Question On Notice No. 4465 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 October 2016 by Hon Lynn Maclaren
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Forestry
Parliament: 39 Session: 1
Question
(1) Regarding the logging of jarrah, for the year 2015, how many cubic metres of extracted logs were:
(a) high quality sawlogs;
(b) 1st and 2nd grade sawlogs;
(c) bole sawlogs;
(d) other sawlogs;
(e) chip logs; and
(f) total logs?
(2) Regarding the logging of karri, for the year 2015, how many cubic metres of extracted logs were:
(a) high quality sawlogs;
(b) 1st and 2nd grade sawlogs;
(c) bole sawlogs;
(d) other sawlogs;
(e) chip logs; and
(f) total logs?
Answered on 15 November 2016
(1)(a) Nil
(b) Currently, the Forest Products Commission only sells jarrah sawlogs in grades other than ‘first and second grade sawlogs’.
(c) 105 998 cubic metres
(d) 5607 cubic metres
(e) Nil
(f) 247 114 cubic metres
(2)(a) Nil
(b) 43 277 cubic metres
(c) Nil
(d) 8941 cubic metres
(e) 113 300 cubic metres
(f) 165 518 cubic metres