Legislative Council Thursday 19 October 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I want to ask a question of the Government in light of the debate we have just had, particularly with regard to the money referred to for the King Island shipping service and the response the Leader provided. As I said in […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 October 2017 Response to resignation from the Legislative Council of Honourable Vanessa Goodwin Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I appreciate the Leader of the Government bringing forward this motion to acknowledge Vanessa’s contribution to this House and her resignation. It is sad when people of such capacity and huge […]
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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 think he must have been looking at some of my notes. If we had to compile a list of things that society could do without, […]
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 busy mining town in the early 1900s. I have a copy of the book here if anyone would like to look at it. […]
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 a very long time. Macquarie Harbour has been a matter raised with me a number of times over the last 12 and a half years, […]
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Government hasn’t stuck to its agenda for major projects, says Ruth Forrest THE TasWater takeover Bill which will soon be discussed in the Legislative Council contains provisions requiring the new corporation to formulate a 10-year infrastructure plan to be agreed with the Government, which must be reflected in the corporate plan and budgets. If only […]
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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 forestry right covering hardwood plantations on 29 000 hectares – (1) Who is the legal owner or owners of the land? (2) […]
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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, which we will get to later. The Acting Leader’s second reading speech was very comprehensive and certainly covered all the key aspects of the bill. […]
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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 for imminent sale – (a) How much of the 29 000 hectares of hardwood plantations up for sale were established and maintained […]
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 many hectares will be retained for future sawlog production? […]
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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 appalled by the alleged release of committee documents and disclosure of confidential committee deliberations from the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts, why has the […]
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