Legislative Council Thursday 16 November 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I think everyone in this place and in the broader community understands the harm that family violence perpetrates. We need to ensure that adequate protections are there, remembering that there is always a perpetrator and a victim, and sometimes those roles can […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 15 November 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I note the member for Elwick’s contribution. As the local member for the area, his opinion is well informed and obviously driven by party position as well. Mr Farrell – Two-thirds of the local area. Ms FORREST – Sorry, member for Derwent. […]
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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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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Read More… from Resignation from the Legislative Council of Honourable Vanessa Goodwin
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, […]
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. […]
