Parliament
General updates and contributions from Ruth’s work in the Tasmanian Parliament.
Consideration and Noting – Report of the Joint Select Committee on Future Gaming Markets
Legislative Council Tuesday 17th October, 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I thank the member for Mersey for his comprehensive noting of the report and his comments. I…
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The Balfour Correspondent
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 17 October,02017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – The Balfour Correspondent is a beautiful book that takes us back to a time when Balfour was a…
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FINFISH FARMING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION BILL 2017 (No. 47)
Legislative Council Tuesday 26 September 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, as members would know finfish farming is an important part of my electorate and has been for…
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Sustainable Timber Tasmania – Sale of Forestry Land
Legislative Council Thursday 28 September Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL With regard to Sustainable Timber Tasmania and the recent sale of a…
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MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2017 (No. 38)
Legislative Council Thursday 28 September 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I support this bill. I notice a proposed amendment has been put forward by the member for Hobart,…
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Hardwood Plantations – Federal Funds
Legislative Council Thursday 24 August 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (1) With regard to the 29 000 hectares of plantations earmarked…
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State-Owned Plantations – Retention for Sawlog Production
Legislative Council Thursday 24 August 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL With regard to the state-owned plantations estate – (1) How…
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Public Accounts Committee – Release of Documents
Legislative Council Wednesday 27 September 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Madam Acting President, if the Government, particularly the Treasurer, was so…
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Hydro Tasmania – Payments to Basslink
Legislative Council Wednesday 27 September 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Thank you, Madam Acting President. That did not entirely answer the…
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Pain Specialist – Recruitment – North-West Tasmania
Legislative Council Wednesday 27 September 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Tasmanians with chronic pain require regular and often frequent access to…
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TasWater – North-West – Trade Waste Upgrades and Enhancements
Legislative Council Thursday 21 September 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL With regard to recent demands made by TasWater to many small…
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EXPUNGEMENT OF HISTORICAL OFFENCES BILL 2017
Legislative Council Wednesday 20 September 2017 Resumed from 16 August 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I support this bill. I do so for many reasons. Before I…
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