Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 21 March 2011:

With reference to the ongoing removal and salvage of Huon pine logs from the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) in Macquarie Harbour:

(1) Who has been authorised to undertake such salvage since 1989, including: (a) the period of that authorisation; and (b) the exact location.

(2) In each case, what volume of Huon Pine was: (a) retrieved to Strahan; and (b) gathered but left in the TWWHA.

(3) How far up the Gordon River has salvage been authorised and with what promises.

(4) Has an excavator been used during the salvage.

(5) Who is currently permitted to undertake the salvage.

(6) When will this salvage end.

(7) Are branded logs (cut long ago upstream) returned to their owners; if not, why not.