Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Great forest national park

Jeff BOURMAN (Eastern Victoria) (12:15): My question is for the minister representing the Minister for Environment in the other place. Yesterday a former Nationals staffer wrote in the newspaper that the great forest national park is a done deal, locking up 300,000 hectares of Victoria’s Central Highlands to protect the Leadbeater’s possum. My question to the minister is: is this true?

Gayle TIERNEY (Western Victoria – Minister for Skills and TAFE, Minister for Regional Development) (12:10): I thank Mr Bourman for his ongoing interest in this matter, and I will refer it to the Minister for Environment.