Twenty young women engaged with Project O
Legislative Council Tuesday, May 24 2016 […]
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Twenty young women engaged with Project O
Legislative Council Tuesday, May 24 2016 […]
Challenges facing Dairy Industry
20 May, 2016: Letter to the Minister for Primary Industries and WaterMinister Jeremy Rockliff MP Dear Minister, I know that you are well aware of the challenges that dairy farmers are currently facing. I also appreciate your recent comments regarding the dairy industry and applaud the coordinated response from industry and government in understanding the implications to respond […]
Budget Reply 2016
Tuesday 31 May, 2016 Mr President, I don’t know why, but every time I hear a premature claim of victory, I think of President Bush the Younger standing on the deck of that aircraft carrier announcing victory in Iraq in 2003. Mr President that war went on for a long time after then, in fact, […]
Rosebery Community House Community Keepsake
Legislative Council Tuesday 15 March 2016 […]
2016 TIC Salary Determination
MP’s salaries – a vexed issue. As the matter of the Tasmanian Industrial Commission’s (TIC) determination regarding MP’s salaries has been a matter of public interest for some time, I thought it would be beneficial to make some comment through easily accessible means. The TIC determination reflects a catch-up resulting from a history of politically driven […]
Rosebery Community House Community Keepsake
Legislative Council Tuesday 15 March 2016 […]
Colourathon launch speech
Friday 20 May, 2016 – 10.30am I am excited to be launching this amazing event. By way of background – The Colourathon is part of the bigger Project O being piloted by BIGhART. The Colourathon is a fundraising event, in which young women create colourful pictures continually for 24 hours, with each drawing sponsored. […]
Economic road trip – a mystery tour
The Hobart Mercury – January 9, 2016 I’m not a monarchist but I do like the Queen. Especially when she asks pertinent questions as she did in 2009 when visiting the London School of Economics. Referring to the Global Financial Crisis she asked her learned hosts: “Why did no one see it coming?” […]
Parliamentary inquiry with focus on preventative care
The Hobart Mercury, March 16, 2016. A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry has recommended an overhaul of Tasmania’s preventative healthcare systems with the state lagging far behind the national average in several areas. A joint select committee report detailed a sorry summary of the state’s health and well being trends and subsequent need for reform including greater funding. […]
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It’s a matter of care and compassion
March 19, 2016 12:00am – The Hobart Mercury – Opinion I used to work in the Safe Schools program that faces the axe. It was not called that then. It was Family Life Education. I was employed by the Catholic welfare organisation Centacare, to deliver a program to school students from Kinder to Years 11 […]
Tide is out on dams and finances
THE regrettable trend in modern politics, whereby winning elections is far more important than governing, is evident wherever parliamentary government is practised. […]