Bass Strait Islands students Conveyance Allowance Air Travel

Legislative Council Wednesday 3 April, 2019 Ms FORREST QUESTION to the LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the Conveyance Allowance Air Travel available to students living on a Bass Strait Island and attending an educationally appropriate school on mainland Tasmania or Australia – 1) What is the current policy; […]

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Volunteers working in Government organisations

Legislative Council Tuesday 2 April, 2019 Ms FORREST QUESTION to the LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the rights of volunteers working in government organisations including the Tasmanian Fire Service, Tasmanian Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmanian State Emergency Services – 1. What are the policies and procedures for investigating […]

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Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018

Legislative Council Thursday 21 March 2019 We have a Bill before us that seeks to achieve a number of changes, the intent of which I fully support. Tasmania does need to be compliant with Commonwealth Law, in this case, the Marriage Act 1961, so the so-called ‘no forced divorce’ provision contained within this Bill does […]

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Ambulance Tasmania – Burnie and Wynyard

Legislative Council Thursday 21 March, 2019 Ms FORREST QUESTION to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to Ambulance Tasmania staffing levels and procedures in the Burnie and Wynyard regions – (1) What is the average time taken for an ambulance to attend a 000 callout in Burnie, Waratah, Wynyard and […]

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Public Hospitals – Patient Access to Televisions

Legislative Council Thursday 21 March, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Regarding access to televisions for patients in Tasmanian public hospitals – (1) What is the cost per day for patients to access a television at the bedside in each public hospital throughout Tasmania?  (2) What company or organisation […]

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Murchison Highway – Road Surface Deterioration

Legislative Council Wednesday 20 March, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT My question follows two previous questions regarding the deterioration and condition of a recently upgraded section of the Murchison Highway, which I noticed when driving down there recently has again been resealed. The Leader indicated that the cause of […]

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Hospitals – Critical Incidents Events

Legislative Council Wednesday 20 March, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Mr President, the question is to the Leader. With regards to critical incidents events that occur and are reported throughout the Tasmanian Health Service –  (1) How many critical incident events have been reported over the last  five […]

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MAIB claims

Legislative Council Tuesday 19 March, 2019  Ms FORREST question to the LEADER of GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regards to payments of claims made to hospitals following an MAIB claim by MAIB; 1. Are the claims ever questioned by MAIB if the cost appears higher than other similar claims; and 2. How […]

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Tertiary Entrance Scores for Tasmanian students in 2018

Legislative Council Tuesday 19 March, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the role of the Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (TASC) and the independent audit initiated by the Minister for Education and Training to investigate how Tertiary Entrance Scores for some […]

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