Senator McGRATH (Queensland—Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) (12:26): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator McGRATH: The coalition government maintains its support for long-term regional forest agreements. RFAs strike a balance between the competing economic, environmental and social uses and values of Australia's public native forests and have been effective as a forest management framework since implementation. We can have strong forest industries and world-class environmental protection. The RFAs contribute to industry certainty, provide for ecologically sustainable forest management and have established a comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system based on nationally agreed criteria. Question agreed to.