Author: Ruth Forrest
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TT-Line – Use of Bass Island Line Interim Vessel
Legislative Council Tuesday 14 November 2017 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the new interim vessel TasPorts have put into service under the Bass Island Line, or BIL – (1) Does TT-Line have in play any plans, or is it possible that TT-Line will […]
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Mount Lyell Disaster Memorial Park
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 14 November 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I recently attended the dedication opening of the Mount Lyell Disaster Memorial Park. The sculpture is a work of art and a credit to all involved, as well as being an appropriate memorial of a truly tragic event. The memorial provides […]
Mount Lyell Memorial Park
Pembroke election result – ABC mornings
Section 19 Return – June Quarter 2017
Legislative Council Thursday 19 October 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, as the honourable Leader said, this is a regular occurrence. I think it will be the second last one before we change to the new Financial Management Act and it will be a section 23 or section 24 report, which, from memory, […]
Adjournment – King Island Shipping Service
Legislative Council Thursday 19 October 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I want to ask a question of the Government in light of the debate we have just had, particularly with regard to the money referred to for the King Island shipping service and the response the Leader provided. As I said in […]
Resignation from the Legislative Council of Honourable Vanessa Goodwin
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 October 2017 Response to resignation from the Legislative Council of Honourable Vanessa Goodwin Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I appreciate the Leader of the Government bringing forward this motion to acknowledge Vanessa’s contribution to this House and her resignation. It is sad when people of such capacity and huge […]
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Consideration and Noting – Report of the Joint Select Committee on Future Gaming Markets
Legislative Council Tuesday 17th October, 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I thank the member for Mersey for his comprehensive noting of the report and his comments. I think he must have been looking at some of my notes. If we had to compile a list of things that society could do without, […]
The Balfour Correspondent
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 17 October,02017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – The Balfour Correspondent is a beautiful book that takes us back to a time when Balfour was a busy mining town in the early 1900s. I have a copy of the book here if anyone would like to look at it. […]
FINFISH FARMING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION BILL 2017 (No. 47)
Legislative Council Tuesday 26 September 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, as members would know finfish farming is an important part of my electorate and has been for a very long time. Macquarie Harbour has been a matter raised with me a number of times over the last 12 and a half years, […]
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Set name calling aside and agree on infrastructures plans
Government hasn’t stuck to its agenda for major projects, says Ruth Forrest THE TasWater takeover Bill which will soon be discussed in the Legislative Council contains provisions requiring the new corporation to formulate a 10-year infrastructure plan to be agreed with the Government, which must be reflected in the corporate plan and budgets. If only […]
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