Legislative Council Tuesday 10 September 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISALTIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the review of the Tasmanian cemeteries legislation, specifically, the draft Burial and Cremation Bill 2019 – (1) The draft bill put out for public comment does not include a time frame […]
Legislative Council Tuesday 10 September 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to applications for new cemeteries, please provide detailed information, including the step-by-step process required for a successful application to open a new cemetery, including – (1) (a) Approvals required under the Land Use […]
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Legislative Council 10 September 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Under the Burial and Cremation Act 2002, in establishing a burial ground – (1) As described in section 3B of this act, does giving priority to the eldest child over and above a person in a registered relationship […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 10 September 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the announcement on Sunday, 8 September effectively removing the historical housing debt loan repayments, please provide full details of the conditions of the deal with particular regard to – (1) The impact […]
Epiroc Tasmania, located in Burnie, is an innovative advance manufacturing operation that builds underground mining equipment […]
BRAVO to Ruth Forrest, well done on your recognition as a woman of influence. Being recognised by the Australian Financial Review in its 100 Women of Influence is a significant achievement. Even as a nominee in the public policy sphere you sit among some women with significant national profiles, who are also leaders within their […]
Legislative Council Tuesday 10 September, 2019 Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT With regard to the 2019–20 Recreational Rock Lobster Season, when will the dates for the opening of the season be announced? ANSWER: Tasmania’s highly sought after southern rock lobster fishery provides significant social and economic […]
The Australian Financial Review has just published its list of the 100 most influential Australian Women for the year. Among them is Ruth Forrest MLC. […]
Too few Tassie MPs understand policy and finance — hence our budget The tide seems to be going out much faster than anyone expected. When that happens, skinny dippers will greet an earlier day of reckoning. That is the position facing the Tasmanian Government. It is ill prepared for what is about to happen. The […]
Read More… from Just give us the plain truth so we can fix Tasmania’s problems
If you’re struggling to understand what’s happening in the world, you’re not alone. It’s increasingly difficult to align what the government is saying with what we see in our community. One minute they tell us about the record amounts being spent on health. Next minute, we find the health budget is less than what was […]
Legislative Council Thursday 15 August 2019 Ms FORREST – Mr President, I thank the Government and commend it for taking this action and being so proactive in it. The Leader’s second reading speech said many of the things I wish to repeat. It is important to have a number of things on the record. All […]
Read More… from CRIMINAL CODE AND RELATED LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CHILD ABUSE) BILL 2018
Legislative Council Wednesday 14 August, 2019 Ms FORREST – Mr President, in speaking about this bill, I will not go over the territory other members have covered so much, but I note the Leader and member for Montgomery’s contribution when she mentioned what Dr Broad had said in the other place about Tasmania having some […]
