Motion
Notices of motion and debates led or supported by Ruth on key topics in the Legislative Council.
Consultation on the draft Anti-Discrimination 2016 bill
MOTION Establishment of Select Committee – Inquire and Report – Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016 (No. 54) [11.37 a.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move –…
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Ensure that the voices of young people are heard
Legislative Council Tuesday 25 October 2016 MOTION Consideration and Noting – Report of the Commissioner for Children and Young People [3.31 p.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I…
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Aboriginal Names for Legislative Council Electorates – Support
Legislative Council – Tuesday 25 October 2016 MOTION Aboriginal Names for Legislative Council Electorates – Support Mr MULDER (Rumney – Motion) – Mr President, I move – (1) …
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MOTION Consideration and Noting – Number of Public Primary Schools – Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2014-15
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I will make a few comments about the Auditor-General’s report. I will not go broadly into the whole education debate. It is a worthy…
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MOTION Joint Select Committee on Preventative Health Care – Extension of Reporting Date
[6.00 p.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) (by leave) – Mr President, I move – That the reporting date for the Joint Select Committee on Preventative Health Care be extended…
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MOTION – Exercise of Conscience Vote on Social Issues by Federal Parliamentarians
[11.35 a.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I note the motion before us relates to social issues and reads – On social issues, such as same-sex marriage, the Legislative…
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MOTION Consideration and Note – Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts into the Community Support Levy
[3.04 p.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move – That the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts into the Community Support Levy be considered…
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MOTION – Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Project
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move – That this House notes – (1) The value and importance of the ongoing work of the Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Project – PWPPP.…
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MOTION Consideration and Note – Forestry Tasmania Review Steering Committee Report
[3.03 p.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I agree with the member for Apsley. This report makes it abundantly clear that the Government has no vision and no…
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CONSOLIDATED FUND APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1 & 2) 2015
Ms FORREST – Mr President, the Budget is always a complicated document and this year’s is certainly no exception with ongoing agency restructure, as it is called in the budget…
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Auditor-General Report No. 8 2014-15 – Security of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure
[21:51pm] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move – That the Auditor-General report No. 8 2014-15 entitled Security of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure be considered and noted. [...]Read…
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Quorum Calls of the Legislative Council
[11.15 a.m.] Ms FORREST (Muchison) – Mr President, I do not intend to support the motion on the basis that the Standing Orders Committee looked at this particular question about…
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