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Media appearances and press coverage featuring Ruth Forrest.
Adjournment speech Thursday 30 April, 2020
ADJOURNMENT⎯ A Motion was made (Mrs Hiscutt) and the Question was proposed, that the Council will at its rising adjourn until 10.00 o’clock am on Friday 8 May 2020.Ruth Forrest…
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COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No.2) 2020
Second Reading speech – COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 The transcript of this speech can be read here: https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/legislation [...]Read More... from COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill…
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North-West Tasmanian politician Ruth Forrest slams Prime Minister’s ill-informed comments
Murchison independent MLC Ruth Forrest has spoken out strongly against internet trolls who she has blamed for vilifying health care workers on the North-West Coast. During a debate in the…
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ABC Breakfast with Belinda King – Recall of Parliament
The Tasmanian Parliament has been recalled. A second Covid19 Bill will be presented today [...]Read More... from ABC Breakfast with Belinda King – Recall of Parliament
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ABC Drive with Lucy Breaden
Ruth Forrest MLC comments on the news that Tasmania Police found no evidence of an ‘illegal’ dinner party on the North West Coast [...]Read More... from ABC Drive with Lucy…
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ABC Breakfast with Belinda King
Premeir Peter Gutwein acknowledges the support and hard work of Ruth Forrest MLC in the wake of the Covid outbreak in the North-West [...]Read More... from ABC Breakfast with Belinda…
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Ruth Forrest singled out and thanked by Premier Peter Gutwein in Sunday coronavirus briefing
Just one positive case of covid-19 has been recorded in a testing blitz at three aged care homes in the North-West and Premier Peter Gutwein has used the virus outbreak…
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‘We thought we were the safest place on earth’
Today’s editions of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age highlight the impact of the closure of the North-West Regional Hospital amid the Tasmanian coronavirus outbreak – believed to have…
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison under fire for allegation against North-West health care worker
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has come under fire after he alleged a North-West health worker who tested positive to COVID-19 was not truthful to health authorities. Mr Morrison told a…
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Looking for answers as a regional community comes under the national spotlight
Let’s keep NW Tasmania on the national radar so that after this pandemic passes we can ensure this region has the social and financial support we deserve to ensure this…
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ABC Mornings – NWRH staff impacted
Impact of comments made by Australia’s Chief Medical Officer on staff of the North West Regional Hospital [...]Read More... from ABC Mornings – NWRH staff impacted
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Ruth Forrest sends message of reassurance to North-West Coasters
Midwife and Member for Murchison Ruth Forrest has reached out to the North-West community to reassure them that their fears are normal and that medical care is available. “I absolutely…
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