INTEGRATED TIMBER PROCESSING YARD — EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
22/2107
881. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the
Minister for Forestry:
I refer to my previous question
without notice 41 asked on 14 March 2018 and the minister's response on
the results of the integrated timber processing yard expression of interest.
(1) Will the
minister please table the assessment of the expression of interest responses
that were due to be completed in July 2018; and, if not, why not?
(2) Can the minister please provide
an update on this issue since the completion of the assessment?
(3) Given that
the mid-term review of the forest management plan has found that the Forest
Products Commission is finding it difficult to find buyers for its products,
will the government reconsider how forest products will be managed?
Hon DARREN
WEST replied:
On behalf of the Minister for
Regional Development representing the Minister for Forestry, I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) No written
assessment report was created. The assessment was a subjective review of
information received by respondents to inform future tender processes.
(2) As a result
of the expression of interest responses, the Forest Products Commission made a decision
to seek market interest in the production of veneers or other engineered wood
products from the other bole volume resource. A request for proposal was
released on 11 September 2018.
(3) The FPC
continues to seek new market opportunities for underutilised other bole volume.
The current tender is part of this process. The forest management plan mid-term
review confirms that this direction is appropriate.