Adjournment
Speeches and statements made by Ruth during the adjournment debate, often highlighting community concerns and broader issues.
Adjournment Speech – TasBuild Portable Long-Service Fund
Legislative Council, Wednesday 4 June 2025 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to speak briefly on adjournment, as I advised you. It is to do with a matter…
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Adjournment Speech – Strahan Waterfront Precinct Plan
Legislative Council, Monday 21 October 2024 Mr President, I wish to raise an issue on adjournment regarding TasPorts – I was considering including this in my noting of the GAA…
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Adjournment Speech – Road Damage in Northern Tasmania
Legislative Council, Thursday 12 September Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I rise on adjournment to raise an urgent matter and to make a bit of a complaint and ask…
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Answers to Questions
Legislative Council, Wednesday 19 June 2024 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I am frustrated again to have to rise to ask for an answer to a question that’s been…
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Access to Specialist Gynaecological Cancer Services
Legislative Council, Thursday 20 June 2024 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – I am raising a matter on adjournment, mainly because we are going to a long break and there will be…
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Adjournment Speech – Responses to QWNs
Legislative Council, Thursday 24 May 2024 Ms FORREST – Mr President, I move briefly on adjournment to make a complaint and ask a question. I chose not to do this…
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Adjournment Speech – Alchemia Distillery – Advice from Minister regarding Roadworks
Legislative Council, Tuesday 12 December 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I rise on adjournment because this opportunity presents itself, unusually perhaps, to raise a matter that has been…
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Adjournment Speech – Huntington’s Disease
Legislative Council, Thursday 19 October 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to use this opportunity on adjournment to speak about Huntington’s disease and request the Government take certain…
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Adjournment Speech – Family Violence and deaths of women
Legislative Council, Tuesday 31 October 2023 Mr President, I rise on adjournment to speak of an urgent and important matter. Mr President – five women in Australia have been killed…
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Big hART – Watershed Program
Legislative Council, Thursday 14 September 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, over the last few years it has been a privilege to watch the emergence of a remarkable piece…
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Adjournment – King Island – Safe Harbour at Grassy
Legislative Council, Thursday 24 August 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to make a statement on the adjournment regarding the latest response from the Leader to my…
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Adjournment Speech – Gender Disparity in Contraceptive Procedures
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – I rise to raise a concern related to a highly gendered matter related to reproductive care that is resulting in a huge inequality. I am referring…
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