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(The Questions and Answers Paper published for the first sitting day in each week will contain, by number and title, all unanswered questions, together with questions to which answers have been received on the previous sitting and any new questions. On subsequent days, new questions are printed, as are questions to which answers were received the previous day. Consequently the full text of any question will be printed only twice: when notice is given; and, when answered.)

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Publication of Questions	Answer to be lodged by
Q&A No. 1 Nil Questions submitted	-
Q&A No. 2 (Including Question No. 1)	03 June 2003
Q&A No. 3 Nil Questions submitted	-
Q&A No. 4 Nil Questions submitted	-
Q&A No. 5 (Including Question Nos 2 to 18)	12 June 2003
Q&A No. 6 (Including Question Nos 19 to 23)	24 June 2003
Q&A No. 7 (Including Question Nos 24 to 27)	25 June 2003
Q&A No. 8 (Including Question No. 28)	26 June 2003

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28 TRANSPORT—TIMBER SLEEPERS—Mrs Pavey to ask the Minister for Transport Services, Minister for the Hunter, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Forests)—

2. How many timber sleepers, which are required for rail bridge maintenance, have been ordered from or sold by State Forests in the past 12 months?
3. (a) Is it true that no quality assurance program is in place for timber sleepers?
b. If so, is it true that despite this, 85% of stockpiled sleepers at Dimboola in the State’s south west have been rejected as unsuitable?
3. Is this because there is no suitable timber resource available from either the north coast or southern region state forests for vital railway maintenance?