Published: 29 August 2018

Women earn on average $253 a week less than men, which negatively impacts their financial and social well-being, says a Tasmanian MP.

Murchison MLC Ruth Forrest successfully moved a motion on Tuesday that the Legislative Council note the gender pay gap was a major impediment to equality.

Ms Forrest said the Commonwealth Workplace Gender Equity Agency calculated the national pay gap as being 15.3 per cent which means that for every $1 a male receives, a female receives 85 cents.

Published: 06 August 2018

A new York Street and Flowerdale-Preolenna bus service will start on Monday for students at Boat Harbour Primary School.

The new service is in response to issues with overcrowding on the existing bus service to and from the school and reports of children sitting in aisles for long periods of time on winding rural roads.

Murchison independent MLC Ruth Forrest this year raised the problem with the government, citing a 2013 audit which found there were 86 children eligible for the service with a vehicle capacity of 96 children – with 17 children standing.

Published: 01 August 2018

 ANOTHER Tasmanian MP has called for an inquiry into Cricket Australia’s sacking of a manager over her tweets on abortion.

Murchison Independent MLC Ruth Forrest said there was evidence that the government had been involved in the sacking of Angela Williamson.

“She was trolled on social media and she raised this privately with the government and was sacked,” Ms Forerst said.

“There are suggestions that the government communicated with Cricket Australia and the nature and result of that should be investigated.