Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 15 April 2011:

The impact of the decision by the South Australian Government to forward-sell the state’s $2.8 billion timber assets on the state’s economy, timber industry and on jobs and any other broader impacts, with particular reference to:

(a)

the likelihood of regional job losses;

(b)

the flow-on effects to communities in timber-reliant regions;

(c)

the potential for the private buyer not to consider local impacts;

(d)

the potential for reduced value-adding locally and increased off-shoring; and

(e)

any other related matters.

Question agreed to.