Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 1 November 2012:

With reference to expenditure under the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement (TFIA) between the Commonwealth and the Tasmanian Governments:

(1) How much of the $14 million to $25 million has been spent under clause 12 of the TFIA; and to which organisations have those funds been dispersed.

(2) How much money has been given to ForestWorks Limited under clause 13, and are these funds additional to the funds identified in clause 12.

(3) How much money has been given to Rural Alive and Well Inc under clause 14, and are these funds additional to those identified in clause 12.

(4) Since December 2009, how much money has been spent on voluntary exits for contractors from public native forest operations under the TFIA and associated agreements.

(5) What is the total amount of money spent on the: (a) Tasmanian Forest Contractors Exit Assistance Program; (b) Tasmanian Forest Contractors Financial Support Program; and (c) Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement - Contractors Voluntary Exit Grants Program.

(6) (a) How much Commonwealth funding was paid as part of the Gunns settlement in late 2011; (b) how much of this went to Gunns and how much to Forestry Tasmania; and (c) from which allocations and clauses in the TFIA did this money originate.

(7) How much of the $43 million identified in clause 34 has been dispersed, to which entities and for what purposes.

(8) Has the $7 million identified in clause 35 as a payment to the Tasmanian Government for reserve management been made and for what purpose was the actual payment made.

(9) Has any of the additional $28 million identified in clause 35 been made and for what purposes.

(10) Can a breakdown be provided of recipients of funding for regional development and economic diversification as identified in clause 41.

(11) Can a complete breakdown be provided of all money spent under the auspices of the TFIA and a complete list of recipients.