Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 7:25:00 to 7:43:09
Discussion on carbon credit methodologies for native forests and regulatory options for logging in Tasmania should bilateral agreements not be finalized by 2027.
Topics: Forestry, Carbon farming, Land management
Speakers: Matt Lowe, Senator Vanessa Bleyer, Senator Glenn Sterle, Unknown Speaker
question from a topic that Senator Kavan just put. >> Sure. >> Um so earlier today I asked you a question around um what could happen in Tasmania if a bilateral agreement was not in place by the 30th of June 2027. And I in part part answered your question by saying one option would be uh going through uh the appro an approval process under our national environment laws before logging can commence and you said yes that would be um one option. What would be other options that would be available for logging to continue um from the 1st of July absent a bilateral agreement?
Um I mean I think um principally that is the the kind of the primary option Senator. Um I guess ultimately um we're talking about an RFA region that involves both native forestry and softwood plantations and hardwood plantations as well. So um the EPBC act is triggered if um uh kind there is a threat to a ma matter of national environmental significance. So if an operator I guess can satisfy themselves um that there are no threats to the ma a matter of environmental significance [snorts] then presumably it's just trig just operates under the state's um regulatory regime.
>> Thank you and thanks for the indulgence chair.
>> Thank you. All right. Uh so let's uh have a 15minute break and we'll resume at uh just after 25 4 >> Now we're moving to outcome two. I