FOREST
PRODUCTS COMMISSION — CONTRACTS
482. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
minister representing the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to regulation 148 of the Forest Management
Regulations 1993 made under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984,
which specifies that ''Upon application and payment of the fee, if any
the CEO shall provide any person with a copy of any contract '',
when the contract includes contracts of sale, and to the November 2013 opinion
of the Auditor General that a decision by the Minister for Forestry not to
provide copies of three contracts of sale to Parliament was not reasonable and
was therefore not appropriate.
(1) Will the minister please table the contracts of sale
between the Forest Products Commission and —
(a) Auswest Timbers Pty Ltd;
(b) Hexan Holdings Pty Ltd trading as
Whiteland Milling;
(c) Nannup Timber Processing Pty Ltd;
(d) Middlesex Mill Pty Ltd;
(e) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd; and
(f) WA Chip & Pulp Co Pty Ltd?
(2) If no to any part of (l), why not?
Hon
KEN BASTON replied:
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
Due to the level of information and research for the detailed
information that is required, the department has been unable to provide an
answer in the time available and therefore requests the honourable member place
this question on notice.
The PRESIDENT: For the information of the house, can the
minister indicate when that question was lodged?
Hon Ken Baston: It is dated 7 May.