Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I went to that first, of course. A moratorium is essential in this. The Australian government endorsed the Tasmanian government’s initial moratorium in December covering 39 coupes. Mr Kelty announced on 11 March 2011 that a six-month moratorium had been agreed and that logging will not occur in areas environment groups identified as ‘high conservation value forest’ unless it is necessary to meet existing contracts or is subject to the approval of a reference group for the assurance of wood supply for existing industry.

I understand that a blanket moratorium across all areas identified by environment groups is impractical at this stage. What I—