❓ Hon Peter Foss asks about the status of Cabinet's decision regarding timber allocation quantities. Hon Kim Chance responds that no decision has been made and directs the question to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage.
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(1) Has Cabinet now considered final recommendations as to the quantities of timber to be allocated in contracts? (2) If so, has a decision been made? (3) What is that decision? (4) If a decision has not been made, how much longer is it likely to be before a decision is made? (5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(2) If so, has a decision been made? (3) What is that decision? (4) If a decision has not been made, how much longer is it likely to be before a decision is made? (5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(3) What is that decision? (4) If a decision has not been made, how much longer is it likely to be before a decision is made? (5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(4) If a decision has not been made, how much longer is it likely to be before a decision is made? (5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(2) If so, has a decision been made? (3) What is that decision? (4) If a decision has not been made, how much longer is it likely to be before a decision is made? (5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(3) What is that decision? (4) If a decision has not been made, how much longer is it likely to be before a decision is made? (5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(4) If a decision has not been made, how much longer is it likely to be before a decision is made? (5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(5) What are the outstanding matters that need to be resolved before a decision can be made? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
I thank Hon Peter Foss for the question. (1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(1)-(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(3) Not applicable. (4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(4) The decision in which Cabinet determines the shape of the documentation to go to the Environmental Protection Authority is the one I can be most certain about in terms of what stage it is at. I think that is the information the member is looking for. That decision will be made either by the end of this month or early next month - not too far into July. However, I cannot be certain about that because it does not come under my portfolio. To the best of my knowledge that is where things are at. (5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
(5) That is difficult for me to determine because it is not a matter that comes under my portfolio at this stage. However, a final resolution around the legal requirements for the production of - Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
Hon Peter Foss: Whose portfolio does it come under because we are having trouble finding someone prepared to answer the question? Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
Hon KIM CHANCE: It is a matter for the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. The agency responsibility rests in part with the Department of Conservation and Land Management and in large part with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia. The Forest Products Commission has only an advisory role at this stage.
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