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Electricity Safety Bill 2020We have a situation where the combination of bushfires, overhead power lines, particularly distribution lines, and climate change is rapidly evolving. |
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Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020I thank the staff who gave me a very good briefing on this bill and outlined the many changes it will bring into law. |
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Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Bill 2019The Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act of 1968 is manifestly out of date and out of step with the current community expectations. |
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Residential Tenancy (Rent Control) Amendment Bill 2021The Residential Tenancy (Rent Control) Amendment Bill 2021 replaces the current unworkable rent control provisions in the Residential Tenancy Act of 1997. |
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Food Amendment Bill 2020 The aim of the act, as the minister stated, is that it is not only safe but is suitable for human consumption. |
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Land (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020We will support the legislation going through. However, I also want to talk about the lack of consultation around the Leith overpass. |
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Justice Miscellaneous (Commissions of Inquiry) Bill 2021Behind this amendment bill is so much trauma. I think it is reasonable to say that as a state we have been failing children and young people for decades. |
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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020
Bone-shaking grief, unbelievable longing and terrible dislocation: these are all normal feelings when someone you love intensely dies. |
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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020
I support a safe, legal framework for voluntary assisted dying in Tasmania because I believe in respect for human dignity and autonomy. |
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Payroll Tax Rebate (Apprentices, Trainees and Youth Employees) Amendment Bill 2020These are necessary measures in a time of pandemic and economic contraction and deepening social costs as a result of those two factors. |
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Budget Reply
If we do not make large, unparalleled changes by 2030 we will face extreme problems. |
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Budget Reply
The year 2020 began with a firestorm that devastated communities, forests and wildlife from the south coast of Victoria to the south east of Queensland. |
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Electoral Amendment (Electoral Expenditure and Political Donations) Bill 2020Politics in Tasmania, in many ways, is damaged by our lack of any donations disclosure framework beyond the Commonwealth law. |
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Gas Industry Amendment Bill 2020These are a number of small changes that follow the changes to the Gas Act from late 2019. |
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Energy Co-Ordination and Planning Amendment (Tasmanian Renewable Energy Target) Bill 2020We are in this position as a country where we are playing catch-up on tackling climate change. |
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