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Debates and Speeches in Parliament

Speech - 26 September 2023

Justice, Scales and Gavel

Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings

Mr Speaker, I want to acknowledge the victims/survivors and their families who are present today and watching online.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Commission of Inquiry


Speech - 14 September 2023

Gender Equality

Solidarity with Iranian Women

Mr Speaker, 'jin, jiyan, azadi' - this is the rallying cry of Iranian women today.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Women, Violence, Equality


Speech - 14 September 2023

Parliament House, Tasmania

Government Failures

The terrible state of the health system continues to be highlighted every day in the media.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Health Crisis, Housing Crisis


Speech - 13 September 2023

Air View of Houses

Homes Tasmania - Impact of Property Acquisitions from Private Market

The Government's policy is to invest $1.5 billion in Housing over the next 10 years to build and acquire 10 000 homes.
Vica Bayley MP  |  Tags: Social and Affordable Housing, Housing Crisis


Speech - 13 September 2023

House of Assembly, Tasmania

Production of Cabinet Documents - Report to Parliament

At the last minute, the Premier lamely tabled a whole bunch of documents, which it turned out were already all in the public domain.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Transparency, Parliament, Stadium


Speech - 13 September 2023

Education, Textbook and Laptop

Literacy Outcomes Monitoring Group and Structured Literacy for Primary Schools

The year's NAPLAN results are a serious concern. NAPLAN is not the be-all and end-all of measuring student performance.
Vica Bayley MP  |  Tags: Education, NAPLAN


Speech - 13 September 2023

A family of tenants in their front yard.

Matter of Public Importance - Housing

We see the Homes Tasmania strategy, the Tasmanian Housing strategy, and note that it is a glossy document that contains numerous very welcome commitments.
Vica Bayley MP  |  Tags: Housing Crisis, Social and Affordable Housing


Speech - 12 September 2023

A family of tenants in their front yard.

Housing and Other Essential Services

There is not the money there to attract people from the mainland to work in these essential services because the investment has not been there.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Housing, Public Service


Speech - 7 September 2023

Parliament House, Tasmania

Cygnet Family Practice - Urgent and After-Hours Service

The Cygnet Family Practice is the first practice in Australia to bring in this urgent after-hours service.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Health


Speech - 7 September 2023

Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Threatened Species

It is Threatened Species Day and the minister for the Environment has just given an eloquent speech on behalf of industry.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Threatened Species, Fish Farms, Macquarie Harbour


Speech - 7 September 2023

Swift Parrot

Threatened Species

The swift parrot is the fastest parrot in the world, an endemic breeder here in Tasmania and 100 per cent reliant on Tasmania's forests.
Vica Bayley MP  |  Tags: Swift Parrot, Forests, Threatened Species


Speech - 7 September 2023

House of Assembly, Tasmania

Referral to Privileges and Conduct Committee

It is clearly the case that the minister has failed to appropriately respond to an order of the House.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Privileges Committee, Misleading Parliament


Speech - 6 September 2023

Mining

Mining and Minerals

MMG wants expand its tailings dam to make this globally-important rainforest area into a toxic tailings dump - that is what they want to do.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Mining, takayna / Tarkine


Speech - 6 September 2023

Hospital Bed

Health Services - Issues

Hospitals everywhere particularly the Launceston General Hospital and the Royal Hobart Hospital are suffering in a real crisis.
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Tags: Launceston General Hospital, Health Crisis, Ambulance Ramping


Speech - 6 September 2023

takayna / tarkine, Tasmania

Big Tree Tourism

Think about the economic benefits or at least non benefits of those developments versus something like this, the big tree tourism plan.
Vica Bayley MP  |  Tags: Tourism, Forests


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