Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. Can the minister confirm that the panel established under the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement to review scheduling requirements in the 430,000 hectares of claimed high conservation value has found that at least 25 coupes will be required to meet timber supply contracts before the end of December? Why is the government trying to keep the report secret? Can the minister also advise whether the government will be complying with clauses 26 and 27 of the IGA and paying compensation to sawmills instead of honouring the supply clauses in the sawmills' contracts?