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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 301 asked in the Legislative Council on 27 June 2017 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


BARRABUP FOREST
      301. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to Barrabup forest near Nannup.
      (1) What is the total volume of merchantable timber expected to be logged from this forest, including by item—charcoal logs, green firewood logs and sawlogs?
      (2) Will the minister please table the latest Forest Products Commission indicative gross and indicative net native forest stumpages?
      (3) Will the minister confirm, by item, which of the following are costs likely to be incurred by government if this forest is logged: construction of new roads; upgrades of existing roads; construction of log landings; flora and fauna surveys; dieback surveys; and Indigenous heritage surveys?
      (4) Given the Forest Products Commission's annual reports show that native forest logging in WA occurred at a net loss to government in the past three years, does the minister agree that logging of the Barrabup native forest is likely incur a net loss to taxpayers; and, if not, why not?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question. The Minister for Forestry has provided the following information.
      (1) The total volume was 9 000 tonnes of sawlogs and 9 000 tonnes of other timber products, which includes green firewood log and charcoal logs.
(2) The last indicative stumpage was determined in 2013, and I table the attached documents.
      Stumpages have not been used as the mechanism for setting prices since 2014. From 1 January 2014 prices for individual products have been determined through Tenders WA, which is a competitive tender process.
(3) Yes, the FPC undertakes these activities and all costs are recovered through sales.
(4) No; the harvesting of Barrabup forest is a profitable operation.
[See paper 316.]