Legislative Council, Wednesday 24 September 2025 Ms FORREST question to LEADER for the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVECOUNCIL, Ms RATTRAY QUESTION:With regard to the new ambulance facilities on King island: […]
QWN – King Island Ambulance Hub
QWN – King Island Port of Grassy Upgrade
Legislative Council, Wednesday 24 September 2025 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for INFRASTRUCTURE and TRANSPORT, Mr VINCENT With regard to the government commitment to undertake a feasibility study of expansion or renewal of the Port of Grassy on King Island, can you please: (1) Provide an update on the progress of this study; and (2) […]
QWN – King Island Electricity Tariff
Legislative Council, Tuesday 23 September 2025 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for ENERGY and RENEWABLES, Mr DUIGAN I know that the flat rate electricity tariff charged on King Island is 32.61 cents per kilowatt hour compared with Tasmanian mainland peak electricity tariff 18.75 cents per kilowatt hour and off-peak electricity tariff being 4.03 cents per […]
MEDIA RELEASE – Bill Introduced to Strengthen Budget Accountability
23 September 2025 Independent Member for Murchison, Hon Ruth Forrest MLC, has today introduced the Budget Accountability and Oversight Committee Bill 2025, establishing a new Parliamentary Standing Committee to ensure greater scrutiny of Tasmania’s deteriorating finances. “Tasmania is carrying unprecedented levels of debt with no credible pathway back to surplus,” Ms Forrest said. “Every Treasury […]
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QWN – Treasury and rating agencies
Legislative Council, Tuesday 23 September 2025 Ms FORREST question to LEADER for the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVECOUNCIL, Ms RATTRAY Question: 1. With regard to discussions between the Treasurer, Treasury and rating agencies: 1.1. Have each of the ratings agencies been informed of the plan for an interim budget; 1.1.1. If so, on what date was […]
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS – BreastScreen Tasmania
Today in Special Interest Matters I spoke about the importance of regular breast screening check-ups for women and the vital service that the mobile breast screening bus service provides to women from rural and remote areas. You can watch my short speech about the service here: […]
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ABC DRIVE – TPC Macquarie Point Stadium Assessment
You can listen to my interview with Lucy Cutting here: […]
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MARINUS Stage 1 WHOLE-OF-STATE BUSINESS CASE (WoSBC) – Number 5
This is my 5th comment on the Marinus Whole of State Business Case – Where to now? […]
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Hybrid Budget buys time but at what cost to a State struggling with its leadership
Tasmanian needs a real budget, not a stopgap, to guide our future. The test of leadership is not how long you can delay hard decisions, but whether you have the courage to make them: […]
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MARINUS Stage 1 WHOLE-OF-STATE BUSINESS CASE (WoSBC) – Number 4
This is my fourth post focu
sing on the Marinus Whole of State Business Case. It is focused on risk, uncertainty, the need for subsidies and the impact on Tasmanians and the State’s finances. […]
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ABC Mornings – 25-26 Budget
You can listen to my interview with Leon Compton where I talk about the interim budget here: […]
MARINUS Stage 1 WHOLE-OF-STATE BUSINESS CASE (WoSBC)- Number 3
This is the third post in a series of posts to break down some of the information publicly available in the heavily redacted Marinus Whole of State Business Case. This one is focused on who pays: […]
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