Response from Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) spokesperson,
November 16:

In relation to the coupes referred to by the ABC, DELWP can confirm that no harvesting has occurred
in protected areas.
DELWP takes its responsibilities seriously and investigates all reported compliance issues, including
pursuing prosecution or enforceable actions where appropriate.
Our role is to enforce the laws that apply to timber harvesting operations, including that they occur
in accordance with the Allocation Order approved by the Minister for Agriculture.
To do this, DELWP must use the legally enforceable map at Appendix 1 of the Allocation Order.
That map defines the area can be legally enforced by DELWP, not a spatial data file like that provided
to the ABC.

Additional response November 18:
DELWP, in enforcing compliance, must take an approach to interpreting the Allocation Order that
meets the standards required for a criminal prosecution.
The map at Appendix 1 of the Allocation Order is the map that must be relied upon for enforcement
purposes. Spatial data layers or the rasterised analysis provided by 7:30 Report do not meet an
evidentiary standard.
Based on the scale and resolution of features displayed in the map at Appendix 1 of the Allocation
Order, it is not possible to determine beyond reasonable doubt for the purposes of enforcing the
law, that timber harvesting has occurred outside the boundaries of forest stands described in the
Allocation Order.