Senate debates

Thursday, 13 August 2026

Questions without Notice

Rushy Lagoon

2:43 pm

Photo of Tim AyresTim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) | Hansard source

And, of course, there is some history to this. In July 2020, Mr Taylor, as the then responsible minister, pushed a map of five priority regional hubs for plantation forestry ACCUs. And guess what? Northern Tasmania, including this parcel of land, is in one of those regions selected by Mr Taylor. He said:

Reducing red tape for projects located in the five Regional Forestry Hubs will support regional jobs and investment, including in communities hard hit by last summer's bushfires.

That was the Liberal plan for Rushy Lagoon. (Time expired)

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