Ms O'CONNOR (Franklin - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, I move -
That the House take note of the following matter: animal welfare in Tasmania.
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Dr WOODRUFF question to MINISTER for ENVIRONMENT, PARKS and HERITAGE, Mr GUTWEIN
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Ms O'CONNOR question to TREASURER, Mr GUTWEIN
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Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Madam Speaker, having just seen the amendment there are certainly aspects of it that the Greens would support, including supporting the health workforce and thanking them for their dedication and service to Tasmania.
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Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Madam Deputy Speaker, it is a very serious matter at the heart of what we are discussing here today and the slinging match across the Chamber does a disservice to the lives that have been lost and the severity of the issue for people who have been affected. There are real risks in living in buildings that have flammable materials. The fact is that humans living in buildings are surrounded by flammable materials everywhere and risk is not an on or off thing, it is a continuum.
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Dr WOODRUFF question to MINISTER for ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND HERITAGE, Mr GUTWEIN redirected to MINISTER for PRIMARY INDUSTRIES and WATER, Mr BARNETT
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Ms O'CONNOR question to MINISTER for PRIMARY INDUSTRIES and WATER, Mr BARNETT
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Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Mr Deputy Speaker, I rise tonight to make some comments about the very sad death last week of two people from listeriosis, a food-borne illness. These two people were over the age of 70 years and they had multiple underlying health conditions. They lived in New South Wales and Victoria.
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Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, I want to make a brief contribution of the Right to Information Amendment (Applications for Review) Bill 2019 and to state unequivocally that I agree with everything said by my colleague, Dr Woodruff. We will be supporting the legislation, but it is grindingly frustrating to know that we have been here before. The Greens tabled an amendment bill to deal with this issue that was identified by the Supreme Court.
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Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Madam Speaker, the right to information is a core principle of an open and democratic society. The principle is that we the people, all citizens of a democratic community, are able to hold a government to account for the deeds they say they will do, the deeds they have done. To be able to shine the light of transparency and openness into all the mechanisms and the decision-making of government is an incredibly important principle.
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Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Deputy Speaker, the Greens will be supporting the Local Government (Highways) Amendment Bill 2019. As most southern members here do, who regularly experience the congestion in Greater Hobart, I find it very hard to get excited about this amendment bill.
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Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Deputy Speaker, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse shocked the nation. It revealed in the most appalling and confronting detail the systemic abuse of children who were entrusted to religious institutions. Some of these children were wards of the state. Some of these children were altar boys.