Parliament
General updates and contributions from Ruth’s work in the Tasmanian Parliament.
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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Education – Review of Rural School Bus Services
Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Dr GOODWIN With regard to the provision of rural school bus services, are all or any school bus…
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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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Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) bill 2015
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, this is an example of a bill we receive about once a year. Tidying up a few matters and getting rid of some out-of-date…
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Health Amendment (Fees Validation) Bill 2015
Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, when I first read this bill, the second reading speech, and the letter from the acting secretary Mr Pervan regarding this bill, I…
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West Coast Bus Trial
Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Dr GOODWIN [2.37 p.m.] With regard to the $100 000 allocated in the 2015-16 state Budget for the…
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COAG Meeting – Health Services Reform 2
Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Dr GOODWIN Mr President, this is supplementary to a question I asked yesterday regarding the work the Tasmanian…
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Landscape Art Research Queenstown – Raymond Arnold
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, in recent times we have heard much of the challenges facing the west coast of Tasmania in terms of mining closures and the tragic…
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Question Upon Notice – Health Spending – Commonwealth Grants Commission Report
Ms FORREST asked a question of the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council – With regard to the Commonwealth Grants Commission – CGC – Review Report, Vol.…
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Question Upon Notice – Tasmania’s Tax Raising Ability
Ms FORREST asked a question of the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council – Further to a response from the Leader on 23 June 2015 in answer to…
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Crown Lands Amendment Bill 2015
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I support the principle of the bill. I have similar questions to that of the member for Hobart. Anything that gives ministerial power to…
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Victims of Crime Assistance Amendment (Funeral Expenses) Bill 2015
Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I support the bill. It is appropriate that such a change is made. I have dealt with a couple of families in the north-west…
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