James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The coalition government maintains its support for long-term regional forest agreements. RFAs strike a balance between the competing economic, environmental and social uses and values of Australia's public native forests and have been effective as a forest management framework since implementation. We can have strong forest industries and world-class environmental protection. The RFAs contribute to industry certainty, provide for ecologically sustainable forest management and have established a comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system based on nationally agreed criteria.

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