Long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry

This inquiry was established to inquire into and report on the long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry.

Video recordings of hearings where available can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel here.

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Chair:		Banasiak, Mark (SFF, LC Member)
Deputy Chair:		Veitch, Mick (ALP, LC Member)
Members:		Barrett, Scott (NAT, LC Member)
	*	Field, Justin (IND, LC Member)
		Martin, Taylor (LIB, LC Member)
		Poulos, Peter (LIB, LC Member)
		Primrose, Peter (ALP, LC Member)

* Field, Justin substituted for Hurst, Emma

Date	Milestone
25 Mar 2021	Self-referred
28 May 2021	Submissions closed
28 Sep 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Sydney
29 Sep 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Sydney
01 Dec 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
08 Feb 2022	Hearing - Tumut Golf Club, Tumut
05 Apr 2022	Hearing - Eurobodalla Council Chambers, Moruya
29 Apr 2022	Hearing - Coffs Harbour Council Chambers, Coffs Harbour
24 May 2022	Hearing - 814-815, Parliament House, Sydney

Date	Venue Details
28/09/2021	Macquarie Room, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
29/09/2021	Macquarie Room, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
01/12/2021	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
08/02/2022	Tumut Golf Club, Tumut	Schedule	Transcript
05/04/2022	Eurobodalla Council Chambers, Moruya	Schedule	Transcript
29/04/2022	Coffs Harbour Council Chambers, Coffs Harbour	Schedule	Transcript
24/05/2022	814-815, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-04-29	29/04/2022	Tabled Document	Additional material tabled at the Coffs Harbour hearing April 29 2022, tendered by Ms Leonie Blain, Secretary, Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition Inc.
2022-04-29	29/04/2022	Tabled Document	Letter from Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition to Ms Jacqueline Moore, A/Chief Executive Officer, NSW Environment Protection Authority, dated 14 April 2022 , tendered by Ms Leonie Blain, Secretary, Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition Inc.
2022-04-29	29/04/2022	Tabled Document	Photograph and QR code link to references tendered by Ms Ursula da Silva, Spokesperson and Manager of Ourimbah Camp, Gugiyn Balun Aboriginal Corporation
2022-04-29	29/04/2022	Tabled Document	Document, NSW Parliamentary inquiry: long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry by Jim Morrison, North East Forest Alliance and North Coast Environment Council, tendered by Mr Jim Morrison, Member, North East Forest Alliance and President, North Coast Environment Council
2022-04-29	29/04/2022	Tabled Document	Document, NSW Parliamentary inquiry: long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry by Jim Morrison, North East Forest Alliance and North Coast Environment Council, tendered by Mr Jim Morrison, Member, North East Forest Alliance and President, North Coast Environment Council
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Coastwatchers Association pamphlet - Save Mogos Forests - tendered by Mr Nick Hopkins - Forest Working Group Member - Coastwatchers
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Media Article, Lucy Cormack and Nick O'Malley, '$20m loss: native forest logging last year cost NSW taxpayers $441 per hectare', Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2022, tendered by Ms Lisa Stone, SERCA
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Media Article, Andrew Brownbill, 'Native forest logging makes bushfires worse – and to say otherwise ignore the facts', The Conversation, 20 May 2021, tendered by Ms Lisa Stone, SERCA
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Letter from Ms Tracey Mackey, Chief Executive Officer, Environment Protection Authority to Mr Gary Barnes, Secretary, Department of Regional NSW and Mr Anshul Chaudhary, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Corporation NSW, dated 22 September 2020, regarding FCNSW report entitled 'Environmental Impacts and Implications for Timber Harvesting NSW State Forests', tendered by Ms Lisa Stone, SERCA
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Document, 'Why do politicians continue to defy public opinion', tendered by Ms Lisa Stone, SERCA
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Extract from 2020 Review of CIFOA standards for mitigating logging impacts in burnt NSW Forests, tendered by Ms Lisa Stone, SERCA
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Executive Summary from Final report on Advice on Coastal IFOA operations post 2019-2020 wildfires, Natural Resources Commission, June 2021, tendered by Ms Lisa Stone, SERCA
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Joint Indigenous Group - Koondrook-Perricoota Forest Flood Enhancement Project - Terms of reference
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Summary presentation on report, 'Southern and Eden RFA: Economics of native forest harvesting', Australian National University, 23 September 2021, tendered by Ms Julie Taylor Mills, South East Region Conservation Alliance
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Report entitled 'Bird and Nature Tourism in Australia: KBAs in Danger Case Study Report 2022', Dr Rochelle Steven, BirdLife Australia, tendered by Mr Sean Dooley, BirdLife Australia
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Document, 'Forestry Corporation NSW breaching – some recent media releases', tendered by Mr Nick Hopkins, Friends of the Forest Mogo and Coastwatchers
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Living in Eurobodalla, 'MTBs on a roll at Mogo', January to March 2021, tendered by Mr Nick Hopkins, Friends of the Forest Mogo and Coastwatchers
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Environment Protection Authority, 'Current Investigations', 25 February 2022, tendered by Mr Nick Hopkins, Friends of the Forest Mogo and Coastwatchers
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Photograph, 'Typical hollow bearing tree felled in Mogo State Forest in 2020 – one of 70 reported to the EPA', tendered by Mr Nick Hopkins, Friends of the Forest Mogo and Coastwatchers
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Photograph, 'Currowan fire survivor: this Greater Glider typifies the threatened species decimated by Black Summer', tendered by Mr Nick Hopkins, Friends of the Forest Mogo and Coastwatchers
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Fact sheet, 'Forests: Worth more standing', A Beyond Zero Future for South East NSW, tendered by Ms Joslyn van der Moolen, Coastwatchers and Friends of the Forest Mogo
2022-04-05	05/04/2022	Tabled Document	Answer to question on notice from Mr Primrose during site visit on 4 April 2022, tendered by Mr Peter Rutherford, South East Timber Association
2022-04-04	04/04/2022	Tabled Document	Information pack - tendered by Mr Vic Jurskis - Forest Ecologist Silviculturist and Researcher
2022-04-04	04/04/2022	Tabled Document	South East Timber Association - Information pack - tendered by Mr Peter Rutherford - Secretary - South East Timber Association
2022-04-04	04/04/2022	Tabled Document	Document - Landscapes must be managed - tendered by Mr Vic Jurskis - Forest Ecologist Silviculturist and Researcher
2022-03-24	24/03/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to Questions on Notice - hearing 5 March 2022 - Snowy Valleys Council - received 24 February 2022
2022-03-21	21/03/2022	Correspondence	21 March 2022 –-Email from Ms Deirdre Rose, Frontier Economics to the committee, attaching report by Frontier Economics and Professor Andrew Macintosh, ANU entitled 'Comparing the value of alternative uses of native forests in Southern NSW', dated 30 November 2021
2022-03-07	07/03/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Michael Kingwill - Additional information - received 7 March 2022
2022-03-02	02/03/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to Questions on Notice - hearing 5 March 2022 - Great Hume Shire Council - received 2 March 2022 - Road Haulage Study Report 1
2022-03-02	02/03/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to Questions on Notice - hearing 5 March 2022 - Great Hume Shire Council - received 2 March 2022 - Road Haulage Study Report 2
2022-02-08	08/02/2022	Tabled Document	Briefing Note - tendered by the Softwoods Working Group - 8 February 2022
2022-02-08	08/02/2022	Tabled Document	Economic Value of the Timber Industry - tendered by the Softwoods Working Group - 8 February 2022
2022-02-08	08/02/2022	Tabled Document	Presentation Portfolio Committee No. 4 visit to FCNSW Nursery - tendered by Forestry Corporation - 8 February 2022
2022-02-08	08/02/2022	Tabled Document	Promoting Sustainable Forest Management Around the World - tendered by Forestry Corporation - 8 February 2022
2022-02-08	08/02/2022	Tabled Document	Timber is the ultimate renewable resource - tendered by Forestry Corporation - 8 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Barapa Barapa vilages of the Pollack - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022:
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Joint Indigenous Group - Koondrook-Perricoota - Statement of significance - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Western Murray Land Improvement Group – Koondrook-Perricoota Forest community visioning outcomes - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Western Murray Land Improvement Group - KP Group of Forests Collaborative Project List - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Koondrook Perricoota Alliance & Sub-Committees - Terms of Reference, July 2021 - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Western Murray Land Improvement Group - Koondrook-Perricoota Forest Wetland 'Hotspots' Assessment, June 2021 - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Western Murray Land Improvement Group - Koondrook Perricoota Little Forest Traditional Flow Environmental Water Planning Case Study, October 2021 - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Western Murrray Land Improvement Group - Organisation overview - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Tabled Document	Western Murrray Land Improvement Group - Koondrook Perricoota Working Group - Terms of reference - tendered by the Western Murray Land Improvement Group during the site visit on 7 February 2022
2022-02-02	02/02/2022	Media Release	Site visits and regional hearing
2022-02-01	01/02/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - hearing 29 September 2021 - Australian Sustainable Timbers - received 1 February 2022
2022-01-13	13/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - hearing 1 December 2021 - DPI - received 13 January 2022
2022-01-07	07/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - hearing 1 December 2021 - Forestry Corporation - received 7 January 2022
2021-12-23	23/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - hearing 1 December 2021 - Natural Resources Commission - received 23 December 2021
2021-12-22	22/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - hearing 1 December 2021 - EPA - received 22 December 2021
2021-12-17	17/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - hearing 1 December 2021 - Local Land Services - received 17 December 2021
2021-11-30	30/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Answers to supplementary questions - Mr Gary Dunnett - National Parks Association NSW
2021-11-17	17/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Answers to supplementary questions - answers to questions on notice - Ms Sue Grau - Australian Forest Products Association
2021-11-09	09/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Answers to supplementary questions - Forest Stewardship Council - received 9 November 2021
2021-11-05	05/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answer to questions on notice - Timber NSW - received 5 November 2021
2021-11-05	05/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Nature Conservation Council - received 5 November 2021
2021-11-02	02/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - Forestry Australia - received 2 November 2021
2021-11-02	02/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to questions on notice - CFMEU - received 2 November 2021
2021-11-01	01/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Answers to supplementary questions - Timber NSW - received 1 November 2021
2021-10-25	25/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Answers to supplementary questions - Mr Simon Dorries - Responsible Wood - received 25 October 2021
2021-10-14	14/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Answers to supplementary questions - answers to questions on notice - Professor David Lindenmayer - received 14 October 2021
2021-10-14	14/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Answers to supplementary questions - answers to questions on notice - Professor Philip Gibbons - received 14 October 2021
2021-09-29	29/09/2021	Tendered Document	Opening statement - tendered by Professor Philip Gibbons
2021-09-28	28/09/2021	Tendered Document	DPIE report - 'Does thinning regrowth restore habitat for biodiversity' - tendered by Mark Banasiak
2021-09-28	28/09/2021	Tendered Document	Correspondence re the impacts of forestry practices on wildlife and forest management volunteers - Tendered by Ms Virginia Young
2021-09-28	28/09/2021	Tendered Document	Media release by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - tendered by Ms Virginia Young
2021-07-06	06/07/2021	Proforma	Pro Forma - standard text and individual variations
2021-03-29	29/03/2021	Media Release	Announcing inquiry into the long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Frances Arguelles	Principal Council Officer	9230 2340	portfoliocommittee4@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Rhia Victorino	Director Committees	9230 3680	portfoliocommittee4@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Lauren Evans	Senior Council Officer	9230 2276	portfoliocommittee4@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Rachel Buist	Administration Officer	9230 2265	portfoliocommittee4@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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No. 1 Mr Jim Brydon
No. 2 Dr Timothy Cadman
No. 3 Great Southern Forest Steering Group
No. 4 Responsible Wood
No. 5 North East Forest Alliance Inc
No. 6 Vic Jurskis
No. 7 Confidential
No. 8 Mr Daniel Atwater
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 Mr Elias Howard-Schorr
No. 11 Name suppressed
No. 12 Name suppressed
No. 13 Mr Neville Green
No. 14 Mr Les Mitchell
No. 15 Ms Alex Halsted
No. 16 Name suppressed
No. 17 Nao Dibble
No. 18 Mr Michael King
No. 19 NSW Government
No. 20 Ms Jenny Fritzsche
No. 21 Name suppressed
No. 22 Mr Boyd Robinson
No. 23 Rebecca Graham
No. 24 Name suppressed
No. 25 Mrs Christine Norris
No. 26 Mrs Emilie Martin
No. 27 Ms Keri James
No. 28 Ms Catherine Smith
No. 29 Name suppressed
No. 30 Ms Jane Ambrose
No. 31 Sarah Doherty
No. 32 Confidential
No. 33 Ms Dene McMillan
No. 34 Confidential
No. 35 Confidential
No. 36 Dr Bea Bleile
No. 37 Dr Anne Loveband
No. 38 Name suppressed
No. 39 Name suppressed
No. 40 Lynn Benn
No. 41 Ms Elizabeth Honey
No. 42 Name suppressed
No. 43 Ms Jennifer Rae
No. 44 Mr Joseph Tamas
No. 45 Clarence Environment Centre
No. 46 Mr Peter Kestel
No. 47 Lenore Taylor
No. 48 Margaret Kerr
No. 49 Dr Evan Christen
No. 50 Ms Malveena Martyn
No. 51 Dr Nola Firth
No. 52 Name suppressed
No. 53 Snowy Monaro Regional Council
No. 54 Gugiyn Balun Aboriginal Corporation
No. 55 Confidential
No. 56 Mr Adrian Keefe
No. 57 Ms Rebecca Stevens
No. 58 Mr Freddie Williams
No. 59 Mr Josh Whitworth
No. 60 Mrs Anne Edwards
No. 61 Mrs Martine Porret
No. 62 Name suppressed
No. 63 Ms Harriett Swift
No. 64 Mr Ross McKinney
No. 65 Name suppressed
No. 66 Name suppressed
No. 67 Mrs Jane Costigan
No. 68 Softwoods Working Group
No. 69 Mr Matthew McBurney
No. 70 Mr Stephen Pearce
No. 71 Name suppressed
No. 72 Mr Michael Jones
No. 73 Name suppressed
No. 74 South East Timber Association Inc. (SETA)
No. 75 Hyne Timber
No. 76 NSW National Parks Association Far South Coast Branch
No. 77 NSW Bird Atlassers
No. 78 Name suppressed
No. 79 Name suppressed
No. 80 Name suppressed
No. 81 Dr Liz Silverstone
No. 82 Ms Jodie Nancarrow
No. 83 Mr Michael Murphy
No. 84 Mr Martin Wilks
No. 85 Ms Annika Faber
No. 86 Ms Cynthia Brook
No. 87 Mr Derek Robertson
No. 88 Name suppressed
No. 89 Mrs Dianne Ward
No. 90 Mr John Bell
No. 91 Name suppressed
No. 92 Name suppressed
No. 93 Name suppressed
No. 94 Dr Oisin Sweeney
No. 95 Mr Craig Brown
No. 96 Mr Mike Mizzi
No. 97 Name suppressed
No. 98 Dr Maggie Wheeler
No. 99 Name suppressed
No. 100 Mr David Holden
No. 101 Brooman State Forest Conservation Group
No. 102 Mr Robert Bertram
No. 103 Ms Naomi Shine
No. 104 Mr Thomas Luck
No. 105 Name suppressed
No. 106 Mr Graeme Carrad
No. 107 Mr Scott Baron
No. 108 Dr Michelle Hamrosi
No. 109 Mr Angus Murphy
No. 110 Morgan Sawmill Jamestown
No. 111 Australian Forest Products Association
No. 112 Ms Jo Lewis
No. 113 Name suppressed
No. 114 Ms Juliet Dingle
No. 115 Mr Jamie McMahon
No. 116 Signature Oysters and Oyster Life
No. 117 Mrs Bronwen Hughes
No. 118 Team Koala Inc.
No. 119 Name suppressed
No. 120 Friends of the Forest (Mogo)
No. 121 Name suppressed
No. 122 Housing Industry Association
No. 123 Northern Rivers Guardian, Inc
No. 124 Byrrill Creek Landcare
No. 125 South East Region Conservation Alliance
No. 126 Coffs Harbour Greens
No. 127 Climate Action Monaro
No. 128 Valerie Farm Pty Ltd.
No. 129 BirdLife Australia
No. 130 National Parks Association of NSW
No. 131 Ms Fiona McCuaig
No. 132 Miss Rowena Russell
No. 133 Mr Charlie England
No. 134 Ms Philippa Cutter
No. 135 Name suppressed
No. 136 Ms Elizabeth Stock
No. 137 Mr Roger Seccombe
No. 138 Name suppressed
No. 139 Mr Michael de Mol
No. 140 Name suppressed
No. 141 Ms Skye Etherington
No. 142 Ms Denise Turner
No. 143 Name suppressed
No. 144 Ms Anne Marett
No. 145 Mr Michael Harewood
No. 146 Mrs Gloria Tommy
No. 147 Ms Rosalind Bush
No. 148 Mr Bunja Smith
No. 149 Mrs Judith Smith
No. 150 Mr Jim Morrison
No. 151 Ms Peach Darvall
No. 152 Andy Putnam
No. 153 Name suppressed
No. 154 Confidential
No. 155 Name suppressed
No. 156 Dr Judith Bourne
No. 157 Clyde River Blueberry Farm
No. 158 Mr Leif Lemke
No. 159 Mr Ian Dixon
No. 160 Ms Isabelle Whyte
No. 161 Mr Timothy Nott
No. 162 Mr Jack Egan
No. 163 Name suppressed
No. 164 Name suppressed
No. 165 Confidential
No. 166 Name suppressed
No. 167 Mr Mick Lyons
No. 168 Mr Jonas Bellchambers
No. 169 Name suppressed
No. 170 Mr Peter Maslen
No. 171 Mr Peter Day
No. 172 Ms Heather Kenway
No. 173 Mr Frank Dennis
No. 174 Name suppressed
No. 176 Ms Angela Robbers
No. 177 Mrs Moira Ryan
No. 178 Ms Elizabeth Bewsher
No. 179 Southern New England Landcare
No. 180 WIRES
No. 181 Ms Susie Hearder
No. 182 Bellingen Nature Company and Bellingen Nature Tours
No. 183 Nature.Net Pty Ltd
No. 184 Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition Inc
No. 185 North Coast Environment Council
No. 186 Australian Sustainable Timbers
No. 187 David Joss
No. 188 Hunter Environment Lobby Inc.
No. 189 Environmental Defenders Office
No. 190 Gulaga (Mt Dromedary) Protection Group
No. 191 Lil Ganly
No. 192 Githabul Elders
No. 193 Margaret Booth
No. 194 ForestWorks
No. 195 Burbidge Farms
No. 196 Geoff Daniel
No. 197 Parramatta Climate Action Network
No. 198 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 199 Nicholas Leeding
No. 200 Helen Clemens
No. 201 Chris Pryor
No. 202 Julie Ivison
No. 203 Ms Marie Healy
No. 204 Sie Tod
No. 205 Dr Peter Sainsbury
No. 206 David Milledge
No. 207 Mrs Maureen Webb
No. 208 Marilyn Wise
No. 209 Caroline Adams
No. 210 Harold Todd
No. 211 Christopher Grubb
No. 212 Sue Gould
No. 213 Pam Handyside
No. 214 South East Forest Rescue
No. 215 Confidential
No. 216 Todd Gelletly
No. 217 Colong Foundation for Wilderness
No. 218 Name suppressed
No. 219 Leigh Campbell
No. 220 WWF Australia
No. 221 Anne Reeves
No. 222 Timber NSW
No. 223 Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers
No. 224 Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and the CFMEU Manufacturing Division
No. 225 Hurford Group
No. 226 Forest Ecology Alliance (FEA)
No. 227 The Coastwatchers Association Inc.
No. 228 Professor David Lindenmayer
No. 229 Professor Brendan Mackey
No. 230 Mr Michael Kingwill
No. 232 Koondrook Perricoota Alliance - Red Gum Timber Industry - Wakool River Association - Joint Indigenous Group
No. 233 Pentarch Forestry

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