SANDALWOOD HARVEST
265. Hon COLIN HOLT to the minister representing the
Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the sandalwood industry
restructure of 2016 and associated supply of harvested sandalwood for oil-processing
contracts.
(1) Can the
minister please detail the supply contracts awarded for the purposes of oil
processing in Western Australia, including the volumes of sandalwood they were
to receive?
(2) Have either
of these contracts been terminated or the conditions of the contracts changed
since they were first agreed on?
(3) If yes to
(2), please provide details of these changes and the dates that the contracts
were terminated, changed or renegotiated.
(4) Was the
Forest Products Commission required to seek ministerial approval to terminate,
change or renegotiate these contracts?
(5) If no to (4), was the minister
advised these changes were being made?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the
question. The Minister for Forestry has advised the following.
Due to the level of information
required, it is not possible to provide an answer in the time available. I commit
to providing the information to the honourable member by Thursday, 4 April.