Ross Cadell (NSW, National Party, Shadow Minister for Water) Share this | Hansard source

Finally, this is about the information and misinformation. There isn't a lot of certainty out there. Here's a text we've had from a player today: 'There's been no communication with us before making the announcement today. As a family business that has been involved in hardwood native forestry for at least four generations, we are devastated by this decision. The three-year timeframe'—and now I think it's an 18-month timeframe, but there's still that misinformation on time—'doesn't allow for the time it takes to grow hardwood trees in plantation of 30 to 50 years. We use a variety of timber species from native forests that cannot be successfully grown in plantation forests. We have to re-evaluate our business as to whether it's worth continuing in the industry.' What education or dissemination program will be there so that these people can make judgements, which they are seeking to do in a very short time?