ABC Mornings – TT Line
You can listen to my interview with David Reilly on ABC Mornings here: […]
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ABC Drive Hobart – No Confidence Motion
You can listen to my thoughts on yesterday’s No Confidence Motion here: […]
Immediate Action Needed to Confront Tasmania’s Debt Crisis – Media Release
Independent MLC Ruth Forrest today called out the Tasmanian Government’s refusal to face the state’s deepening budget crisis, despite repeated warnings from independent experts and Treasury. “Both Saul Eslake’s Review of State Finances and Treasury’s Pre-Election Financial Outlook make it crystal clear — the growth in spending and ballooning debt are the direct result of […]
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INDEPENDENCE MATTERS Fiscal crisis demands collaboration, evidence-based solutions, and honest accounting
THERE comes a time when you have to decide: keep calling out failures from the sidelines, or step forward to help fix them. After two decades of parliamentary service, I have chosen the latter. If the Governor invites Dean Winter to form a minority Labor government, I have agreed to serve as Treasurer and will […]
We need a Treasurer willing to ask hard questions and to engage with all sides to find sustainable solutions
Challenging times call for honest leadership. That’s why I’m stepping up, writes Ruth Forrest There comes a time when you have to decide whether to stand on the sidelines pointing out the flaws in the system, or to step into the fray and try to fix them. For many years now, I have done my […]
ABC Mornings -Treasurer in potential Labor Government
In my interview with David Reilly I talk about the reasons I decided to accept the position of Treasurer of Tasmania if Labor is able to form a Minority government. You can listen here: […]
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Why I decided to accept the position of Treasurer if Tasmania has a Labor Minority government
There comes a time when life changing decisions need to be made. Do I continue as I have, drawing attention as best as I am able, to the shortcomings of government policies from both sides of the political fence, or do I, if the chance arose, accept a role where I may have greater input […]
ABC DRIVE – State of the Budget
You can listen to my interview with ABC Drive on Monday 4 August 2025 here: […]
Project Marinus is a political sleight of hand with no clear evidence it’s a “Great Deal” win for Tasmanians
The Link reshuffles risks and ownership designed to make it look palatable without addressing its flaws: Sometimes the worst deals come dressed in the language of triumph. This may well be the case with Tasmania’s much-heralded “great deal” with the Federal Government over Project Marinus — a so-called nation-building initiative that’s increasingly looking like a […]
Post election update 3 – Marinus Whole of State Business Case – what have we learnt
If you’re fossicking through the Marinus Whole of State Business Case (WoSBC) to find a collective tick of approval for the project , don’t bother. It’s not there. Everywhere there are warning signs, interspersed with a few assertions of benefits most of which are hidden by the censor’s black marker pen. Yet the Premier, his […]
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ABC Mornings – Marinus Business Case
You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings, Friday 1 August here: […]
ABC NORTHERN – Marinus Link Business Case
You can listen to my interview on ABC Northern on Tuesday 29 July here. The commentary leading in to the interview has been provided for context. […]