Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Can the minister confirm that the so-called independent verification group, chaired by former Wilderness Society director Jonathan West and stacked with four out of six members closely linked to the Wilderness Society, will not complete its work until at least February, perhaps March, requiring even more coupes from within the 430,000 hectares to be accessed before the assessment process is complete?