The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, will ask the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, the following in Question Time today.
“Minister, regrettably the Tasmanian Government is pursuing legislation to allow logging in 356,000 hectares of protected forests.
“These forests contain large areas of habitat that are critical to the survival of nationally listed threatened species – wildlife that the Minister’s responsible for protecting.
“Can the Minister outline what steps he’s taking to prevent damage to this habitat, including for the critically endangered swift parrot, and for the giant freshwater lobster?
“And can the Minister update the House on the Tasmanian Government’s response to the Freshwater Lobster Recovery Plan, which proposes permanently reserving 30,000 hectares of the publicly-owned reserves that are now proposed for logging by the Tasmanian Government?”
WHEN: Approximately 2:15pm TODAY 22 March
WHERE: House of Representatives (watch live at http://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/Watch_Parliament)
Andrew Wilkie, Independent MP for Denison
