Parliament
General updates and contributions from Ruth’s work in the Tasmanian Parliament.
Commonwealth Specific Purpose grants
Legislative Council, Thursday 1 June 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT My questions relate to Commonwealth Specific Purpose grants. In particular,…
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Cost/benefit Hobart Stadium
Legislative Council, Thursday 1 June 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Noting the Commonwealth Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) guidelines state, ‘The…
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Circular Head – Ambulance Services
Legislative Council, Thursday 31 May 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, some days I feel like I am bashing my head against the wall and I just want to…
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Borrowing for AFL Stadium
Legislative Council, Wednesday 31 May 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the separately specified $85m extra government borrowing in…
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Cradle Mountain Cableway Funding
Legislative Council, Wednesday 31 May 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I refer to the mooted $60 million Cradle Mountain cableway that…
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AFL contract
Legislative Council, Wednesday 31 May 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT My questions relate to the contract signed by the Premier with…
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AFL Team Stadium Negotiations
Legislative Council, Wednesday 31 May 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the Agreement between the AFL and Tasmanian Government…
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Equity of Access to Justice
Legislative Council, Tuesday 30 May 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to speak briefly on adjournment and raise a matter of concern regarding equity of access to…
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Budget Papers and Appropriation Bills (No.1 and No. 2) 2023 – Noting
Legislative Council, Tuesday 30 May 2023 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, how much longer will the Government be able to say with a straight face that it is making…
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Police monitoring of road works
Legislative Council, Tuesday 30 May 2023 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to police monitoring of speed and traffic light…
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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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