Electorate Updates
News and information from Ruth about local projects, events, and issues affecting the electorate.
Learning at Home
A number of updates (as up to date as possible) on the Government’s response to Covid-19 in the portfolio areas of Education and Training have been provided by the Minister which…
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Are we drinking more?
One in five Australian households have reported buying more alcohol than usual during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new data released today. National polling by YouGov Galaxy, commissioned by the…
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ABC Northern – Motion to acknowledge the evidence supporting pill testing
Ruth Forrest is bringing forward a motion to acknowledge the evidence supporting pill testing [...]Read More... from ABC Northern – Motion to acknowledge the evidence supporting pill testing
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Taking Bills Under Suspension – Concerns
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I will speak on a matter that relates to what we have just spoken about. I have often stood in this place and raised…
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Estimates Committees – Lack of Information Provided by Ministers
ADJOURNMENT – Wednesday 11 July 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I will make a brief contribution and suggest members might like to listen to it. It has been…
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King Island shipping the focus of Legislative Council inquiry
The Examiner, June 3, 2017 – By Hayden Johnson A Legislative Council inquiry has been established to canvass options and analyse King Island’s ongoing shipping issues and freight costs. Murchison…
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Battle for seat
Circular Head CHRONICLE 4 May 2017 By Ashleigh Force Vying for the seat of Murchison in the Legislative Council Elections, candidates Ruth Forrest and Daryl Quilliam met to discuss their…
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Praying for Ruth Forrest to lose…
By SEAN FORD The Advocate 4 May 2017 A Christian group is urging its members to pray Murchison MLC Ruth Forrest will lose Saturday’s election. Australian Christian Lobby…
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The deciding vote
By ELI PERRY – Circular Head CHRONICLE 27 April 2017 Politics. Next week’s Legislative Council Election will determine if the previously safe seat of Murchison will go to Independent MLC…
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FORREST CALLS FOR LAW CHANGES TO PROTECT FOSTER PARENTS
Media Release: 28 April 2017 Murchison Legislative Councilor Ruth Forrest says the Government needs to act to fix laws so that foster parents don’t miss out on compensation if they…
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Aged care workers at Wynyard Care Centre protest at ‘contemptuous’ employer
Carers at the Wynyard Care Centre went on strike for 30 minutes on Friday in industrial action against what the union called a ‘disrespectful’ employer. About 45 workers and supporters…
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Forestry decision time
The message to me has been clear and unequivocal. Major employers in the sawmilling industry in my electorate of Murchison fear job losses if the Government’s plan to unlock currently…
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