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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 666 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 August 2022 by Hon Steve Martin

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

FOREST PRODUCTS COMMISSION — FIREWOOD SUPPLY

666. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the Minister for Forestry:

I refer to the answer provided to me on 9 August 2022 to question without notice 594.

(1) Could the minister confirm the types and amounts, in cubic metres, of firewood supplied by the Forest Products Commission to contractors for the following years as at 30 June —

(a) 2016–2017;

(b) 2017–2018;

(c) 2018–2019;

(d) 2019–2020;

(e) 2020–2021; and

(f) 2021–2022?

(2) Could the minister provide the total quantities of each of the product types that the Forest Products Commission is committed to sell under contract in the 2022–23 financial year, and how much the Commission expects to be able to deliver?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Forestry.

(1) (a)–(f) I have a document in tabular form and I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

(1) (a)–(f) Please note that firewood is delivered in tonnes by the Forest Products Commission.

Jarrah FIREWOOD

FY14/15

FY15/16

FY16/17

FY17/18

FY18/19

FY19/20

FY20/21

FY21/22

GREEN FIREWOOD

50,393

48,441

67,274

55,705

61,363

70,351

79,621

60,205

DEAD FIREWOOD

13,428

15,760

18,846

12,408

12,781

11,966

15,840

9,773

Grand Total

63,821

64,201

86,120

68,113

74,144

82,317

95,461

69,978

 

(2) The Forest Products Commission contracts for firewood are in calendar years not financial years.