Question On Notice No. 481 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 December 2021 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas
Question Directed to the: Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Forestry
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the Government's announcement of 8 September 2021 on the ending of most native timber harvesting in Western Australia, and I ask what volume of jarrah logs have been extracted to provide access to mining, including for bauxite and mineral sands, in each of the last five years in relation to sawlogs?
Answered on 15 February 2022
YEAR Jarrah sawlogs (m3)
2016 15,695
2017 8,552
2018 8,522
2019 5,646
2020 10,268