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Adjournment – King Island – Safe Harbour at Grassy
Legislative Council, Thursday 24 August 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to make a statement on the adjournment regarding the latest response from the Leader to my questions relating to the all weather safe harbour at Grassy on King Island. In my most recent question I reiterated previous advice the Leader had […]
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Legislative Council Select Committee Production of Documents – Report – Referral to Standing Orders Committee
Legislative Council, Tuesday 22 August 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move – (1) That the Legislative Council Select Committee Report on Production of Documents (No. 5 of 2021) be referred to the Legislative Council Standing Orders Committee. (2) That the Standing Orders Committee give consideration to an appropriate dispute resolution process that […]
FCFCOA in Burnie
Legislative Council, Thursday 17 August 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT To follow-up on my adjournment speech on 30 May my questions is: 1. Will or has the Attorney General and Minister for Justice work with the Burnie City Council to ensure FCFCOA matters can be […]
Grassy Harbour – follow up
Legislative Council, Thursday 17 August 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT In response to a question I asked in March this year regarding the construct an all-weather safe harbour on King Island which I continue to maintain it does not currently have, the Leader informed me […]
STATE POLICIES AND PROJECTS AMENDMENT BILL 2023
Legislative Council, Wednesday 16 August 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I tend to focus my contribution strongly on the content of the bill as we have many other opportunities to speak about the related matters. I will do an abridged version of some matters the member for Nelson covered as to why we […]
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Who is calling the shots on our energy future?
The proposed Marinus Link is not the only path to our electricity salvation. Just who is controlling the energy narrative? Just who is running the place these days? Many would expect the government and Minister for Energy Guy Barnett to control the narrative, however, it’s become part of Tasmanian folklore that Hydro always pulls the […]
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Report of the Joint Sessional Committee on Gender and Equality: ‘Gendered High Rates of Suicidal Ideation and Suicide in Tasmania’ – Noting and Consideration
Legislative Council, Tuesday 15 August 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – I intend to speak briefly to this report. I also note that I have a significant hearing impairment at the moment. If members have questions or make comments, I will more than likely not be able to hear you. If there is anything urgent you […]
Online harassment
Legislative Council, Tuesday 15 August 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to individuals experiencing harassment and threats or perceptions of threats of violence or incitement to violence through the use of social media or other online technology; 1. What avenues are available to an individual […]
Many questions surrounding Marinus Link
Guy Barnett will need to explain how the interconnector will help deliver services for the state, writes Ruth Forrest The proposed $4bn Marinus interconnector will foreshadow a second wave of hydro industrialisation, will lower power prices, and fill the government’s coffers to the brim so we can house everyone in need, provide timely health care […]
Big conversations need to be civil
Regardless of what may think about the Macquarie Point stadium and a state sponsored AFL side the process involved has been woeful. A big project will bring big benefits. Anyone questioning that holy mantra is condemning the State to an impoverished future. That’s what I hear all the time. The lack of respect for alternative […]
The Advocate – Labor and independents slam Premier over Font PR hire
The Advocate, Tuesday 4 July 2023. Murchison MLC independent Ruth Forrest said she was concerned that government information could benefit Font PR’s other clients.“I think it’s very hard to have a solid wall between the two parts of her role … there really should be an actual and visible separation between lobbyists and companies that […]
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