Media
Media appearances and press coverage featuring Ruth Forrest.
TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 3 November 2021
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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
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
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
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TASMANIA TALKS WITH MIKE O’LOUGHLIN – 04 October 2021
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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
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
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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
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
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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Newest Posts
- State Policies and Projects (Macquarie Point Precinct) Order 2025
- Parliament Misses Opportunity to Strengthen Budget Oversight as Fiscal Crisis Deepens
- Why I decided to accept the position of Treasurer if Tasmania has a Labor Minority government
- If you want to get to SurplusTown, would you start from here?
- Mental health in political life vital to democracy
- ABC Mornings – 3 March 2026
- Hydro’s challenges are part of a system-wide pattern affecting every other major public entity in the state
- Why our Budget needs to confront reality, not continue to pretend we’re living in fantasy land
- Six Months In, Hydro’s “Subdued Year” Looks More Like a Storm Warning
- Hydro’s profit (and ours) will be under water