My interview on ABC Drive Hobart on 10 June 2025 is available here"

You can listen to my interview on ABC Northern Drive on 10 June 2025 here:

You can listen to my latest interview with Leon Compton here:

The Wynyard Wildcatz cheerleading team have been crowned division champions at a worldwide competition in the United States.

You can listen to their story here:

Wynyard High School student, Willow Cummins, joined me in Parliament this week undertaking her work experience placement. You can listen to the speech Willow prepared for me to deliver here:

You can listen to my latest interview with Leon Compton here:

Legislative Council, Tuesday 8 April 2025

First Foods is Launching in NW Tasmania this week with the aim to bring this service to every new mother in Tasmania within the next 3 years.

The service will provide all new mothers with a self selected box of nutritionally balanced meals for that first important week after birth.

You can listen to my speech about this initiative here:

The transcript of this speech is available here:

https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/special-interest/1306-special-interest-matters-first-foods-initiative

Today the Public Accounts Committee heard from representatives from TT Line.

You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton, where I discuss what's happening at the hearing by clicking on the link below:

You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton here:

Legislative Council, Tuesday 11 March 2025

I attended the Hellyer College Evening of Excellence earlier this year, to join in celebrating the outstanding achievements of the students and staff at the College.

You can listen to my Special Interest speech about these achievements here:

 A transcript of the speech is available here:

https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/special-interest/1298-special-interest-matters-hellyer-college-achievement

You can listen to my latest interview with Leon Compton here:

The news that a feasibility study has found the prospect of a second crossing over the Cam River to not be practical is disappointing to say the least, and appears to have missed the point.
You can read more of my comments regarding the study in The Advocate at the link below:

https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/8888543/leaders-hit-back-at-results-of-cam-river-bridge-crossing-study/?cs=87

Legislative Council, Tuesday 26 November 2024

Willow Cummins, a student from Wynyard High School, has achieved an incredible milestone by winning the National Legacy Public Speaking Competition recently.

You can listen to my Special Interest speech about Willow here:

The transcript of this speech can be viewed here:

https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/special-interest/1284-willow-cummins-wynyard-high-public-speaking-competition-winner

I spoke about the closure of the Circular Head Chronicle during Special Interest Matters.

You can watch and listen to my speech here:

Legislative Council, Tuesday 29 October 2024

Daniel Edwards, from Montello Primary School was recently awarded the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools.

Daniel received this award for his transformative approach to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — commonly known as STEM - and the way in which he has fostered engagement and achievement across students of all abilities and backgrounds at Montello Primary.

You can view my Special Interest speech about Daniel's achievements here:

You can read the transcript of this speech at the link below:

https://ruthforrest.com.au/parliament/speeches/special-interest/1259-2024-prime-minister-s-prize-for-excellence-in-science-teaching-in-primary-schools-daniel-edwards

You can listen to my latest interview with Leon Compton here:

My latest interview on ABC Mornings is available here:

You can listen to my latest interview with Richard Perno here:

The sacked chair of TT-Line Mike Grainger and the outgoing CEO Bernard Dwyer appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday 8 October to give their side of the Spirit of Tasmania 'debacle'.

You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton here:

"The Montello Primary School community feel "disrespected and unheard" following school funding announced in the state budget.

While the government committed a further $2.5 million, taking the overall state funding to $9.6 million, Ms Forrest said it "always was underfunded and inadequate".

You can read the rest of my comments relating to the funding allocation to Montello Primary School announced in the State Budget, and as reported in the Advocate newspaper at the link below:

https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/8768512/montello-primary-school-feel-unheard-after-state-budget/?cs=87

Alternatively, my full budget reply speech is available here:

https://ruthforrest.com.au/18-parliament/1239-2024-25-budget-reply-speech

 The section of the speech relating to Montello Primary School is here: