Leadbeater’s Possum Nest Boxes

Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — My question is for the Minister for Agriculture. I bring the minister's attention to a recent article published by Long Term Ecology, 'Are nest boxes an effective management tool for Leadbeater's possum?', in which Australian National University Fenner school research scientist Lauchie McBurney found that nesting boxes have been a very expensive but ultimately unsuccessful experiment managed by VicForests and funded by taxpayers. Will the minister stop wasting taxpayer moneys on futile alternative habitat-manufacturing experiments and act to stop the logging agency from cutting down the natural habitat on which this species depends?