Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I understand and appreciate and share the commitment of the member for Denison to Tasmania's forests. They are great renewable resources as well as pristine and beautiful places, and I want the people of Tasmania to be able to work in forests as well as to walk in forests. I want people to be able to make a living from forests as well as to appreciate their natural beauty. This is a question of getting the balance right, and the member for Denison can trust this government to do just that.

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