Media
Media appearances and press coverage featuring Ruth Forrest.
Chapter 3: Hydro Tasmania – The Institution That Holds the State Together
Over the next three weeks, I will continue posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market (NEM) shapes…
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Rebuttal to Opinion Piece from Minister Duigan
Tasmanians Deserve Straight Answers on Marinus – Not Marketing This piece is a rebuttal to the opinion piece published in the Mercury Newspaper today from Minister for Energy, Hon Nick…
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Chapter 2 – Electricity and the NEM – The Basics Tasmania Was Never Told
Over the next three weeks, I will be posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its…
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Hydro Tasmania: What the Numbers Show – A multi‑chapter analysis of operating performance, liquidity, structural risks, and public myths.
Over the next three weeks, I will be posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its…
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IF THE PREMIER BELIEVES MARINUS WILL DELIVER $470M A YEAR, HE SHOULD PUBLISH MODELLING AND SHOW THE FLOWS
THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S NARRATIVE ON MARINUS LINK IS DRIFTING FURTHER FROM ECONOMIC REALITY Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s New Year message celebrates Tasmania’s economic strength and the confidence that underpins it. Confidence,…
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ABC Mornings with Leon Compton – 12 December 2025
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ABC Mornings – Wisdom of the Years
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Moody’s Downgrades Tasmania’s Credit Rating to Aa3
Moody’s Ratings has downgraded Tasmania’s credit rating from Aa2 to Aa3, citing a sharp and sustained increase in the state’s debt and interest burdens that has weakened Tasmania’s financial strength.…
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Tasmania’s Housing Crisis: When the Numbers Don’t Add Up
The Tasmanian Government proudly declares it’s on track to deliver 10,000 new affordable homes by 2032. Strip away the glossy headlines and what remains is a hollow boast built on…
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Tasmania’s Budget: Smoke, Mirrors, and a $20 Billion Debt Mountain
When Treasurer Eric Abetz delivered Tasmania’s 2025-26 State Budget promising “brightness and optimism,” both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s have not changed Tasmania’s outlook from Negative. When both credit rating…
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ABC Mornings – Debt in Government Business Enterprises
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Parliament Misses Opportunity to Strengthen Budget Oversight as Fiscal Crisis Deepens
Media Release – 4 November 2025 Member for Murchison, Hon Ruth Forrest MLC expressed her disappointment by rejection of accountability reforms despite widespread concern over State’s finances A Bill to…
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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?
- My Response to Minister Duigan’s opinion piece in The Mercury 29 April 2026
- ANZAC Day Address Wynyard Dawn Service 25 April 2026
- Correspondence from Hydro Tasmania
- The story of easy money flowing from Hydro exports needs far greater attention and scrutiny
- GREYHOUND RACING LEGISLATION AMENDMENTS (PHASING OUT REFORM) BILL 2025
- QWN – Hydro Building – King Island