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Hon Ruth Forrest MLC - Independent

Electorate Updates See More

  • Montello Primary School - Budget

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  • 'I think the parents are feral not the child': MLC's passionate response

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  • Adjournment Speech - Cam River Bridge - Traffic Management

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Video See More

  • Special Interest Matters - Willow Cummins

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  • Special Interest Matters -First Foods Initiative

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  • Special Interest Matters - Celebrating Student Achievements at Hellyer College

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Audio See More

  • ABC Mornings with Leon Compton - Stadium Funding

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  • ABC Mornings with Leon Compton - TT Line

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  • ABC Mornings with Leon Compton - Energy Committee Hearings

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Opinion See More

  • An urgent need for truth

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  • Delusional and deceptive update on State’s financial position

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  • Sleepwalking to disaster

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About Ruth Forrest

Ruth was born in Burnie in 1962. She was raised on a farm at Riana and has lived on the North West Coast all her life. She attended Riana Area School, Ulverstone High School and Hellyer College and afterwards worked as a nurse and midwife in Burnie until she was elected to the Legislative Council in the Parliament of Tasmania in 2005. Ruth was re-elected in 2011. Ruth lives in Wynyard and spend a lot of time traveling within her electorate including Circular Head, the West Coast, Wynyard and King Island.

Recent News

  • An urgent need for truth

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  • Delusional and deceptive update on State’s financial position

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  • Sleepwalking to disaster

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  • Governance issues erode public trust

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  • Does the state's 'good bloke' Jeremy Rockliff have what it takes to repair failing governance standards

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  • We need to face what the budget figures have been trying to tell us for years, and it's not good news

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Recent Media

  • Special Interest Matters - Willow Cummins

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  • ABC Mornings with Leon Compton - Stadium Funding

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  • Special Interest Matters -First Foods Initiative

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