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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 334 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 April 2022 by Hon Steve Martin

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SOFTWOOD PLANTATIONS

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

I refer to the Minister for Forestry's announcement to spend $350 million over 10 years to expand Western Australia's pine plantation.

(1) What is the establishment cost per hectare used in the budget figure?

(2) What is the purchase price per hectare used in the budget figure?

(3) What assumptions does the budget make about the rise in the purchase price of land over the 10-year life of the purchase program?

(4) With the current rapid escalation in land prices, does the minister expect that the $350 million will achieve a plantation program of at least 33 000 hectares?

(5) If not, how many hectares will be achieved?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The Minister for Forestry has provided the following information.

(1)–(3) The $350 million investment over 10 years does not require a specific quantity of plantation to be established each year. This allows the Forest Products Commission the flexibility to make commercial decisions to buy, or not, in any given year.

(4)–(5) The purchase of land is not the only mechanism for plantation establishment. The Forest Products Commission can also enter into sharefarming arrangements as well as co�investment with industry.