Pregnancy Counselling and Support Tasmania

Legislative Council Tuesday 10 July, 2018 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT On 3 July 2018, the Minister for Health and Human Services stated in a media release titled ‘Department of Health report on surgical termination services’ – The Department will also provide increased funding to the […]

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Report on Termination of Pregnancy – Principles for Termination Services

Legislative Council Tuesday 10 July, 2018  Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Mrs HISCUTT The Report on Termination of Pregnancy in response to the parliamentary notice of motion tabled on 3 July 2018 states under ‘Conclusions and advice to government’ a number of principles emerged as necessary for a safe, […]

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Report on Termination of Pregnancy – Patient Travel Assistance Scheme 

Legislative Council Tuesday 10 July, 2018 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT The Report on Termination of Pregnancy in response to a parliamentary notice of motion tabled on the 3 July 2018 in the House of Assembly states While the potential addition of a local private provider in the […]

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Report on Termination of Pregnancy – Publication of Submissions

Legislative Council Tuesday 10 July, 2018 Ms FORREST question to the LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT The Report on Termination of Pregnancy in response to a parliamentary notice of motion tabled on 3 July 2018 in the House of Assembly notes 28 stakeholders who were contacted for comment, either as […]

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FORREST UNHAPPY AT BIKIE COLOURS LAW SILENCE

A TASMANIAN MLC has lashed the state government for failing to provide a briefing on the controversial bikie colours legislation. Murchison independent MLC Ruth Forrest said she had twice sought a briefing on the Police Offences Amendment (Prohibited Insignia) Bill to no avail. Ms Forrest said the refusal reflected the lack of respect shown by […]

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King Island – Specialist Rural Worker – Redundancy

Legislative Council Tuesday 19 June Ms  FORREST  question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT The specialist rural worker on King Island, a position created to provide counselling and social welfare support on the island, who has provided full-time counselling, support and health promotion for 17 years, has been made redundant.  […]

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TAXATION RELATED LEGISLATION BILL 2018 (NO 18)

Legislative Council Thursday 21 June, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, it hardly needs to be said that the time given to scrutinise this bill is completely unsatisfactory.  I know some people believe we should just tick off everything the Government states it has a mandate for, but I am not one of them.  […]

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Adjournment – Schoolchildren and Safety on Buses

Legislative Council Thursday 21 June, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I wish to make a contribution regarding the safety of our children, particularly schoolchildren on the north-west coast.  I know this is a problem around other parts of the state and for the children who attend the Boat Harbour Primary School.  I am […]

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School Bus Services – Seatbelts and Bus Age (Supplementary Question)

Legislative Council Thursday 21 June, 2018 Ms FORREST – Mr President, I have a supplementary question for the Leader.  While she answered most of my questions, I did ask for a breakdown by locality in terms of the number of schools in areas that provide contract school buses.  I believe there is more in the […]

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School Bus Services – Seatbelts and Bus Age

Legislative Council Thursday 21 June, 2018 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Regarding passenger transport services that transport children to and from schools, broken down by locality – for example, north-west coast, west coast, east coast, south-east and so on – and urban, for example, Launceston, Hobart […]

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Children’s Development – Importance of Play

SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 19 June, 2018 Ms  FORREST  (Murchison) – Mr President, an abundance of research highlights the importance of play in children’s development and learning across all cultures, particularly in the years from birth to eight years.  Many experts in the area believe it is impossible to disentangle children’s play, their learning and […]

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