Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and it concerns his declaration during question time on 12 May in relation to logging activities in New South Wales Central Murray State Forests. He stated:

It is particularly important for me to confirm to the House that no stopwork order has been issued by the department.

Is the minister aware of this letter from the assistant secretary of his department dated 1 May 2009 to Forests New South Wales clearly stating that by 31 May there must be:

… cessation of all harvesting operations in the Central Murray State Forests Ramsar site until further advice from this department.

Can the minister explain the inconsistency between his statement and his department’s actions?

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