Legislative Council, Wednesday 20 November 2024 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for WOMEN and the PREVENTION of FAMILY VIOLENCE, Ms PALMER The Safe at Home program provides an integrated response to families and children who experience family violence. However, this is not available to children who are victims in their own right if their relationship […]
Legislative Council, Wednesday 20 November 2024 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for WOMEN AND THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, Ms PALMER Recently, I noted in this place a report about intimate partner violence amongst young people and children and my question to the minister is whether she will consider developing a dedicated intimate partner violence […]
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Legislative Council, Wednesday 20 November 2024 Ms FORREST, question to the LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to capital works projects within all departments, offices or entities including government business enterprises and state-owned companies, can the government: (1) Provide a full list of all capital works projects valued at […]
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Legislative Council, Tuesday 19 November 2024 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, in noting the motion I acknowledge that the vast majority of work done that is reported in this report was done in the last parliament. The report was actually signed off by the committee of the 50th Parliament but could not be tabled […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday 19 November 2024 Mr VINCENT – This is from 31 October in response to the review into the line of sight at 17006 Bass Highway, Flowerdale. I can advise the project manager and the traffic engineer from the Department of State Growth visited the property owner on 16 May 2024 to discuss […]
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Legislative Council, Tuesday 19 November 2024 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for INFRASTRUCTURE, Mr VINCENT The minister made some public comments around what may or may not occur with a second Cam River bridge. I understand the report was not going to be provided to the minister until early next year. It appears he might […]
Legislative Council, Thursday 21 November 2024 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the construction of personal bush fire shelters, and the National Construction Code (Volume 2 Section A5G3 (1)) providing, in part, that ‘evidence to support that the use of a material, product, form […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday 26 November 2024 Willow Cummins, a student from Wynyard High School, has achieved an incredible milestone by winning the National Legacy Public Speaking Competition recently. You can listen to my Special Interest speech about Willow here: The transcript of this speech can be viewed here: https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/special-interest/1284-willow-cummins-wynyard-high-public-speaking-competition-winner […]
Legislative Council, Wednesday 20 November 2024 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to capital works projects within all departments, offices or entities including Government Business Enterprises and State-Owned Companies: Can the Government — (1) Provide a full list of all capital works projects valued at […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday 19 November 2024 Report of the Government Administration Committee A “Short Inquiry Process into the Operations of Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd”: Consideration and noting The broadcast of my speech on this report can be viewed on the Parliament of Tasmania Website under Legislative Council – Chamber Proceedings, or by clicking on […]
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Legislative Council, Tuesday 29 October 2024 MOTION – Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s Yearly Report – Consideration and Noting Mr GAFFNEY (Mersey) – Mr President, I move – That the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s Yearly Report on the progress of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 be […]
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I spoke about the closure of the Circular Head Chronicle during Special Interest Matters. You can watch and listen to my speech here: […]
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