Page 2756 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 21 September 2022

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Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1 & 2)	Forest Name	Planted Area (hectares)	Species
	Fairbairn	53	Pinus radiata
	Gibraltar	16	Pinus radiata
	Hyles	306	Pinus radiata
	Isaacs	23	Pinus radiata
	Ingledene	195	Pinus radiata
	Kowen	4372	Pinus radiata
	Majura	53	Pinus radiata
	Miowera	107	Pinus radiata
	Pierces Creek	1377	Pinus radiata
	Stromlo	105	Pinus radiata
	Tuggeranong	28	Pinus radiata
	Uriarra	952	Pinus radiata

3)	Harvesting period	Forest name and operation type
	(a) 6 months – Q3&Q4 2022	Kowen – clearfall & replanting Majura – clearfall & replanting Uriarra and Pierces Creek - thinning
	(b) 12 months – FY23 (2022-23)	Kowen – clearfall & replanting Uriarra and Pierces Creek - thinning
	(c) 2 years – FY23 and FY24	Kowen – clearfall & replanting Fairbairn – clearfall & replanting Kowen – thinning Uriarra and Pierces Creek - thinning
	(d) 3 years – FY23, FY24 and FY25	Kowen – clearfall & replanting Kowen – thinning Uriarra and Pierces Creek - thinning

4)	Estimated Harvest quantity - tonnes
	Period	Kowen	Majura Miowera	Uriarra/ Pierces Creek	Fairbairn	TOTAL
	FY22	65535	9100	30589	0	105224
	FY23	61764	9729	35165	0	106658
	FY24	84956	0	3123	12253	100332
	FY25	67723	0	16028	0	83751

5) The ACT Government has three Timber Sales Agreements in place with businesses located in Fyshwick ACT, Tumbarumba and Tumut NSW. The harvested timber is sold at commercial rates.

6) The ACT Government has direct Timber Sales Agreements with each customer which were established following a competitive tender process. The Forest Corporation of NSW provided assistance in this process.

7) Not applicable.

8) The harvesting contract is available at https://www.tenders.act.gov.au/contract/view?id=189853

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