AUSWEST TIMBERS
1546. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the
Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the minister's
media release on 3 December 2019 that states that Parkside Timber, a Queensland-based
company, has purchased Auswest Timbers' Greenbushes mill and Nannup
timber processing.
(1) Has Parkside
Timber been awarded the contract that was stripped off Nannup Timber Processing
for breaching conditions by exporting unprocessed Western Australian marri
logs; and, if yes, what changes have been made to the conditions?
(2) What is the
government doing to ensure that breaches regarding the export of unprocessed
native timber do not occur again?
(3) Has the
independent investigation into jarrah exports been completed, and —
(a) if yes, what
was the result and will the minister table the report; and
(b) if not, why
not, and when will the report be completed?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
I apologise member; I certainly have
not seen that answer. The member indicated to me earlier today that she was
putting a question forward, but we have had no answer from the minister and, to
my knowledge, my office has not received one, so we will investigate and answer
the question tomorrow.