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239. Hon
STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the minister's
announcement of a business support package for sawmills on 3 February. Under
the Gallop Labor government's protecting our old-growth forests policy,
the government reimbursed businesses in full for worker statutory redundancies.
In the recently announced business package, why is the government refusing to
reimburse businesses for the full cost of worker statutory redundancies when
the workers are being made redundant as a result of the government's
policy decision?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I
thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided
by the Minister for Forestry. A draft business support package was released
for consultation and the nature of the support package has not yet been
finalised.