Abolish Failed Forest Deals – What do the Parties Say?
For nearly 20 years, Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) have given the logging industry preferential access to around seven million hectares of publicly owned native forests in four states. Logging has been exempted from Federal environment laws for this time. AFCA together with over 30 environment groups say RFAs should be abolished and logging in native forests should end.
AFCA asked the Parties two questions. Here are their replies (at 23 June 2016):
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Party
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Question 1. Does your party agree that RFAs should terminate when they expire, not be extended, rolled over or renewed? |
Question 2. Does your party agree that native forest wood and biomass should not be defined as eligible sources of energy under the Renewable Energy Target legislation? |
Forest policy |
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Coalition |
No answer |
No answer |
None |
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Labor |
No answer |
No answer |
None |
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Greens |
Yes. The Greens believe that Regional Forest Agreements should be scrapped. RFAs aren’t working to protect our complex and diverse forests for future generations, and they aren’t a sustainable economic plan for the future |
Yes. The Greens agree that native forest wood products and biomass should not be defined as eligible sources of energy under the Renewable Energy Target legislation. |
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Xenophon Team |
No answer |
No answer |
None |
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Liberal Democrats |
No |
No |
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Family First |
No |
No |
None |
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Jacqui Lambie Network |
No answer |
No answer |
None |
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Glenn Lazarus Team |
No answer |
No answer |
None |
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Motoring Enthusiast Party |
No answer |
No answer |
None |
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Palmer United |
No answer |
No answer |
None |