Brown, Sen Bob

Senator BOB BROWN (Tasmania—Leader of the Australian Greens) (14:21): Mr President, I ask a supplementary quest­ion. As you will have heard, the minister did not answer the question, so I will ask him: can he tell the Senate that no logging has taken place since 7 August last—as asserted in this letter to the World Heritage Committee—in the iconic forests adjacent to the World Heritage Area including: 'The Upper Florentine and areas within the Styx, Huon, Picton and council valleys,' while the independent verification process takes place?