Footnotes

[1] Definitions in glossary were obtained from a combination of sources, including: Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003; Sustainable Forest Management Report 2001-2002, Forestry Tasmania, 2002 and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's RFA Glossary, located at www.affa.gov.au.

[2] Journals of the Senate, 27 June 2002.

[3] Journals of the Senate, 25 September 2002.

[4] This number includes Supplementary Submissions.

[5] Evidence, Mr A Graham, RRA & T, 29 April 2003, p 447.

[6] Evidence, Mrs Pinner, RRA & T, 8 October 2003, p 553.

[7] The term 'roundwood' refers to sawlogs, pulpwood, poles etc. in round form.

[8] Global Outlook for Plantations: ABARE Research Report 99.9, prepared by Jaakko Poyry Consulting for Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 1999, p. 1.

[9] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. iv.

[10] Forest Practices Board, 2002-03 Annual Report, p 23.

[11] Water Use by Australian Forest Plantations: Pre-publication - Draft Final Report, prepared for the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation by the Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2004, p. 12.

[12] Australian Forest and Wood Products Statistics, September and December Quarters 2003, ABARE, Table 47, p. 56.

[13] Australian Forest and Wood Products Statistics, September and December Quarters 2003, ABARE, Table 47, p. 56.

[14] Plantations of Australia: Wood Availability 2001-2044, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia, p. 5.

[15] National Plantation Inventory Australia, 2004 Update, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra, March 2004, p. 2.

[16] Water Use by Australian Forest Plantations: Pre-publication - Draft Final Report, prepared for the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation by the Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2004, p. 12.

[17] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. 227.

[18] Investment Opportunities in the Australian Forest Products Industry, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Report prepared by Jaakko Poyry Consulting, October 2001, p. xi.

[19] Plantations of Australia 2001: A report from the National Plantation Inventory and the National Farm Forest Inventory of Australia, Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2001, p. 12.

[20] Plantations of Australia 2001: A report from the National Plantation Inventory and the National Farm Forest Inventory of Australia, Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2001, p. 12.

[21] Investment Opportunities in the Australian Forest Products Industry, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Report prepared by Jaakko Poyry Consulting, October 2001, p. xi.

[22] Australian Forest Plantations: Sustainable Returns in the New Century, Plantations 2020 Publication, paragraphs 1.1-1.5.

[23] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. 227.

[24] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. 228.

[25] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 312.

[26] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. 229.

[27] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. 229.

[28] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. 229.

[29] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. 230.

[30] Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, September 2003, p. vii.

[31] Plantations of Australia: Wood Availability 2001-2044, Consultant's Report for the National Forest Inventory, Bureau of Rural Sciences, August 2002, p. iii.

[32] Investing for Innovation and Growth: Research and Development Plan 2003-2008, Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, pp. 8-9.

[33] Investing for Innovation and Growth: Research and Development Plan 2003-2008, Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, pp. 8.

[34] Water Use by Australian Forest Plantations: Pre-publication - Draft Final Report, prepared for the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation by the Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2004, p. 12.

[35] The Need for Change - Positioning Australia's Forest Industry for the Changes/Opportunities for Tomorrow?, prepared for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia by Jaakko Poyry Consulting, February 2000, p. 11.

[36] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997, p. 1.

[37] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997, p. 2.

[38] Draft 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 1.

[39] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997, p. 2.

[40] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997, p. 3.

[41] Draft 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 1.

[42] Draft 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 1.

[43] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997.

[44] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997.

[45] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997.

[46] Carbon tax refers to a levy imposed on carbon dioxide emissions aimed at discouraging fossil-fuel use and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon taxes have not be introduced in Australia, but have been introduced in a number of other industrialised countries, including Finland, Norway, The Netherlands and Sweden.

[47] Plantation 2020 Vision Implementation Committee, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, October 1997.

[48] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, June 1999, p.1 and Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, pp.1-2. Full statistics on plantings to date are set out in the National Forest Inventory publication Plantations of Australia 2001 and Plantations of Australia: Wood Availability 2001-2044, published by the National Forest Inventory, Bureau of Resource Sciences.

[49] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, June 1999, p.1 and Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, p. 24.

[50] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, June 1999, p.1 and Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, p. 24.

[51] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, p. 5.

[52] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, p. 6.

[53] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, pp. 4-6.

[54] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, June 1999, p .4.

[55] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, p .5.

[56] Plantations 2020 Vision, Progress Report, October 2000, p. 4.

[57] Draft 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 2.

[58] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Covering Letter, pp. 1-2.

[59] Draft 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 2.

[60] Submission 12, Forestry and Forest Products Committee, p. 2.

[61] Regional Plantation Committees: Review of Rationale and Options for Future Funding, Private Forest Consultative Committee, Regional Plantation Committees Review Group, June 2002, p. 6.

[62] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, covering letter, p. 2.

[63] Regional Plantation Committees: Review of Rationale and Options for Future Funding, June 2002, p. 3.

[64] Submission 12, Forestry and Forest Products Committee, p. 2.

[65] Primary Industries Ministerial Council, Record and Resolutions, Second Meeting, Sydney, 10 October 2002, p. 34.

[66] Primary Industries Ministerial Council, Record and Resolutions, Second Meeting, Sydney, 10 October 2002, p. 33.

[67] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 6.

[68] http://www.plantations2020.com.au/

[69] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, covering letter, p. 2.

[70] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 7.

[71] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 7.

[72] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 1.

[73] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 5.

[74] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 5.

[75] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 3.

[76] Terms of Reference, Journals of the Senate No. 21, 27 June 2002.

[77] Terms of Reference, Journals of the Senate No. 21, 27 June 2002.

[78] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, covering letter, p. 2.

[79] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 5.

[80] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 5.

[81] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 5.

[82] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, covering letter, p. 1.

[83] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, covering letter, p.2.

[84] Submission 11, Institute of Foresters of Australia, p. 2.

[85] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, pp. 5-6.

[86] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 6

[87] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 6.

[88] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure Energy and Resources, p. 11.

[89] See, for example, Submission 49, Victorian Association of Forest Industries.

[90] Evidence, Mr Alan Cummine, Treefarm Investment Managers Australia, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, pp. 299-300.

[91] Evidence, Mr Alan Cummine, Treefarm Investment Managers Australia, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 313.

[92] Correspondence to Committee, Mr R. Bristow, 1 March, 2004, p. 2.

[93] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 310.

[94] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 312.

[95] Primary Industries Ministerial Council, Communiqué, 19 May 2004, p. 2.

[96] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 301.

[97] Submission No 42, Ms Naomi Edwards, p. 2.

[98] National Plantation Inventory 2004 Update, Bureau of Rural Sciences, p. 3.

[99] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2004, p. 316.

[100] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 12.

[101] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, pp. 12-14.

[102] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 14.

[103] The objects of the Act (section 3) are:

(a)to facilitate the reafforestation of land, and

(b)to promote and facilitate development for timber plantations on essentially cleared land, and

(c)to codify environmental standards, and provide a streamlined and integrated scheme, for the establishment, management and harvesting of timber and other forest plantations, and

(d)to make provision relating to regional transport infrastructure expenditure in connection with timber plantations.

consistently with the principles of ecologically sustainable development (as described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991).

[104] Evidence, Mr Phil Townsend, National Association of Forest Industries, RRA & T, 20 February 2003, p. 229.

[105] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 14.

[106] Evidence, Mr Phil Townsend, National Association of Forest Industries, RRA & T, 20 February 2003, p. 230.

[107] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association Australia, p. 5.

[108] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 1.

29 Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3.

[109] See for example, Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association Australia and Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers.

[110] See for example, Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association Australia and Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers.

[111] Submission 64, National Competition Council, p. 2.

[112] Submission 64, National Competition Council, pp. 3-4.

[113] Submission 64, National Competition Council, p. 1.

[114] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 15

[115] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, pp. 15-17.

[116] Submission 26, Abareconomics, p. 1.

[117] See Submission 26, Abareconomics, pp. 1-2 for summary; (and also Global Outlook for Plantations: ABARE Research Report 99.9, prepared by Jaakko Poyry Consulting for Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 1999).

[118] Submission 26, Abareconomics, p. 3.

[119] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 16.

[120] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association Australia, pp. 7 and 13.

[121] Evidence, Mr Warwick Ragg, Australian Forest Growers, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 296.

[122] Submission 12, Institute of Foresters of Australia, p.3.

[123] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 312.

[124] Submission 42, Ms Naomi Edwards. p 2.

[125] 'Stumpage prices over the next 10, 20, 30... years', ANU Forestry Market Report, September 2002. Number 21, School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, pp.1-2.

[126] For example, a company such as Gunns would fall within both sectors.

[127] Submission 40, Australian Taxation Office, p. 3.

[128] Submission 40, Australian Taxation Office, p. 3.

[129] Submission 40, Australian Taxation Office, pp. 3-4, Author's emphasis.

[130] Submission 40, Australian Taxation Office, p. 8.

[131] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 15.

[132] Submission 40, Australian Taxation Office, p. 9.

[133] Submission 40, Australian Taxation Office, p. 9.

[134] Evidence, Mr Peter Mullins, Department of the Treasury, RRA & T, 5 March 2003, p. 372.

[135] Evidence, Mr Peter Mullins, Department of the Treasury, RRA & T, 5 March 2003, pp. 368-9.

[136] Evidence, Mr Peter Mullins, Department of the Treasury, RRA & T, 5 March 2003, p. 369.

[137] Submission 26, Abarecomics.

[138] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 18.

[139] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, pp. 18-19.

[140] Submission 50, Environment Australia, pp. 1-4.

[141] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 2.

[142] Water Use by Australian Forest Plantations, Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, Victoria, Australia, April 2004.

[143] Submission 50, Environment Australia, pp. 3-4.

[144] Evidence, Dr Rhondda Dickson, Environment Australia, RRA & T, 20 February 2003, p. 277.

[145] Submission 86, Bureau of Rural Sciences, p. 1 (the Bureau of Rural Sciences' submission supplements the DAFF submission; see BRS submission, p. 1, para. 2).

[146] Submission 86, Bureau of Rural Sciences, pp. 1-2.

[147] Submission 86, Bureau of Rural Sciences, p. 3.

[148] See Plantation Forestry Disputes: Case Studies on Concerns, Causes, Processes and Paths Toward Resolution, J. Schirmer, Australian National University Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry, Canberra, 2002. p. 2.

[149] See Plantation Forestry Disputes: Case Studies on Concerns, Causes, Processes and Paths Toward Resolution, J. Schirmer, Australian National University Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry, Canberra, 2002, p. 2.

[150] Submission 86, Bureau of Rural Sciences, p. 2.

[151] Review of Studies of the Socio-Economic Impact of Forest Industries in Australia, Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, Victoria, 2003, pp. 1-2.

[152] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 7.

[153] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, pp. 7-8.

[154] See for example, Submission 87, Mr Glen Perkins of Delegate, NSW.

[155] Regional Plantation Committees: Review of Rationale and Options for Future Funding, Private Forest Consultative Committee, Regional Plantation Committees Review Group, June 2002, p. 3.

[156] Regional Plantation Committees: Review of Rationale and Options for Future Funding, June 2002, p. 18.

[157] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3.

[158] Water Use by Australian Forest Plantations: Pre-publication - Draft Final Report, prepared for the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation by the Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2004 (FWPRDC Water Study).

[159] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 3.

[160] FWPRDC Water Study, pp. 4-5.

[161] Correspondence from the Western Australian Minister for the Environment, regarding current hydrology monitoring and research programs, 16 March 2004.

[162] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 6.

[163] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 7.

[164] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 7.

[165] Joint Media Release, Minister for the Environment and Heritage and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 22 October 2003.

[166] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 45.

[167] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 45.

[168] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 45.

[169] FWPRDC Water Study, p. 48.

[170] Evidence, Mr J Bartle, RRA & T, 11 October 2002, p. 83.

[171] Evidence, Mr J Bartle, RRA & T, 11 October 2002, p. 87.

[172] Evidence, Mr J Bartle, RRA & T, 11 October 2002, p. 84.

[173] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, pp. 17-18.

[174] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, pp. 7-8.

[175] Submission 34, Denmark Environmental Centre, p. 2.

[176] Submission 26, Abareconomics, pp. 4-5.

[177] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 19.

[178] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 19.

[179] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 19.

[180] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 19.

[181] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 19.

[182] Submission 29, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3.

[183] Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers, p. 7.

[184] Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers, p. 7.

[185] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 19.

[186] West Victoria Regional Forest Agreement, pp. 15-16.

[187] Submission 21, Saltgrow Pty Ltd, p. 1.

[188] Submission 21, Saltgrow Pty Ltd, p. 1.

[189] Submission 21, Saltgrow Pty Ltd, pp. 1-5.

[190] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association of Australia, p. 12.

[191] Submission 11, Institute of Foresters of Australia, p. 6.

[192] Submission 11, Institute of Foresters of Australia, p. 6.

[193] Submission 21, Saltgrow Pty Ltd, pp. 1-5.

[194] Evidence, Mr Alan Cummine, Treefarm Investment Managers Australia, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 301.

[195] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association of Australia, p. 13.

[196] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association of Australia, p. 13.

[197] Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers, pp. 9-10.

[198] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, pp. 19-20.

[199] Evidence, Mr Alan Cummine, Treefarm Investment Managers Australia, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, pp. 301-302.

[200] Evidence, Mr Alan Cummine, Treefarm Investment Managers Australia, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 303.

[201] Submission 26, Abareconomics.

[202] Submission 26, Abareconomics, p. 5.

[203] Evidence, Mr Robert Newman, RRA & T, 20 February 2004, p. 287.

[204] Evidence, Dr Beth Schultz, Conservation Council of Western Australia, RRA & T, 11 October 2002, p. 96.

[205] Evidence, Mr Paul Smith, Forestry Tasmania, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 140.

[206] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 20.

[207] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 20.

[208] Submission 21, Saltgrow Pty Ltd.

[209] Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers, p. 9.

[210] Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers, p. 10.

[211] Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers, p. 10.

[212] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association of Australia, p. 13.

[213] Submission 26, Abareconomics, p. 6.

[214] Global Outlook for Plantations: ABARE Research Report 99.9, prepared by Jaakko Poyry Consulting for Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 1999, p. 7.

[215] Global Outlook for Plantations: ABARE Research Report 99.9, prepared by Jaakko Poyry Consulting for Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 1999, pp. 6-7.

[216] Submission 11, Institute of Foresters of Australia, p. 6.

[217] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries.

[218] Submission 26, Abareconomics, p. 6.

[219] Submission 58, Australian Forest Growers, pp. 10-11.

[220] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, pp. 314-314.

[221] Evidence, Ms Judy Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 315.

[222] Submission 11, Institute of Foresters of Australia, p. 7.

[223] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association of Australia, pp. 13-15.

[224] Global Outlook for Plantations: ABARE Research Report 99.9, prepared by Jaakko Poyry Consulting for Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 1999, p. 48.

[225] Submission 63, Kentish Council, p. 1.

[226] Submission 55, West Wimmera Shire Council, p. 1.

[227] Submission 19, Kevin Forbes, p. 1.

[228] Submission 19, Kevin Forbes, p. 1.

[229] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association Australia.

[230] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association Australia.

[231] Submission 9, Plantation Timber Association Australia.

[232] Submission 11, The Institute of Foresters of Australia.

[233] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries, p. 21.

[234] Submission 26, Abareconomics, p. 6.

[235] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003.

[236] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 2.

[237] See, Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 1.

[238] Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement, Attachment 12, RFA Forests - Employment and Industries Development Strategy, November 1997, p. 107.

[239] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 84.

[240] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, pp. 84-85.

[241] Inquiry on Plantation Forestry: Regional Forest Agreement with Tasmania: application of Regional Forests Agreement Act 2002 and Environment Protection and Biosecurity Conservation Act 1999, Legal Opinion from Australian Government Solicitor, 18 May 2004, pp. 3-4.

[242] Inquiry on Plantation Forestry: Regional Forest Agreement with Tasmania: application of Regional Forests Agreement Act 2002 and Environment Protection and Biosecurity Conservation Act 1999, Legal Opinion from Australian Government Solicitor, 18 May 2004, p. 5.

[243] Inquiry on Plantation Forestry: Regional Forest Agreement with Tasmania: application of Regional Forests Agreement Act 2002 and Environment Protection and Biosecurity Conservation Act 1999, Legal Opinion from Australian Government Solicitor, 18 May 2004, p. 5.

[244] Inquiry on Plantation Forestry: Regional Forest Agreement with Tasmania: application of Regional Forests Agreement Act 2002 and Environment Protection and Biosecurity Conservation Act 1999, Legal Opinion from Australian Government Solicitor, 18 May 2004, p. 6.

[245] Inquiry on Plantation Forestry: Regional Forest Agreement with Tasmania: application of Regional Forests Agreement Act 2002 and Environment Protection and Biosecurity Conservation Act 1999, Legal Opinion from Australian Government Solicitor, 18 May 2004, p. 2.

[246] Nationally Agreed Criteria for the Establishment of a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative Reserve System for Forests in Australia, a Report by the Joint ANZECC/MCFFA National Forest Policy Statement Implementation Sub-Committee, 1997, p. 1.

[247] Old Growth Forest is defined as 'ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbances are now negligible'.

[248] Wilderness is defined as 'land that, together with its plant and animal communities, is in a state that has not been substantially modified by, and is remote from, the influences of European settlement or is capable of being restored to such a state and is of sufficient size to make its maintenance in such a state feasible'.

[249] Pre-European refers to pre-1750.

[250] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 15.

[251] Native forest is defined as 'any locally indigenous forest community containing the full complement of native species and habitats normally associated with that community, or having the potential to develop these characteristics'.

[252] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 20.

[253] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 9.

[254] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 33.

[255] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 33.

[256] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 33.

[257] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 33.

[258] Forest Practices Code 2000, Tasmanian Forest Practices Board, Hobart, p. 1.

[259] Forest Practices Code 2000, Tasmanian Forest Practices Board, Hobart, p. 1.

[260] Forest Practices Code 2000, Tasmanian Forest Practices Board, Hobart, p. 1.

[261] Forest Practices Code 2000, Tasmanian Forest Practices Board, Hobart, p. 1.

[262] Forest Practices Code 2000, Tasmanian Forest Practices Board, Hobart, pp. 2-4.

[263] Forest Practices Code 2000, Tasmanian Forest Practices Board, Hobart, p. 5.

[264] Forest Practices Code 2000, Tasmanian Forest Practices Board, Hobart, pp. 3-5.

[265] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 9.

[266] Forestry operations include: the establishment of forests, growing of timber, harvesting of timber, land clearing and land preparation associated with forest establishment, burning off, access construction and transport operations associated with forest establishment, growing and harvesting.

[267] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, pp. 9-10.

[268] Evidence, Mr Andrew Blakesley, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, pp. 106-107.

[269] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 6.

[270] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 6.

[271] The primary source of information in relation to Tasmanian Government Agencies is Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, pp.7-8.

[272] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, pp. 3 and 97.

[273] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 3.

[274] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 66.

[275] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 5.

[276] Tasmania's Forests, viewed at www.forestrytas.com.au/forestry tas/pages/forests.html on 17 August 2004.

[277] For the purposes of the DIER Report, 'production forestry' is defined as commercial production from native forests and related activities on public and private land.

[278] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 1.

[279] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 35.

[280] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 35 and p. 36, Table 21. See also, Submission 22, Forests and Forest Industry Council of Tasmania, pp. 1-2.

[281] Figures taken from the Forest Practices Board, 2002-2003 Annual Report, pp. 15 and 23.

[282] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 53. (Figures are drawn from ABS data).

[283] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 55.

[284] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 56.

[285] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 50.

[286] See, Study by the Centre for Regional Economic Analysis at the University of Tasmania 1998, Tourism Tasmania, p. 2 - last available figures are for 1998.

[287] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 6.

[288] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 2.

[289] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 2.

[290] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 3.

[291] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 4.

[292] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 3.

[293] Submission 27, Launceston Environment Centre, p. 2.

[294] Ms Sheridan has post graduate research qualifications in landscape, recreation and land planning and is a corporate member of the Planning Institute of Australia.

[295] Submission 47, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 8.

[296] Submission 45, Northwest Branch of the Tasmanian Conservation Trust Inc., p. 1.

[297] See, for example, Submission 24, Mr Malcolm Ryan, pp. 3-4; Submission 18, Mr John Hayward, p. 2 and Submission 17, Mr Nick Towle, p. 1.

[298] Submission 22, Forests and Forest Industry Council, p. 2.

[299] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 63.

[300] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 2.

[301] 'Prime agricultural land' refers to land defined as being Class 1, 2 or 3 under the land capabiity classification system in Tasmania.

[302] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, pp. 63-64.

[303] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 38.

[304] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 61.

[305] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 61.

[306] Rural Land Use Trends In Tasmania 2003, Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, November 2003, p. 61.

[307] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 6.

[308] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 2.

[309] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 2.

[310] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 2.

[311] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 2.

[312] Submission 47, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 5.

[313] Submission 47, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 5.

[314] Submission 47, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 5.

[315] Correspondence to the Committee from Dr Hans Drielsma, General Manager (Forest Management), Forestry Tasmania, 3 March 2004, p. 1.

[316] Correspondence to the Committee from Dr Hans Drielsma, General Manager (Forest Management), Forestry Tasmania, 3 March 2004, p. 2.

[317] Correspondence to the Committee from Dr David Leaman, Leaman Geophysics, 24 March 2004, p. 2.

[318] Correspondence to the Committee from Dr David Leaman, Leaman Geophysics, 24 March 2004, p. 2.

[319] Correspondence to the Committee from Dr David Leaman, Leaman Geophysics, dated 24 March 2004, p. 3.

[320] Environmental Problems Georges Bay, Tasmania, Scammell, Dr Marcus, July 2004, p. 9.

[321] Submission 59, Doctors for Forests (Tasmania), p. 2.

[322] Submission 59, Doctors for Forests (Tasmania), p. 2.

[323] Submission 59, Doctors for Forests (Tasmania), p. 2.

[324] Submission 59, Doctors for Forests (Tasmania), p. 2.

[325] Submission 57, Mr P. J. Newsome, p. 2.

[326] Submission 57, Mr P. J. Newsome, p. 2.

[327] Submission 53, Ms Brenda Rosser, p. 7.

[328] Evidence, Mrs Evelyn DeVito, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 180.

[329] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 39.

[330] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 43.

[331] Submission 2, Dr John R. Wilson, p. 2.

[332] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 32.

[333] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 32.

[334] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. 32.

[335] Submission 73, Timber Workers for Forests, Paper authored by Mr Graham Green titled Clearfelling and Woodchipping in Tasmania - An Economic Appraisal, May 2003, p. 12.

[336] Submission 73, Timber Workers for Forests, Paper authored by Mr Graham Green titled Clearfelling and Woodchipping in Tasmania - An Economic Appraisal, May 2003, p. 12.

[337] Submission 50, Environment Australia, p. 3.

[338] Evidence, Ms J Clark, RRA & T, 21 February 2003, p. 317.

[339] Ecolabel - a brand or label for a product which indicates the product has been made without causing (or causing minimal) damage to the environment.

[340] Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-2006: An action plan to protect Tasmania's natural diversity and maintain ecological processes and systems, State Biodiversity Committee, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, March 2003, p. iii.

[341] Submission 22, Forest and Forest Industry Council, p. 3.

[342] Evidence, Mr William Manning, RRA & T, 8 October 2003, p. 501.

[343] Evidence, Mr William Manning, RRA & T, 8 October 2004, p. 516.

[344] Evidence, Mr William Manning, RRA & T, 8 October 2003, p. 501.

[345] See for example, Submission 16, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 11; Submission 47, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 6 and Submission 48, Ms Geraldine de Burgh-Day.

[346] Submission 47, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 6.

[347] Submission 16, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 11 and Submission 47, Ms Gwenda Sheridan, p. 6.

[348] Evidence, Mr Christopher Strong, Community Representative, Launceston Environment Centre Inc., RRA & T, 29 November 2002, pp. 217-218.

[349] Evidence, Mr Christopher Strong, Community Representative, Launceston Environment Centre Inc., RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 218.

[350] Evidence, Mrs Geraldine de Burgh-Day, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 225.

[351] Evidence, Mr Frank Strie, RRA & T, 29 April 2003, p. 417.

[352] Submission 86, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 1.

[353] Submission 86, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 1.

[354] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 10.

[355] Submission 22, Forests and Forest Industry Council, p. 2.

[356] Evidence, Dr Hans Drielsma, Forestry Tasmania, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, pp. 138-139.

[357] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 10.

[358] Evidence, Mr Des King, Private Forests Tasmania, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 119.

[359] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 11.

[360] Submission 46, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, p. 11.

[361] Evidence, Ms Colleen Dibley, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 183.

[362] Submission 63, Kentish Council, p. 1.

[363] Submission 63, Kentish Council, p. 1.

[364] Evidence, Dr Hans Drielsma, Forestry Tasmania, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 140.

[365] Evidence, Dr Hans Drielsma, Forestry Tasmania, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, p. 140.

[366] Evidence, Mr Les Baker, Gunns Plantations Ltd, RRA & T, 29 November 2002, pp. 156-157.

[367] Submission 66, Mr Simon Warriner, p. 1.

[368] Submission 66, Mr Simon Warriner, p. 1.

[369] Submission 43, Timber Communities Australia (Tasmanian State Office), p. 1.

[370] Submission 63, Kentish Council, p. 3.

[371] Submission 63, Kentish Council, p. 2.

[372] Submission 59, Doctors for Forests (Tasmania), p. 1.

[373] Submission 2, Dr John R. Wilson, p. 3

[374] Submission 2, Dr John R. Wilson, p. 3.

[375] Submission 70, Mr Richard Davis, p. 1.

[376] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 133.

[377] One of two additional panels established to assist the two person panel which conducted the inquiry. The other panel was the Reference Panel.

[378] The following section is based on information contained in Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, Chapter Four, pp. 31-82.

[379] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 56.

[380] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, pp. 57-58.

[381] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 38.

[382] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 35.

[383] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 39.

[384] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 41.

[385] The following section is based on information contained in Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, Chapter Five, pp. 83-102.

[386] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 96.

[387] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 96.

[388] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 97.

[389] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 98.

[390] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 100.

[391] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 100.

[392] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 101.

[393] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, p. 101.

[394] Inquiry on the Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (1997), Tasmanian Resource Planning and Development Commission, December 2002, pp. 12 and 101.

[395] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 20.

[396] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 20.

[397] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 20.

[398] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 20.

[399] Submission 23, D.C. Mills, Social Learning and Research Agency, p. 4.

[400] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries Ltd, p. 17.

[401] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries Ltd, p. 17.

[402] Submission 32, National Association of Forest Industries Ltd, p. 17.

[403] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 7.

[404] 2002 Revision, Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision - An Industry-Government initiative for plantation forestry in Australia, p. 7.

[405] Correspondence to Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator from Committee, dated 25 February 2004.

[406] Correspondence to the Committee from Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator, dated 1 March 2004, p. 4.

[407] Correspondence to the Committee from Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator, dated 1 March 2004, p. 4.

[408] Correspondence to the Committee from Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator, dated 1 March 2004, p. 4.

[409] Correspondence to the Committee from Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator, dated 1 March 2004, p. 4.

[410] Correspondence to the Committee from Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator, dated 1 March 2004, p. 5.

[411] Correspondence to the Committee from Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator, dated 1 March 2004, p. 5.

[412] Correspondence to the Committee from Mr Rod Bristow, National Strategy Coordinator, dated 1 March 2004, p. 5.

[413] Dr Judy Clark, submission, p.1

[414] ABARE Economics, submission, p.6

[415] Dr Judy Clark, evidence, Friday 21 February 2003, p.312

[416] Ms Naomi Edwards, evidence, Tuesday 29 April 2003, p.401

[417] Evidence of Mr Bill Manning

Regrettably, the committee's Launceston hearing, where Mr Bill Manning was scheduled to give evidence, was abandoned. This situation arose when, on a motion moved by Senator O'Brien, the large public gallery was asked to leave without explanation. The purpose was to hear the witness, Mr Manning, in camera. No reason was provided. Moreover, Mr Manning, who had not been consulted, did not agree to be heard in camera. It was his refusal and not the lingering public or MP which led to the suspension of the hearing.

It should be noted that the committee later heard Mr Manning in open session in Canberra, with the Tasmanian public effectively prevented from attending.

It is regrettable that the decision to have Mr Manning denied a public hearing in Launceston was not made until after the hearing began and a large number of citizens had come along with a number of journalists. I apologise for the inconvenience which resulted.