Mark Baker (Braddon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The shadow minister for the environment was:—

... co-author of the ALP forestry policy which was unveiled just days before the election, and committed Opposition Leader Mark Latham to saving large tracts of Tasmania’s old growth forests.

The member for Kingsford Smith—someone aspiring to be a government minister—has described the negotiated regional forest agreements as:

... a completely flawed and discredited process initiated by Government.

The member is also on the record as saying:

The forest industry is not willing to act in a responsible manner. It is attempting to provoke and confront conservationists over the issue.

The member has also previously stated:

All old growth and high conservation value forests across Australia should be immediately protected.

It is of great concern to the people of north-west Tasmania that, on the one hand, we have Mr Rudd making statements that he follows the—

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