What is Right to Information

The Right to Information Act 2009 commenced on 1 July 2010 and provides for greater access to information held by government bodies by:

• Authorising and encouraging greater routine disclosure of information held by public authorities without the need for requests or applications;
• Authorising and encouraging greater active disclosure of information held by public authorities in response to informal requests without the need for applications;
• Giving members of the public an enforceable right to information held by public authorities; and
• Providing that access to information held by government bodies is restricted in only limited circumstances which are defined in the Act.

Right to Information links below:
Right to Information Act 2009
Ombudsman Tasmania - Right to Information

Forestry Tasmania Free Downloads and Reference Links below:

Documents for Required disclosure
Stewardship Report (Annual Report) [5,644 kb PDF]
Appendix 1 - 2009 Financial Statements [2,507 kb PDF]
Appendix 2 - Sustainable Forest Management Data Tables [2,619 kb PDF]
AFS Public Summary Report [incl EMS external audit report] [1,229 kb PDF]
Sustainablilty Charter [6,334 kb PDF]

Documents for Routine disclosure
Media Releases
Forest Practices Plans
Planned Burns
Three Year Wood Production Plans


RTI applications for assessed disclosure to be made to:
RTI Officer
Forestry Tasmania
GPO Box 207
HOBART, TAS 7011

Queries phone (03) 6235 8106