Gago can’t see the wood for the trees
Feb 17, 2012
Hon John Dawkins MLC
Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council
Shadow Cabinet Secretary
Joint Liberal Party Secretary
Adrian Pederick MP
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Shadow Minister for Forests
Gago can’t see the wood for the trees
Forests Minister Gail Gago has been caught out admitting she is unaware that her portfolio includes responsibility for more than 25,000 hectares of native forest.
Most of this huge native forest reserve is in the South-East.
When questioned by Liberal MLC John Dawkins in Parliament yesterday about the Labor Government’s management and fire control strategy for the native forest once the sale of adjacent forward rotations is completed, the Minister was unable to provide any answer.
“The native forest reserve owned by Forestry SA in the South-East exceeds the native vegetation in that region’s national parks,” Mr Dawkins said.
“Astoundingly, the Minister was unaware of its existence.”
“This is a Minister who is in the process of forward selling three rotations of pine forests and yet has no idea of the native forest under her control,” Shadow Minister for Forests Adrian Pederick said.