Legislative Council, Wednesday 3 December 2025 The video recording of this speech can be viewed on the Parliamentary website at the link below (click on the Broadcast tab, and start at the 1:02 mark) If you are viewing this on a mobile device, you will need to click on the three dots on the right […]
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Media Release – 4 November 2025 Member for Murchison, Hon Ruth Forrest MLC expressed her disappointment by rejection of accountability reforms despite widespread concern over State’s finances A Bill to establish enhanced parliamentary oversight of Tasmania’s deteriorating budget position has failed to secure support, despite members publicly expressing deep concern about the State’s unprecedented debt […]
There comes a time when life changing decisions need to be made. Do I continue as I have, drawing attention as best as I am able, to the shortcomings of government policies from both sides of the political fence, or do I, if the chance arose, accept a role where I may have greater input […]
There’s a sliver of hope—just a glimmer—that when the dust settles on this election, the battered survivors might finally face up to the fiscal mess Tasmania is in. But it’s a long shot. Because right now, neither major party seems to grasp the depth of the hole we’re in, let alone how to climb out […]
Read More… from If you want to get to SurplusTown, would you start from here?
Over the next three weeks, I will continue posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to dismantle […]
Read More… from Chapter 4: How the NEM Really Works for Tasmania
Over the next three weeks, I will continue posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market (NEM) shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to […]
Read More… from Chapter 3: Hydro Tasmania – The Institution That Holds the State Together
Tasmanians Deserve Straight Answers on Marinus – Not Marketing This piece is a rebuttal to the opinion piece published in the Mercury Newspaper today from Minister for Energy, Hon Nick Duigan MP. You can read it there or in the picture attached to this post. The following is my response to his comments. Tasmania’s energy […]
Read More… from Rebuttal to Opinion Piece from Minister Duigan
Over the next three weeks, I will be posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to dismantle […]
Read More… from Chapter 2 – Electricity and the NEM – The Basics Tasmania Was Never Told
Over the next three weeks, I will be posting a new post daily, or thereabouts, related to how Hydro Tasmania actually earns money, how the National Electricity Market shapes its fortunes, and why the numbers in its accounts now matter more than at any time in the past two decades. It also seeks to dismantle […]
THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S NARRATIVE ON MARINUS LINK IS DRIFTING FURTHER FROM ECONOMIC REALITY Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s New Year message celebrates Tasmania’s economic strength and the confidence that underpins it. Confidence, he argues, is the backbone of what makes us great. It’s a compelling idea. But confidence is only as strong as the facts that support […]
For nearly a century, Hydro Tasmania has been the fiscal workhorse of the state, underwriting services and cushioning budgets when other revenues faltered. That legacy is now under strain. Own‑source revenue has slumped to just 30 per cent of general government expenditure, well below the 37 per cent target set for 2032/33. This gap is […]
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Legislative Council, Thursday 11 December 2025 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I echo the sentiments from the Leader regarding staff and support. I want to make a couple of particular thank yous, but I do want to start with the Clerks. The Clerks are the fortress of knowledge in all matters procedural and every […]
Legislative Council, Thursday 11 December 2025 Ms FORREST (Murchison) – Mr President, I support this legislation. I thank the member for Hobart for the comments she made and particularly going through quite extensively and I might have some more to add on the matter of the court’s consideration of behaviours immediately before and immediately after […]
Read More… from SENTENCING AMENDMENT (AGGRAVATING FACTORS) BILL 2025
You can listen to my latest interview with Leon Compton here: […]
Read More… from ABC Mornings with Leon Compton – 12 December 2025
Legislative Council, Wednesday 10 December 2025 Ms FORREST (Murchison) (by leave) – Mr President, I move – That the Greyhound Racing Legislation Amendments (Phasing Out Reform) Bill 2025 be referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Greyhound Racing Transition for consideration and report. In speaking to that motion and moving that motion that effectively refers […]
Legislative Council, Wednesday 3 December 2025 Ms FORREST question to MINISTER for SPORT, Mr DUIGAN The King Island Golf & Bowling Club was promised a grant of $300,000 in order to lay a synthetic green. However, in recent months, the person at the club who has been trying to advance this project has been unable […]
