Hansard Transcripts
17th April 2002 Hansard - Victorian Parliament :
Strzelecki Ranges
Ms DAVIES (Gippsland West) -- The Strzelecki Ranges biodiversity study has confirmed the existence of areas of high conservation significance within the former Victorian Plantations Corporation (VPC) forests privatised by the previous government. I ask the Minister for Environment and Conservation to outline a time line and a commitment to enabling the establishment of permanent reserves in those key high-value areas.
Ms GARBUTT (Minister for Environment and Conservation) -- I thank the honourable member for her question and for her commitment to conservation and protecting forests in the Strzelecki Ranges. This government has a very strong commitment to protecting our forests, and we demonstrated that in the recent reform announced in the Our Forests Our Future package. The honourable member for Gippsland West is quite right to be concerned following the actions of the previous government in selling off all the plantations in the Strzelecki Ranges. The previous government had an appalling record when it came to forests, whether they are now private or public. It ignored concerns about the sustainability of timber harvesting and simply sold off plantations, including, as I said, those in the Strzeleckis. We know the previous government was obsessed with privatisation and left a number of privatisation time bombs ticking across the state.
Mr Perton -- On a point of order, Mr Speaker, on the question of debating the question, your guidelines clearly indicate that the minister must refer to government administration and policy. It is not exactly a question without notice: the minister seems to have her script well marked. In this instance I ask you to ask her to answer the question according to the standing orders, not according to the mission she has been given by the Premier.
The SPEAKER -- Order! The latter part of that point of order is out of order. I ask the minister to come back to answering the question.
Ms GARBUTT -- This government made a commitment to protecting conservation areas in the Strzelecki Ranges. A working party recently presented a report examining the biodiversity values left in the Strzelecki Ranges. That report has now been received by the department. I have not been briefed on those findings, but I will be considering them and will respond to them once they have been properly analysed. I will get back to the honourable member with further details in the next couple of months.
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This is a list of some of the speeches in Hansard concerning the Victorian Plantations Corporation/Strzelecki State Forest.
Date Page Number Speech
28 Oct 1997 279+ FORESTS (DUNSTAN AGREEMENT) (AMENDMENT) BILL
15 Oct 1997 204+ FORESTS (DUNSTAN AGREEMENT) (AMENDMENT) BILL
14 Oct 1997 480 PAPERS
14 Oct 1997 108 PAPERS
8 Oct 1997 328 RURAL VICTORIA: ECONOMIC INITIATIVES
7 Oct 1997 283+ FORESTS (DUNSTAN AGREEMENT) AMENDMENT BILL
18 Sep 1997 177+ FORESTS (DUNSTAN AGREEMENT) (AMENDMENT) BILL
27 May 1997 1137 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS (OMNIBUS No. 3) BILL
13 May 1997 675+ FIRE AUTHORITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL
13 May 1997 674+ FIRE AUTHORITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL
24 Apr 1997 438 FIRE AUTHORITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL
22 Apr 1997 724+ FIRE AUTHORITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL
3 Apr 1997 421 FIRE AUTHORITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL
2 Apr 1997 320 FIRE AUTHORITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL
19 Nov 1996 791+ MISCELLANEOUS ACTS (FURTHER OMNIBUS AMENDMENTS) BILL
29 Oct 1996 306 PAPERS
29 Oct 1996 863+ Responses
29 Oct 1996 858 Victorian Plantations Corporation: freehold titles
29 Oct 1996 812 PAPERS
17 Oct 1996 756+ MISCELLANEOUS ACTS (FURTHER OMNIBUS AMENDMENTS) BILL
16 Oct 1996 697 Address-in-reply
10 Oct 1996 793 Agriculture and Resources: staffing levels
8 Oct 1996 730 Agriculture and Resources: staff
8 Oct 1996 337 APPROPRIATION (1996/97, No. 1) BILL
10 Sep 1996 26+ FORESTRY RIGHTS BILL
28 May 1996 269+ APPROPRIATION (INTERIM 1996/97) BILL
15 May 1996 109 Address-in-reply
14 May 1996 30 PAPERS
10 Oct 1995 471 APPROPRIATION (1995-96, No. 1) BILL
4 Oct 1995 295 PAPERS
7 Jun 1995 1330 Responses
30 May 1995 1136 Natural Resources: privatisation
26 May 1995 1840 APPROPRIATION (INTERIM 1995-96) BILL
13 Apr 1995 853 LATROBE REGIONAL COMMISSION (REPEAL) BILL
30 Nov 1994 1564 Natural Resources: staff
29 Nov 1994 2007 Alert Digest No. 14
29 Nov 1994 969+ VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL
29 Nov 1994 945 VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL
17 Nov 1994 1986 VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL
15 Nov 1994 1728+ Program
15 Nov 1994 1727 Alert Digest No. 13
8 Nov 1994 684 Environment Protection Authority prosecutions
8 Nov 1994 1484 APPROPRIATION MESSAGES
20 Oct 1994 1388 VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL
19 Oct 1994 1267 VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL
14 Oct 1994 1112 PAPERS
13 Oct 1994 441 PAPERS
6 Oct 1994 686 APPROPRIATION (1994-95, No. 1) BILL
22 Apr 1994 1357 Natural Resources: overseas travel
10 Mar 1994 246+ Responses
10 Mar 1994 242 Elm trees in Ballarat
28 Oct 1993 765 STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES (AMENDMENT) BILL
27 Oct 1993 1364+ STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES (AMENDMENT) BILL
7 Oct 1993 992 STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES (AMENDMENT) BILL
7 Sep 1993 288 APPROPRIATION (1993-94, No. 1) BILL
11 Aug 1993 15 PAPERS
20 Jul 1993 14 PAPERS
20 Jul 1993 10 Alert Digest, No. 10
26 May 1993 1347+ VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION BILL
19 May 1993 1009+ VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION BILL
18 May 1993 968 VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION BILL
18 May 1993 2127+ VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION BILL
18 May 1993 2118 APPROPRIATION MESSAGES
7 May 1993 1759+ VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION BILL
5 May 1993 1585 VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS CORPORATION BILL
6 Apr 1993 729 Responses
6 Apr 1993 726 Victorian Plantations Corporation
30 Oct 1992 286 VICTORIAN SOFTWOODS