Opposition has a policy that would allow the logging of old-growth forests. The shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the member for Vasse, has a better policy; he wants to start logging in national parks. Also, the federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Wilson Tuckey, believes that the best way to protect forests is to cut them down. I have great respect for the political judgment of the new member for Nedlands. She became a winner when she went into the by-election campaign supporting Labor’s policy. I hope that she carries through with it during her political career.
Dr GALLOP replied: This is an important issue for the people of Western Australia. Western Australia has crossed an important threshold by stopping the logging of old-growth forests. It is the one State in Australia to have done this. Those old-growth forests will be preserved for future generations of Western Australians, Australians and all who come to Western Australia. This policy involves a complex transition. It is important in the interests of the workers, the communities and the investors that we have certainty on this issue. The one way we can bring certainty is for all members of Parliament to say that we have crossed that bridge and we will not go back again. We can then plan for a future without the logging of old-growth forests. I asked the Leader of the Opposition about this issue, because the voters in Nedlands have made a clear statement that they do not want the logging of old-growth forests in Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition, who will take the Liberal Party into a new progressive era of politics, would not give that guarantee. In fact, he said that there could be old-growth logging under a Liberal Government. I find those comments stunning, given the emphatic result in the recent state election. I was more stunned when I read an advertisement placed in the local newspapers by the Liberal candidate, and now member for Nedlands, that shows the Leader of the Opposition smiling. We have not seen that for a while. Members can look at the ship of misery on the other side of the Chamber moving along bit by bit into uncharted waters. The candidate for the seat of Nedlands said - I support the ban on logging in old growth forests and the proposed restructuring of the industry. No wonder the new member for Nedlands went to the election on that policy; she likes backing winners, that is for sure. Is the Leader of the Opposition prepared to give a commitment in this House to stop the logging of old-growth forests? The Leader of the Opposition is reported in the newspaper as saying that under his regime there would be old-growth logging. What conclusion can we draw from this? Let us look at the new, progressive Liberal Party in Western Australia, the Liberal Party that is moving to face the challenge of the future. The Leader of the Opposition has a policy that would allow the logging of old-growth forests. The shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the member for Vasse, has a better policy; he wants to start logging in national parks. Also, the federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Wilson Tuckey, believes that the best way to protect forests is to cut them down. I have great respect for the political judgment of the new member for Nedlands. She became a winner when she went into the by-election campaign supporting Labor’s policy. I hope that she carries through with it during her political career.
This is an important issue for the people of Western Australia. Western Australia has crossed an important threshold by stopping the logging of old-growth forests. It is the one State in Australia to have done this. Those old-growth forests will be preserved for future generations of Western Australians, Australians and all who come to Western Australia. This policy involves a complex transition. It is important in the interests of the workers, the communities and the investors that we have certainty on this issue. The one way we can bring certainty is for all members of Parliament to say that we have crossed that bridge and we will not go back again. We can then plan for a future without the logging of old-growth forests. I asked the Leader of the Opposition about this issue, because the voters in Nedlands have made a clear statement that they do not want the logging of old-growth forests in Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition, who will take the Liberal Party into a new progressive era of politics, would not give that guarantee. In fact, he said that there could be old-growth logging under a Liberal Government. I find those comments stunning, given the emphatic result in the recent state election. I was more stunned when I read an advertisement placed in the local newspapers by the Liberal candidate, and now member for Nedlands, that shows the Leader of the Opposition smiling. We have not seen that for a while. Members can look at the ship of misery on the other side of the Chamber moving along bit by bit into uncharted waters. The candidate for the seat of Nedlands said - I support the ban on logging in old growth forests and the proposed restructuring of the industry. No wonder the new member for Nedlands went to the election on that policy; she likes backing winners, that is for sure. Is the Leader of the Opposition prepared to give a commitment in this House to stop the logging of old-growth forests? The Leader of the Opposition is reported in the newspaper as saying that under his regime there would be old-growth logging. What conclusion can we draw from this? Let us look at the new, progressive Liberal Party in Western Australia, the Liberal Party that is moving to face the challenge of the future. The Leader of the Opposition has a policy that would allow the logging of old-growth forests. The shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the member for Vasse, has a better policy; he wants to start logging in national parks. Also, the federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Wilson Tuckey, believes that the best way to protect forests is to cut them down. I have great respect for the political judgment of the new member for Nedlands. She became a winner when she went into the by-election campaign supporting Labor’s policy. I hope that she carries through with it during her political career.
I asked the Leader of the Opposition about this issue, because the voters in Nedlands have made a clear statement that they do not want the logging of old-growth forests in Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition, who will take the Liberal Party into a new progressive era of politics, would not give that guarantee. In fact, he said that there could be old-growth logging under a Liberal Government. I find those comments stunning, given the emphatic result in the recent state election. I was more stunned when I read an advertisement placed in the local newspapers by the Liberal candidate, and now member for Nedlands, that shows the Leader of the Opposition smiling. We have not seen that for a while. Members can look at the ship of misery on the other side of the Chamber moving along bit by bit into uncharted waters. The candidate for the seat of Nedlands said - I support the ban on logging in old growth forests and the proposed restructuring of the industry. No wonder the new member for Nedlands went to the election on that policy; she likes backing winners, that is for sure. Is the Leader of the Opposition prepared to give a commitment in this House to stop the logging of old-growth forests? The Leader of the Opposition is reported in the newspaper as saying that under his regime there would be old-growth logging. What conclusion can we draw from this? Let us look at the new, progressive Liberal Party in Western Australia, the Liberal Party that is moving to face the challenge of the future. The Leader of the Opposition has a policy that would allow the logging of old-growth forests. The shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the member for Vasse, has a better policy; he wants to start logging in national parks. Also, the federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation, Wilson Tuckey, believes that the best way to protect forests is to cut them down. I have great respect for the political judgment of the new member for Nedlands. She became a winner when she went into the by-election campaign supporting Labor’s policy. I hope that she carries through with it during her political career.
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