Media

Media appearances and press coverage featuring Ruth Forrest.

TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 3 November 2021
TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 3 November 2021

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Special Interest Matters – Kirsten Slemint, filmmaker
Special Interest Matters – Kirsten Slemint, filmmaker

Kirsty Slemint, a science communicator and documentary filmmaker from North-West Tasmania, is the first Australian to be offered a place at the prestigious National Film and Television School in the…

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ABC Breakfast with Belinda King – Raising the age of Criminal Responsibility
ABC Breakfast with Belinda King – Raising the age of Criminal Responsibility

Today I spoke with Belinda King about raising the age of criminal responsibility. You can listen to the interview here: Ruth Forrest · ABC Breakfast With Belinda King   [...]Read…

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Intersex legislative changes push
Intersex legislative changes push

There’s hope the government will take the lead to implement legislative changes to protect intersex children from undergoing unnecessary, non-consenting medical intervention. Intersex is an umbrella term for variations of…

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TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 18 October 2021
TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 18 October 2021

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TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 04 October 2021
TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 04 October 2021

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Community space in art and nature
Community space in art and nature

PLACEMAKING is a process centred on the community’s assets that focuses on its people, capitalising on their needs and aspirations with the aim of creating public spaces that promote people’s…

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Special Interest Matters – The Unconformity Festival
Special Interest Matters – The Unconformity Festival

The Unconformity is an arts organisation that holds a unique festival every two years in Queenstown on the West Coast of Tasmania.After a break due to Covid in 2020, the…

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TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 20 September 2021
TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 20 September 2021

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Triple M Hobart – The Brian Carlton Show
Triple M Hobart – The Brian Carlton Show

 There is a petition currently before the Legislative Council calling for a review of the planning process. You can listen to my interview with Triple M Hobart’s Brian Carlton here:…

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ABC Mornings with Leon Compton – Vaccination rates
ABC Mornings with Leon Compton – Vaccination rates

Vaccination rates on the West and North-West Coast are almost 10% lower than the state average.  Listen to my discussion about this with Leon here:   Ruth Forrest · ABC…

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SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS – Walking Wynyard
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS – Walking Wynyard

Legislative Council, Tuesday 31 August 2021 The Waratah-Wynyard Council, through its Public Art Advisory Group, has produced an illustrated map combining walking and art which is intended to communicate information…

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