Legislative Council, Tuesday 26 May 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for INFRASTRUCTURE, Mr VINCENT I’m sure you’ve seen the ABC reporting on some concerns about the structural integrity of the foundations of the Bridgewater Bridge. Are you concerned about that, minister? If you’re not, how do we reassure Tasmanians, and me, that it’s still […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday 26 May 2026 Ms. FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I want to begin by congratulating the Treasurer on his budget speech, not for fiscal content, which I will come to shortly, but for its literary opening. The Treasurer told this parliament: ‘as the good book reminds us, this is there is a […]
Read More… from Noting – Budget Papers 2026-27 and Appropriation Bills
Hope is not a fiscal strategy for our States’ Long-term future Every budget tells two stories. There is the story the Treasurer reads aloud in Parliament – polished, confident, reassuring. And then there is the story buried in the budget papers – written in numbers, not adjectives. This year, those two stories could not be […]
You can listen to my interview with Ryk Goddard on Hobart Breakfast here: […]
Legislative Council, Tuesday Wednesday 20 May 2026 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN I have looked at the ReCFIT website. I can find no very up-to-date information at all in relation to the whole-of-government taskforce. If you can point me to it, I would be really appreciative of that. I […]
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 […]
