King Island shipping the focus of Legislative Council inquiry

Published: 06 June 2017

The Examiner, June 3, 2017 - By Hayden Johnson

A Legislative Council inquiry has been established to canvass options and analyse King Island’s ongoing shipping issues and freight costs.

Murchison MLC Ruth Forrest will chair the inquiry and call for submissions from the community in an effort to understand and look and options to fix the island’s transport problems.

Published: 05 May 2017

Circular Head  CHRONICLE 4 May 2017

By Ashleigh Force 

Vying for the seat of Murchison in the Legislative Council Elections, candidates Ruth Forrest and Daryl Quilliam met to discuss their priorities at a forum last week.

Held at the Circular Head Community and Recreation Centre last Wednesday (April 26), the candidates forum provided an opportunity for locals to make their voices heard.

Organised by Smithton Lions Club, the forum was supervised by independent chair Tom Glynn.

Candidates were given five minutes for an opening and closing address before answering set questions, which touched on upgrades to the Bass Highway, the future of the Tarkine, the reopening of recreational tracks in the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area, water sources and irrigation, and forestry and agriculture.

Candidates then had the opportunity to hear about the issues that locals are most concerned about.

Published: 05 May 2017

By SEAN FORD   The Advocate   4 May 2017

A Christian group is urging its members to pray Murchison MLC Ruth Forrest will lose Saturday’s election.

Australian Christian Lobby Tasmanian director Mark Brown has emailed the group’s supporters  asking them to “join me in praying for one particular electorate”.

He did not name the two independent Murchison candidates, but made clear he was targeting Ms Forrest.