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 […]
Legislative Council Tuesday 15 March 2016 […]
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. […]
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?” […]
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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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 […]
THE regrettable trend in modern politics, whereby winning elections is far more important than governing, is evident wherever parliamentary government is practised. […]
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. […]
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Wednesday 11 November 2015. 4.39 p.m.(No. 46) Second Reading Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, the purpose of this bill is obvious from the opening line of the speech. The bill is to recover some of the general costs of law enforcement and administration if a person is sentenced for offences in Tasmania. […]
November 15, 2015. 2.44 p.m.Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Dr GOODWIN Mr President, this is the supplementary question to the question I asked yesterday which was not fully answered by the Leader. […]
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November 15, 2015. 4.00 p.m. Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, each year the section 19 report gets a little better. I am not referring to the amounts in the report, more the accompanying explanations. When it comes to the impact on the budget, we do not get the full story. […]
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Tuesday 10 November 2015. 11.54 a.m. Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, if there was ever an issue that we should be able to discuss in a true nonpartisan way, then free trade should be it. […]
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