Legislative Council Thursday 26 March 2020 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I rise to speak on adjournment because we will not return until the end of August. I am unsure of plans for the Legislative Council elections, but it may be that this is the member for Rosevears’ last sitting day with us. While […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I thank the Leader for arranging the briefing for us. It is a bit frustrating at times that we spend a lot of time on these things, but this is an important bill. We have had very limited time to look at it […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT My question follows-up on questions asked related to the practice/process around settlements reached, generally following a process of mediation leading up to the decision to offer, and accept, a settlement between an aggrieved party, whether a […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, we do indeed live in unprecedented times at the moment. I commend the Government for acting promptly to seek to assist businesses in whatever way it can, when effectively, not only is COVID-19 causing chaos for our state and the world, but it […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT (1) On page 46 of Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s annual report, and also commented on by the Auditor-General on page 78, the ‘re-establishment provision’ relates to the expected costs of forest re-establishment under provisions of the […]
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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;1. When generation assets are valued, electricity prices used are either market prices (if available) or prices as forecast by an internal model. a. How does […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT 1. With regard to TasNetwork’s 2018-19 Annual Report;a. Page 70 shows a fall in revenue due to the fall in the provision of regulated services, predominantly transmission:i. was this a result of falls in price […]
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 […]
