Media
Media appearances and press coverage featuring Ruth Forrest.
MEDIA RELEASE – Bill Introduced to Strengthen Budget Accountability
23 September 2025 Independent Member for Murchison, Hon Ruth Forrest MLC, has today introduced the Budget Accountability and Oversight Committee Bill 2025, establishing a new Parliamentary Standing Committee to ensure…
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SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS – BreastScreen Tasmania
Today in Special Interest Matters I spoke about the importance of regular breast screening check-ups for women and the vital service that the mobile breast screening bus service provides to…
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ABC DRIVE – TPC Macquarie Point Stadium Assessment
You can listen to my interview with Lucy Cutting here: [...]Read More... from ABC DRIVE – TPC Macquarie Point Stadium Assessment
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Hybrid Budget buys time but at what cost to a State struggling with its leadership
Tasmanian needs a real budget, not a stopgap, to guide our future. The test of leadership is not how long you can delay hard decisions, but whether you have the…
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ABC Mornings – 25-26 Budget
You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton where I talk about the interim budget here: [...]Read More... from ABC Mornings – 25-26 Budget
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ABC Mornings – TT Line
You can listen to my interview with David Reilly on ABC Mornings here: [...]Read More... from ABC Mornings – TT Line
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ABC Drive Hobart – No Confidence Motion
You can listen to my thoughts on yesterday’s No Confidence Motion here: [...]Read More... from ABC Drive Hobart – No Confidence Motion
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Immediate Action Needed to Confront Tasmania’s Debt Crisis – Media Release
Independent MLC Ruth Forrest today called out the Tasmanian Government’s refusal to face the state’s deepening budget crisis, despite repeated warnings from independent experts and Treasury. “Both Saul Eslake’s Review…
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We need a Treasurer willing to ask hard questions and to engage with all sides to find sustainable solutions
Challenging times call for honest leadership. That’s why I’m stepping up, writes Ruth Forrest There comes a time when you have to decide whether to stand on the sidelines pointing…
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ABC Mornings -Treasurer in potential Labor Government
In my interview with David Reilly I talk about the reasons I decided to accept the position of Treasurer of Tasmania if Labor is able to form a Minority government.…
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ABC DRIVE – State of the Budget
You can listen to my interview with ABC Drive on Monday 4 August 2025 here: [...]Read More... from ABC DRIVE – State of the Budget
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Project Marinus is a political sleight of hand with no clear evidence it’s a “Great Deal” win for Tasmanians
The Link reshuffles risks and ownership designed to make it look palatable without addressing its flaws: Sometimes the worst deals come dressed in the language of triumph. This may well…
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Newest Posts
- Why I decided to accept the position of Treasurer if Tasmania has a Labor Minority government
- Tassie’s polls a distraction to more pressing issue the huge bills we face on Marinus Link decision
- If you want to get to SurplusTown, would you start from here?
- Tasmania’s Pre-Election Budget Warning
- MARINUS Stage 1 WHOLE-OF-STATE BUSINESS CASE (WoSBC) – Number 6 – Marinus and the History of Hydro in Tasmania
- Tasmanian Industrial Commission into Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances – Disallowance – Speech on Motion and Adjournment
- QWN – TT-Line Additional Borrowings
- QWN – November 6 State Budget
- QWN – King Island Ambulance Hub
- QWN – King Island Electricity Tariff