2016-08-31
Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — My question is for the Minister for Agriculture. Minister, can I ask: what action have you taken to ensure that VicForests have access to the appropriately skilled personnel to survey logging coupes for threatened species?
Ms PULFORD (Minister for Agriculture) — I thank Ms Dunn for her question. I will provide her with a written response
Supplementary question
Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — Thank you, Minister. My supplementary is: why does VicForests continue to fail to locate and identify threatened species in potential logging coupes?
Mr Ramsay — Because you keep getting in the way.
Ms PULFORD (Minister for Agriculture) — I thank Ms Dunn for her supplementary question. I note Mr Ramsay’s interest in Ms Dunn’s interest in these matters, as we get into this a bit in the house from time to time. I will provide Ms Dunn with a written response, but I certainly reject the assertion that the staff of VicForests are behaving improperly. I have great confidence in the team of VicForests in managing a very difficult set of issues.