Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 3:05:44 to 3:06:50
Minister Chisholm discusses the $300 million Forestry Growth Fund and its role in modernizing the industry alongside the National Reconstruction Fund.
Topics: Forestry, Grants administration, Manufacturing
Speakers: Speaker 2, Speaker 1, Speaker 27
>> Yeah, thanks Senator Molland and uh we're passionate about forestry as well in Queensland. uh but it is uh something that's important and it probably goes to I think the questions that Senator O Sullivan was putting around forestry and the opportunity we see for the future and there's no doubt that the uh forestry growth fund is going to be an important component of that. I think the part that has been missed is the work that they uh will do with the NRF as well and identifying some of those future opportunities that give us the encouragement uh that there is going to be a bright future for forestry in this country. I think it goes to the the innovation and the modernization that needs to take place and that's why we see there's important work that that this department needs to do uh with Daiser at the same time the national reconstruction fund as we drive some of those opportunities into the future um that will benefit many parts including Tasmania at the same time. So I think that's an important you know part of what we're doing in forestry um that I just wanted to touch on as well.
>> Thank you. I appreciate that. Thanks chair.
>> Okay. Thank you Senator