Legislative Council, Tuesday Wednesday 20 May 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN With regard to Government’s Marinus Project Expert Advisory Panel, Finding 6 and recommendation of an immediate establishment of a senior whole-of-government taskforce reporting to the Premier, and the commissioning of a Cumulative Impact Assessment to understand how […]
Read More… from QWN – Marinus Project Expert Advisory Panel Finding 6
The Record Speaks for Itself: A Response to Minister Duigan Minister Duigan has again used the Mercury’s opinion pages to characterise my comments and critique of Marinus Link as misinformation. This is the second time he has done so in four months. On both occasions, the rebuttal has relied on misrepresenting what I actually wrote […]
Read More… from My Response to Minister Duigan’s opinion piece in The Mercury 29 April 2026
We gather here this morning in the quiet that ANZAC Day always asks of us. Not just with quiet voices – but quiet hearts. A stillness that lets the past speak and be heard. That lets us remember those who cannot speak for themselves. And that lets us look honestly at a world where the […]
Read More… from ANZAC Day Address Wynyard Dawn Service 25 April 2026
A response to a series of questions I asked earlier this year has been provided by Hydro Tasmania CEO, Rachel Watson. You can read the response here: […]
For years, Tasmanians have been told a simple story about our energy future: build more interconnection, export more power, and share in the benefits of stronger mainland demand and higher mainland prices. It was the backbone of the Battery of the Nation vision and the political case for Marinus. Hydro Tasmania would sell into Victoria when […]
Legislative Council, Wednesday 15 April 2026 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I rise today to speak on the Greyhound Racing Legislation Amendments (Phasing Out Reform) Bill 2025 in what is, for me, an unusual position. I have sat with this legislation, read extensively, sought information from a wide range of perspectives, heard from industry participants and animal […]
Read More… from GREYHOUND RACING LEGISLATION AMENDMENTS (PHASING OUT REFORM) BILL 2025
Legislative Council, Tuesday 14 April 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN With regard to the currently vacant Hydro building on King Island: ANSWER Question 1: Can the Minister provide an update on the status and intended future use of the building Question 2: Is the Minister aware of any […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday 14 April 2026 Today during Special Interest Matters I spoke about Creative Paper Tasmania, a thriving tourism experience based in Wynyard. You can view my speech here: […]
Read More… from Special Interest Matters – Creative Paper Tasmania
You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton about this week’s PAC hearings here: […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday 24 March Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President. I rise to support the motion. I thank the honourable member for Nelson for bringing it forward. I note that this is a matter that people have very strong views about, and there’s many members of this House, and community broadly, who have had […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday 24 March 2026 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Thanks, Mr President. I’d like to support the motion from the member for Hobart, and I will traverse over some of the information she’s already provided because I think I’m going to keep it in context and relevant, but it is also to raise my […]
Read More… from Response to MOTION – Florfenicol Use in Tasmania
Legislative Council, Thursday 26 March 2026 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, this bill has been a vexed issue for some time, an issue the government has certainly not covered itself in glory with, through its handling of this issue at large. The cynic in me sees this as a level of political game-playing and […]
Read More… from UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA (PROTECTION OF LAND) BILL 2025
