Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I refer to the 2019 Annual Report for Hydro Tasmania;Note 16 on page 51 includes an amount of $195.83 million was recognised as an additional provision for onerous contracts. 1. What does this relate to? […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT As the contract between Hydro Tasmania of Bass Link is over half way through the 25 year term;1. Has Hydro Tasmania assessed the financial and other costs and benefits to Hydro Tasmania of Bass Link […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I ask the Honourable Leader;With regard to the Government’s commitment to introduce legislation to amend the Electoral Act in the area of political donations; […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, Tasmania and Australia are quite different places now as opposed to when the Premier delivered his address. We are facing, and will continue to face, significant financial pressures in coming months as our health services face enormous pressure to provide care for those […]
Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I hope we get some information on the financial performance because we did not get that with TT-Line; it was all about the other risks. With regard to the potential impact of COVID-19 on the […]
Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I refer to the 2019 annual report for Hydro Tasmania. Note 16 on page 51 of that report includes an amount of $195.83 million recognised as an additional provision for onerous contracts. What does this […]
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Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT (1) With regard to the potential impact of COVID-19 on TT-Line, what specific risks, including financial and operational, have been identified by TT-Line? (2) What risk management controls are in place to address and or […]
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Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I refer to the Revised Estimates Report 2019-20 – (1) How much of the grants of $3923.3 million – the revised estimate for 2019-20 as per the income statement on page 18 of the report […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT, Mrs HISCUTT (1) With regard to financial losses sustained by TasPorts’ subsidiary, Bass Island Line, and the 2019 incident of fraud, did TasPorts have a risk register prior to this event? If yes, when was TasPorts’ first fraud risk register implemented? […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT The 2019-20 Budget included a special dividend payment by the Motor Accidents Insurance Board – MAIB – Has the dividend been paid and, if so, when? If not, will MAIB pay the amount prior to […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT My questions relate to the practice or process around settlements reached generally following a process of mediation leading to a decision to offer and accept a settlement between an aggrieved party, whether a member of […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT This is a question I had on the Notice Paper with the Government last year. It did not get a response last year and I sent it with a week or more’s notice. With regard […]
