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 region where the mothers of young children were murdered by their partners on two different separate occasions. […]

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MOTION Consideration and Note – Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts into the Community Support Levy

[3.04 p.m.] Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move –   That the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts into the Community Support Levy be considered and noted.   […]

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MOTION – Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Project

Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move –  That this House notes –  (1)     The value and importance of the ongoing work of the Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Project – PWPPP.  (2)     That the PWPPP supports and promotes gender equality in parliaments across the Pacific nations, Australia and New Zealand.  (3)     That the 2015 PWPPP forum […]

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