Media
Media appearances and press coverage featuring Ruth Forrest.
North-West Regional Hospital (NWRH) staff concerns
Some staff of the North-West Regional Hospital (NWRH) remain concerned about the handling of the recent COVID-19 outbreak which saw the hospital close for deep cleaning, and are calling for…
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Tax reform conversation needed, says MLC Ruth Forrest
An upper house politician has called on her colleagues to have an honest conversation about the state of Tasmania’s tax system. Murchison MLC Ruth Forrest on Saturday said she does…
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Call for Tasmania to reform tax system during coronavirus economic recovery
An independent upper house member believes now is the time to genuinely consider tax reform and design changes to the state’s tax system. Responding to Treasury’s May budget update on…
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Adjournment Speech Thursday 7 May 2020
The vilification of health professionals on social media has far reaching implications for those working in that field. Ruth Forrest MLC asks that all community leaders stand up for our…
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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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