Step In – Advancing Women in Industry is a pilot program designed to support women who are interested in moving into the mining, manufacturing and energy sectors. […]
Special Interest Matters – Step In program
TasWater
Legislative Council Wednesday 28 October, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the answers to my questions without notice of the week of 14 October regarding the Waratah Reservoir: 1. Please provide: a. Evidence that permits were granted for TasWater to commence works in […]
Special Interest Matters – Stewart McSweyn
Stewart McSweyn is a distance runner who has had a meteoric rise in the last couple of years and has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in three events, which is rather unique and demonstrates his broad range of talents. […]
TasWater – Waratah Reservoir
Legislative Council Tuesday 27 October, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT answered by DEPUTY LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Ms HOWLETT With regard to the answers to my questions without notice of the week of 14 October regarding the Waratah Reservoir – (1) […]
Fiscal Strategy Statement
Legislative Council Thursday 15 October, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT The Charter of Budget Responsibility Act 2007 provides for the preparation and updating of a fiscal strategy statement. Sections 4 and 5(1) and (2) state: 4. Purpose of fiscal strategy statement The purpose of a […]
Heritage Tasmania and the Heritage Register
Legislative Council Thursday 15 October, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the Heritage Tasmania and the Heritage Register: 1. Which Local Government Areas (LGA) have undertaken municipal heritage surveys with Heritage Tasmania; and(a) for each LGA what year were they completed; 2. Which […]
Waratah Reservoir
Legislative Council Thursday 15 October, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the reservoir at Waratah that has previously been used by TasWater, I understand from LIST PID information regarding the Waratah Reservoir and associated infrastructure that all elements and infrastructure related to this […]
Special Interest Matters – Emmerton Park Saints Super Fans
Chris Morris and Robert Palmer could be described as two of the most one-eyed true-blue St. Kilda fans you will ever meet! They recently received a surprise zoom call from none other than Dan Butler. […]
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ABC Mornings with Leon Compton – VAD Bill
Legislative Councillors move closer to a vote on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, but it could take a while due to the number of amendments Ruth Forrest · ABC Mornings with Leon Compton […]
Husband shares wife’s story as voluntary assisted dying bill faces unclear fate in Tasmania
You could hardly write a sweeter opening scene for a silver-screen romance: man meets woman at dry cleaner, she cracks a funny joke, he’s immediately smitten. During Gwen and Daryl Beer’s love-filled 51 years of marriage, the pair raised a pilot son and doctor daughter and shared a mutual love of seeing the world via […]
Member for Mersey’s Comments
Legislative Council Tuesday 22 September, 2020 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to make a brief contribution on adjournment. In response to the comments made by the member for Mersey in his summing up of debate on the bill we have just dealt with, I feel that it is important to speak to […]
Vice Admiral Ian Donald George MacDougall – Tribute
Legislative Council Tuesday 22 September, 2020 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to pay my respects and acknowledge the passing of Vice Admiral Ian Donald George MacDougall, who passed away at the North West Regional Hospital on 1 July this year aged 82. Ian was a former submariner who rose to high ranks in […]
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