Legislation
Analysis and commentary on bills and legislative changes considered in Parliament.
WATER MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS (DELEGATION AND INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY) BILL 2023
Legislative Council, Thursday 9 November 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I thank the minister and the Leader. I appreciate the opportunity to go through this bill in detail.…
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STATE POLICIES AND PROJECTS AMENDMENT BILL 2023
Legislative Council, Wednesday 16 August 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I tend to focus my contribution strongly on the content of the bill as we have many other…
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING (MISCELLANEOUS CONSUMER PROTECTION AMENDMENTS) BILL 2022
Legislative Council, Wednesday 25 May 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I do not intend to speak at length on this bill. There will be a lot more debate…
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CHILD AND YOUTH SAFE ORGANISATIONS BILL 2022
Legislative Council, Wednesday 24 May 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I welcome this, what could be described as a long-overdue bill, as we heard in our briefings today.…
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MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT BILL 2022
Legislative Council, Wednesday 29 March 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, before I make my contribution I had prepared ahead of the debate to some degree, I thank and…
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APPROPRIATION (FURTHER SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION FOR 2022-23) BILL 2023
Legislative Council, Wednesday 29 March 2023 Ms FORREST – the Government is requesting at least $340.5 million more than was budgeted last year to meet a range of cost pressures, the…
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CARER RECOGNITION BILL 2022
Legislative Council, 24 March 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Like others, I also welcome this bill. It is a bit sad that we are the last jurisdiction to do a…
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EXPANSION OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2022
Legislative Council, Thursday 17 November 2022 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, this bill seeks to address the issues related to workload and good governance in this parliament. I agree,…
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ANIMAL WELFARE AMENDMENT BILL 2022
Legislative Council, Wednesday 9 November 2022 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – I commend the Government on continuing to broadly consider the welfare of animals. Animals are voiceless. Whilst many of them…
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TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS) BILL 2022
Legislative Council, Thursday 27 October 2022 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, this bill is pretty straightforward and quite simple. As the Leader described, it is to give greater flexibility…
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CLIMATE CHANGE (STATE ACTION) AMENDMENT BILL 2021
Legislative Council, Thursday 29 September 2022 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I am very aware of the real challenges we face and the amount of time lost, particularly under…
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HOMES TASMANIA BILL 2022
Legislative Council, Wednesday 7 September 2022 Ms FORREST – Mr President, I was not really planning to get up straight away but no one else did. Between the time this…
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