Legislative Council Tuesday 22 May, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, my contribution will be brief. I will ask a number of questions of the member moving the motion. I start with the same questions I asked during debate on the motion previously put by the member for Launceston. Is this an area of […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 22 May, 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, access to housing and the rise of the sharing economy in short-term accommodation through Airbnb, Stayz and other platforms has been raised many times with me as a member of this place. People are facing some serious challenges with this. It is not […]
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SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 22 May 2018 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I believe lifelong learning and personal and professional development are important in all professions and workplaces. We all come to parliament with our own life experience, background and knowledge from prior professions and community involvement. None of us comes with a complete […]
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Tuesday 22 May 2018 I believe that lifelong learning and personal and professional development are important in all professions and workplaces […]
THIS year’s Federal budget and the Opposition response suggest there is $300 billion worth of revenue over the next 10 years that the Government is willing to hand back to taxpayers. What may appear to cynics as a vote-buying exercise has been pitched as tax reform. We are part of a federal system. When it […]
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Legislative Council Tuesday 15 August 2017 Ms FORREST (Murchison ) – Mr Deputy President, I move – That the Legislative Council – (1) Notes the economic benefit of investment in infrastructure, particularly long term intergenerational infrastructure; (2) Notes infrastructure funding is often influenced by election cycles; and (3) Calls on both Houses […]
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MLCs Hon Ruth Forrest and Hon Ivan Dean discuss the role of the Legislative Council with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings […]
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What is the role of the Tasmanian Legislative Council? It is timely to consider this important question in light of recent public comment suggesting the Legislative Council lacks relevance and is obstructionist. The role, as noted in its 2016-17 Annual Report, is threefold: “(i) to authorise the raising of revenue and the expenditure of state […]
The only promise missing from this election campaign is the one we most desperately need. A State Optometrist. Someone to check the vision of those responsible for the daily deluge of pledges from all parties with little connection to any clearly articulated vision or long term plan. The majority Government of the last four […]
Legislative Council Wednesday 16 August 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Mr Deputy President, I have a question to the Acting Leader for the Treasurer as shareholder minister for Sustainable Timber Tasmania, formerly Forestry Tasmania. Regarding the impending sale of 29 000 hectares of plantations […]
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Legislative Council Wednesday 23 August 2017 Ms FORREST question to ACTING LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Regarding the upgrade of the Bass Highway bypass at Wynyard, what provisions have been made resulting from the installation of the York Street, Bass Highway junction roundabout to enable safe access to York Street […]
