Legislative Council Thursday 22 November 2018 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT The TT-Line Company’s 2017-18 annual report states on page 75, under Note E5, Community Service Obligation, that – […]
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Legislative Council Thursday 22 November, 2018 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT During the last term of the Hodgman Liberal Government from 2014 to March 2018 – (1) Did the then minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management, Hon. Rene Hidding MP, have any meetings or communications […]
Legislative Council Tuesday 20 November, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I reiterate the comments made by the member for Mersey. When I read this motion initially, I felt the clear question is: who is this trying to influence? The Government has clearly said it would back a Tasmanian team. The Opposition has said […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 21 November, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to make a brief complaint about the handling of questions without notice by the Government. In the last sitting a couple of weeks ago I asked a question that took some time to get answer to regarding the meetings or communications […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 20 November, 2018 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Regarding the decision of JBS Swift Australia to close the Devonport City Abattoir, will the Government ensure the $400 000 funding provided to JBS Swift for upgrades that appear not to have been undertaken be […]
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SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 20 November, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, the Wynyard Tulip Festival is held annually to celebrate spring, and the amazing colour of our Wynyard landscape continues to go from strength to strength. This bold display of colour is the highlight for people travelling to and from Wynyard airport as they […]
Wynyard comes alive for the Annual Wynyard Tulip Fesitval, held in Gutteridge Gardens on the banks of the Inglis River. […]
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ACCESS to timely, safe, high quality health care is a reasonable expectation for all Tasmanians. Currently residents in the North-West and West Coast regions, and other regional areas, are right to feel aggrieved at the inequity we face in access to some health services that could and should be provided in our local region. We […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 30 October 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I am happy to speak on this issue. I am not going to reflect on what the Government Administration A subcommittee is looking at in its inquiry. It will report in due course. A few things being talked about in the public arena […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 31 October 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I will take a word out of the Government’s playbook when it comes to amendments in this place. I will not be opposing this legislation. As we mentioned in the briefing, it remains a concern when governments interfere in energy pricing. I understand […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 31 October 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I was not planning to say much on this bill but the member for Hobart was so encouraging I thought I would. I support the bill. I supported the process being dealt with and the first facilitation of this process to allow the […]
Legislative Council Thursday 1 November 2018 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT During the last term of the Hodgman Liberal Government 2014 to March 2018 – (1) Did the then minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Rene Hidding MP, have any meetings or communications with any […]
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