Ten Days on the Island was recently enjoyed over 3 weekends, with 4 days in the North-West, 3 days in the North, and 3 in the South […]
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Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018 – Second reading speech by Hon Ruth Forrest MLC […]
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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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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 […]
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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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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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 […]
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 […]
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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ELECTIONS are a great way of deciding who we want to sit on the Treasury benches but they’re a flawed means of deciding particular policies, especially vexed questions like pokie policy. The Liberals deservedly won the 2014 election because they hadn’t done enough wrong. Electors, however, didn’t give them carte blanche approval to do whatever […]
THE Treasurer’s Revised Estimates Report issued in late January has removed any doubts as to the financial position of the state. In two years the Government will need external borrowings. Outlays will exceed receipts for the next four years even if the health system remains underfunded. To paraphrase Paul Keating, they’re the deficits we had […]
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Hon Ruth Forrest MLC discusses the future of midwifery services following the news of the closure of the Launceston birthing centre […]
