Independent MLCs broadly supported these measures as being evidence-based ways of decreasing harm to problem gamblers without impacting recreational players, and to allow venues to implement them by 2028. Murchison independent MLC Ruth Forrest said she did not understand why the major parties would not support it, and that there was no guarantee of further […]
It’s a terrible cliché but Tasmania is really at the crossroads. The last few months of life in the corridors of powers has been a deeply unsettling experience. The carefully nurtured growth in the Legislative Council as a respected house of review no longer has a majority of Independent Members. When both major parties join […]
The Burnie Surf Life Saving Club celebrated its Centenary on Saturday 13 November, 2021 […]
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You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton, where I discuss the scrutiny of the Gaming Control Amendment Bill currently before the Legislative Council here: Ruth Forrest · ABC Mornings […]
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You can listen to me speak on my proposed amendment to Clause 155, Gaming Control Amendment (Future Gaming Market) Bill 2021 relating to EGM licence fees and taxes, as well as my reply to other members comments here. The transcript of this speech can be viewed here: https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/legislation The tabled document referred to in my speech […]
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Legislative Council, Wednesday 17 November 2021 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the recent removal of a popular and well utilised barbecue shed on the Western side of the Black River near Spionkop in Circular Head: 1. Who, or which department, made the decision or […]
An upper house member has claimed Tasmanians still have little knowledge of what pokies reforms will look like in the community even after two elections, but the government and Labor have blocked a move for further scrutiny. The Legislative Council voted eight to six against a motion to send the government’s pokies reforms to a […]
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Congratulations to the Step in 2020 People Improvers program for being one of the winners of 2021 BHP Women in Resources National Awards. Listen to their story here: […]
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Today I spoke with Belinda King about raising the age of criminal responsibility. You can listen to the interview here: Ruth Forrest · ABC Mornings […]
Listen to my latest catch up with Mike O’Loughlin here: […]
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A Labor MLC representing the part of the state most heavily saturated with poker machines says the reform debate is no longer of much interest to his community as he signals his intention to vote in its favour. Elwick MLC Josh Willie spoke in the Legislative Council on Wednesday after being heavily lobbied by pokies […]
House of Assembly speaker Mark Shelton has rejected a claim that some House of Assembly members may have been under the influence of alcohol during the final vote on gaming legislation last month. Lower house members engaged in a 23-hour debate over separate sittings in October and passed the controversial gaming bill late at night […]
