Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I do withdraw that. Minister, these questions are in regard to your rewrites of Australia's environment laws that have got big polluters like BHP and Chevron so excited they are literally begging for them to be passed this year. The Samuel review recommended removing the exemption for native forest logging done under an RFA. Our forests are beautiful and complex ecosystems that are home to threatened species like the koala and the swift parrot. They are precious Aboriginal cultural heritage. They are massive banks of carbon that help in the fight against climate breakdown. Minister, why did you ignore Professor Samuel's recommendation? Why are you not scrapping the RFA loophole, or, even better, why are you not ending the loss-making, environmentally catastrophic native forest logging industry once and for all?