Question – State of the Environment Reporting Forum

Question asked by the Hon. Meg Webb MLC on 14 November 2022 and Answered by the Deputy Premier and Minister for Planning on 22 November 2022.

Noting that there is a National State of the Environment Reporting Forum which brings together representatives from Federal, states and territory governments, as well as the New Zealand government to share knowledge and progress on respective State of the Environment reports, with a key objective being to promote the forum as the foundation of sound information management and leadership in environmental reporting in Australia,

Can the government confirm:

Question 1: Since the inception of the National State of the Environment Reporting Forum in 2010, how many of its twice-yearly meetings have been attended by a representative of the Tasmanian Government?

Answer 1: Advice from the Tasmanian Planning Commission indicates that Tasmania was represented at National State of the Environment Reporting Forums in March 2019 and April 2020.

Question 2: Will the Tasmanian government be represented at the next meeting of the Forum, scheduled to take place virtually on Monday 13 February 2023? And, if so, who will be the Tasmanian representative?

Question 2: The Executive Commissioner of the Tasmanian Planning Commission, or their representative, will attend the February 2023 Forum.

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