Murchison Independent MLC Ruth Forrest hopes that latest review of hospital emergency departments will result in action to improve them. The state’s four hospital emergency departments are being examined closely in an ongoing audit. The Tasmanian Audit Office is reviewing emergency departments (EDs) at the North West Regional, Mersey Community, Launceston General and Royal Hobart […]
Legislative Council – Thursday 30 August 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, I support the bill. It is important and timely to look at the actual framework that governs justices of the peace. The member of Mersey talked about the issue of updating the website and I would be interested to hear what the […]
Legislative Council – Thursday 30 August 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, all of us are aware of the real concern about and risk of terrorism in this country. Thankfully, we have not been subject to some of the pretty abhorrent acts of terrorism seen in some other countries but when you travel […]
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Legislative Council – Wednesday 29 August 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr President, this bill has generated much interest and many emails. I cannot recall getting any more than one or two at most in support of the bill. In saying that, it is clear that some people who have contacted us, predominantly by […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 28 August, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I move – That this House notes: (1) The gender pay gap remains as a major impediment to gender equality. (2) The gender pay gap negatively impacts on the wellbeing of women, particularly the financial and social wellbeing, from the commencement […]
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Tasmanian Parliament passes law to ban bikies wearing club colours […]
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 28 August, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, it is with great excitement I speak about The 2018 Unconformity. Members will recall me speaking about this amazing arts and heritage festival that is held every two years in Queenstown on our beautiful west coast. The Unconformity is a contemporary arts festival […]
Women earn on average $253 a week less than men, which negatively impacts their financial and social well-being, says a Tasmanian MP. Murchison MLC Ruth Forrest successfully moved a motion on Tuesday that the Legislative Council note the gender pay gap was a major impediment to equality. Ms Forrest said the Commonwealth Workplace Gender Equity […]
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SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 21 August 2018 Ms FORRESTNext (Murchison) – Mr President, I speak today about a festival based on the north of the state, in Launceston. I encourage all members to come and experience what I know will be a great event, from 5 to 9 September 2018. I declare an interest in […]
The Unconformity is a contemporary arts festival that explores the paradoxes of Queenstown, a small mining community on Tasmania’s wild and mountainous West Coast. […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 22 August, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, overall this bill is a sensible way forward. There are a few areas I would like to drill down into, but we hope that governments of any colour can focus on long-term infrastructure planning. The Minister for Infrastructure seems to have taken up […]
Legislative Council Tuesday 21 August, 2018 QUESTION UPON NOTICE The following answer was given to a question upon notice: Ms FORREST asked the Acting Leader of Government Business in the Legislative Council – With regard to Tasmania’s outreach services: […]
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