Legislative Council Wednesday 20 November, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT 1) What measures are taken to ensure agricultural and roadside spraying with herbicides in rural areas avoids contact with bees; 2) Has the cause, or causes, of mass bee deaths in Tasmania over recent months […]
The Legislative Council passed an amended motion noting the NSW Coroner’s report and calling on the Government to consider a number of measures promoting patron safety at festivals […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 16 October 2019 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I commend the Government for taking this stand and this approach. It is evidence-based and a review was done. I will quote a number of sections from that review to back my support for the bill as it stands before us. It is […]
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Live Well Tasmania (LWT) is a not for profit community organisation based in Wynyard, aiming to improve the health and well-being of our community with a focus on disadvantaged youth, using a whole of Community well-being approach. […]
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Is it time for Tasmania to consider a trial of pill testing for the coming festival season […]
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Legislative Council Thursday 31 October, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the section of Waratah Road from the junction with the Murchison Highway into Waratah and further heading toward Savage River: 1. Is the Government aware that this section of road, which has […]
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 17 September, 2019 Ms FORREST – Mr President, recently I visited Epiroc’s Tasmanian operations in Camdale near Burnie. Epiroc is an international company based in Stockholm, Sweden, with its Australian headquarters in Perth, Western Australia. It is an industrial company created in 2018 when it was split off from Atlas Copco, […]
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 15 October, 2019 Ms FORREST – Mr President, I was caught up in a demonstration outside Parliament House this morning when I was already running late after having some medical assessments and then having my driveway blocked by a builder from next door. Feeling somewhat frustrated I got caught up in […]
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Wouldn’t it be nice to pick up a report into the sustainability of the Tasmanian Government’s finances and be told at the outset what is meant by “sustainable”? If sustainable means still drawing breath, maybe we’re okay. For the time being. The report into the sustainability of the state’s finances was released on October 8 […]
Read More… from Tasmania’s Budget: Time to be open about our real financial state, says Ruth Forrest
Ruth Forrest discusses the challenges of maintaining fiscal sustainability into the future […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 15 October, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the safety audit which State Growth have agreed to undertake, in consultation with Circular Head Council, so that children may alight from a passing school bus to access after school care at […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 15 October, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the Waiver of the Outstanding Housing Related Debt agreement between the Commonwealth and Tasmania and the letter Treasurer Gutwein has written to the Federal Treasurer regarding the impact on Tasmania’s GST and […]
