Immediate Action Needed to Confront Tasmania’s Debt Crisis – Media Release

Independent MLC Ruth Forrest today called out the Tasmanian Government’s refusal to face the state’s deepening budget crisis, despite repeated warnings from independent experts and Treasury. “Both Saul Eslake’s Review of State Finances and Treasury’s Pre-Election Financial Outlook make it crystal clear — the growth in spending and ballooning debt are the direct result of […]

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INDEPENDENCE MATTERS Fiscal crisis demands collaboration, evidence-based solutions, and honest accounting

THERE comes a time when you have to decide: keep calling out failures from the sidelines, or step forward to help fix them. After two decades of parliamentary service, I have chosen the latter. If the Governor invites Dean Winter to form a minority Labor government, I have agreed to serve as Treasurer and will […]

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We need a Treasurer willing to ask hard questions and to engage with all sides to find sustainable solutions

Challenging times call for honest leadership. That’s why I’m stepping up, writes Ruth Forrest There comes a time when you have to decide whether to stand on the sidelines pointing out the flaws in the system, or to step into the fray and try to fix them. For many years now, I have done my […]

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Why I decided to accept the position of Treasurer if Tasmania has a Labor Minority government

There comes a time when life changing decisions need to be made. Do I continue as I have, drawing attention as best as I am able, to the shortcomings of government policies from both sides of the political fence, or do I, if the chance arose, accept a role where I may have greater input […]

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Why I decided to accept to position of Treasurer if Tasmania has a Labor Minority government

There comes a time when life changing decisions need to be made. Do I continue as I have, drawing attention as best as I am able, to the shortcomings of government policies from both sides of the political fence, or do I, if the chance arose, accept a role where I may have greater input […]

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