Media
Media appearances and press coverage featuring Ruth Forrest.
Adjournment speech – Mass stranding of pilot whales
The eyes of the world have been on our state in recent days as a result of a mass stranding of pilot whales in a remote part of my electorate.…
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Special Interest Matters – Ian MacDougall
Vice Admiral Ian Donald George MacDougall passed away at the North-West Regional Hospital on the 1st July this year aged 82. The former sub-mariner chose to retire to the town…
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ABC Mornings with Leon Compton
Topics discussed this morning include the Tasmanian health system, Major Projects legislation before the Parliamend and political donations Ruth Forrest · ABC Mornings [...]Read More... from ABC Mornings with…
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Special Interest Matters – Wynyard Showground
The Wynyard Show Society was recently successful in securing Federal funding from the Regional Agricultural Show Development Grants program. These funds in addition to financial support from the State Government…
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ABC Mornings with Leon Compton
Debate over the Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation will commence when Parliament resumes this week, but there are also other matters of interest to Tasmanians that need to be dealt with…
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ABC Mornings with Leon Compton – Independents in the Upper House
Is the Legislative Council losing its ability to properly review legislation, with the growing number of party members in the Upper House? [...]Read More... from ABC Mornings with Leon Compton…
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ABC Mornings – Quarantine arrangements must be properly managed
Quarantine must be really carefully controlled and properly managed to ensure the safety of Tasmanains. [...]Read More... from ABC Mornings – Quarantine arrangements must be properly managed
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Letter of Response – Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Back in May I wrote to Prime Minister Scott Morrison to express my disappointment in the rejection of an independent tribunal’s findings recommending that a Victoria Cross be awarded to Ordinary…
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Tasmanian government’s quarantine exemption process comes under scrutiny
A former Tasmanian man who was not granted an exemption to the state’s quarantine rules to attend his father’s funeral has been left angered and disappointed by the fact interstate…
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Tasmanian government’s quarantine exemption process comes under scrutiny
A former Tasmanian man who was not granted an exemption to the state’s quarantine rules to attend his father’s funeral has been left angered and disappointed by the fact interstate…
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ABC Mornings with Leon Compton
Topics discussed this morning include the refusal of the Premier to talk with the Leader of the Opposition, the gendered approach to economic recovery taken by Government and the upcoming…
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Special Interest Matters – Update on Small and Medium Businesses in Circular Head
An update on Small and Medium Businesses in Circular Head. A transcript of this speech is available here on my website: https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/special-interest [...]Read More... from Special Interest Matters – Update…
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