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Audio - Ruth Forrest MLC and ABC's Leon Compton on the Reproductive Health Bill
Statewide Mornings: Audio on Demand - Wednesday 20th November On...Media Release - Seeking young women for political leadership opportunity - 19 September 2013
Seeking young women for political leadership opportunity Independent...Creating an Abundant Future for Tasmania - Opinion Editorial - September 2013
Creating an Abundant Future for Tasmania What is a productive landscape...Establishment of Reproductive Health (Access to terminations) Bill - March 2013
Thank you for taking the time to view my website and read my views...Is there cause for optimism in the State’s finances in 2012?
Date: 21 August 2012. The new Minister for Finance’s first media...Voluntary Assisted Dying - February 2013
Thank you for your visiting my website and reading about my views...
Speeches on Bills
Murchison Matters
State and Federal Governments Must Ensure Iconic Railway Continues - 4 February 2013
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS MUST ENSURE ICONIC RAILWAY CONTINUES...There are not enough women in politics - 15 October 2012
Alongside my responsibilities as the Member for Murchison in the Tasmanian...Shaw Contracting Detention River Erosion Stabilisation Project - 16 May 2012
Shaw Contracting Detention River Erosion Stabilisation The following...Motions & Special Interest Speeches
Opinion & News Items
Forrest calls for rethink on same-sex marriage | The Advocate | 7 October 2013
Gay marriage debate in air | The Examiner | 5 October 2013
Drink drive law damned | Herald Sun | 3 October 2013
Upper house MPs discuss new abortion legislation | ABC News | 27 September 2013
Mandatory interlock devices defended | The Examiner | 27 September 2013
Forestry vote in Legislative Council | Mornings on Demand - ABC | 30 August 2013
Open and frank talk with Legislative Councillor, Ruth Forrest |Tasmanian Mining
Tasmanian Upper House passes gay adoption bill | ABC News | 28 June 2013
MP against moving disabled man | ABC News | 20 June 2013
Abortion is a woman's choice | The Examiner | 16 June 2013
Keep focus on Bill: Forrest | The Advocate | 13 June 2013
Forrest pushes for new look at same-sex laws | The Examiner | 30 October 2012
The legal ambush that sank gay marriage in Tassie | Crikey | 4 October 2012
'Health Cuts hit North-West Hard' | Advocate | 24 September 2012
Is there cause for optimism in the State's finances in 2012? | Tasmanian Times | 3 September 2012
MLC takes on gay marriage challenge | ABC News | 29 August 2012
Steering confidence | The Advocate | 28 August 2012
Back to the Future for the Forestry Industry | The Advocate | 9 August 2012
Gay marriage laws at mercy of independents | The Age | 7 August 2012
Thinking for state's future | The Mercury | 7 June 2012
Opinion - Creativity Sustained Tasmania | The Advocate | 15 May 2012
Leadership - what are we talking about? | The Tasmanian Leaders Inc | November 2011
Elective surgery health cuts: the paradox of austerity | The Advocate | October 26, 2011
Forestry Tasmania Not to Blame for Budget Crisis | The Mercury | June 4, 2011
Forrest to Retain Murchison Role | The Advocate | April 14, 2011
Pin Pulled on Funding for Housing Project | The Advocate | February 2, 2011
Coastal Attractions Don't Rate a Mention: Forrest | The Advocate | January 21, 2011
Taxing Times for Tasmania by Ruth Forrest | Opinion | The Advocate Online | January 13, 2011
MLC says visitor data kept secret | ABC News | November 25, 2010