Community Transport Services Tasmania Inc – Funding
Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Dr GOODWIN […]
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Auditor-General Report No. 8 2014-15 – Security of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure
[21:51pm] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move – That the Auditor-General report No. 8 2014-15 entitled Security of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure be considered and noted. […]
Strategic silence on $500 million GST boost
ONE would have expected dancing in the street – or at least an acknowledgment – after the news that Tasmania may have dodged a bullet. Hidden in the Federal Budget papers is Tasmania’s projected share of GST for the next three years at $500 million more than expected a year ago. The Hodgman Government’s response […]
Reform of Local Government needs new starting point
The meandering local government reform process is in urgent need of direction. There is a consensus that something needs to be done but what exactly are we trying to achieve? […]
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Residential Tenancy Amendment Bill 2015
[3.35 p.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Madam Acting President, I do not have any issue with this amendment bill. I remember debating these issues at length on a previous occasion but it still staggers me that we are actually here debating this. […]
Speaking to Tas Legislative Council about Stanley and Bicheno
ABC Radio 936 Hobart about Medicinal Cannabis Inquiry Report
Speaking to Leon Compton on ABC Radio 936
Health reform – why we need to act and what could the future look like?
The community are often the forgotten stakeholders in the debate around health service delivery. To achieve meaningful change the community across Tasmania needs to have a real understanding of why health service delivery has changed and why it is vital that it continues to change. […]
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Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2015
[7.36 p.m.] Ms FORREST – Mr President, I will be brief for a couple of reasons. One is the lateness of the hour and I know the Leader wants to proceed with this bill and I fully support her intention to do that. It is up to us how long it takes. […]
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Quorum Calls of the Legislative Council
[11.15 a.m.] Ms FORREST (Muchison) – Mr President, I do not intend to support the motion on the basis that the Standing Orders Committee looked at this particular question about the need for quorum calls and whether they are still necessary, appropriate or relevant on 6 November last year. […]
Report of Government Administration Committee A on Legalised Medicinal Cannabis
[11:44 am] Ms Forrest (Murchison) – Mr President, I do not intend to speak at length about this report because most of what was needed to be said was said when we noted the interim report. […]
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