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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 239 asked in the Legislative Council on 23 March 2022 by Hon Steve Martin

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

NATIVE FOREST — LOGGING — TRANSITION PACKAGE

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.