Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I hope we get some information on the financial performance because we did not get that with TT-Line; it was all about the other risks. With regard to the potential impact of COVID-19 on the […]
Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I refer to the 2019 annual report for Hydro Tasmania. Note 16 on page 51 of that report includes an amount of $195.83 million recognised as an additional provision for onerous contracts. What does this […]
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Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT (1) With regard to the potential impact of COVID-19 on TT-Line, what specific risks, including financial and operational, have been identified by TT-Line? (2) What risk management controls are in place to address and or […]
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Legislative Council Thursday 19 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I refer to the Revised Estimates Report 2019-20 – (1) How much of the grants of $3923.3 million – the revised estimate for 2019-20 as per the income statement on page 18 of the report […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT, Mrs HISCUTT (1) With regard to financial losses sustained by TasPorts’ subsidiary, Bass Island Line, and the 2019 incident of fraud, did TasPorts have a risk register prior to this event? If yes, when was TasPorts’ first fraud risk register implemented? […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT The 2019-20 Budget included a special dividend payment by the Motor Accidents Insurance Board – MAIB – Has the dividend been paid and, if so, when? If not, will MAIB pay the amount prior to […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT My questions relate to the practice or process around settlements reached generally following a process of mediation leading to a decision to offer and accept a settlement between an aggrieved party, whether a member of […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT This is a question I had on the Notice Paper with the Government last year. It did not get a response last year and I sent it with a week or more’s notice. With regard […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Please provide a time line for the release of draft legislation introduction to parliament. It is almost on the public record, what the Leader just said to me. What is the planned time line? I […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March, 2020 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT I ask the Leader –(1) To table a copy of the final report into the review of the Electoral Act reporting on the stated terms of reference and review –(a) Modernising the current Tasmanian Electoral […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 18 March 2020 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I support the overall intention, the introduction, as I did with the Foreign Investor Duty Surcharge last year. We would not be here today if more notice had been taken last time of key stakeholders like the Law Society and others involved in […]
A PETITION calling on the health minister to restore more regular medical services to Strahan has been tabled in the upper house. The petition, signed by 355 people, was tabled by Murchison independent MLC Ruth Forrest on Tuesday. “This petition was instigated well before the issues around COVID-19,” Ms Forrest said. The petition said ahead […]
