Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Mr Deputy Speaker, this is
the time of year when we share the love around and say thank you to
everyone who works for and on behalf of democracy in Tasmania.
You are here
In Parliament
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Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Mr Deputy Speaker, as more than 100 catastrophic
fires burn across Queensland and as the UN has handed down a report that
says we must treble our global emissions reduction within the next 10
years if we are to have any hope of keeping global average temperatures
below 1.5 degrees, we had some thousand students walk out of school today
and strike on the lawns of Parliament House to call on their government,
their politicians to listen to them on climate change. -
Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Mr Deputy Speaker, the Greens support the Supreme
Court Civil Procedure Amendment Bill 2018.I understand that all the amendments contained within it were prepared at
the request of the Chief Justice and that, amongst other things, it
removes references to a long since defunct Colonial Courts of Admiralty
Act 1890, that it will allow the Supreme Court when requiring payment of
an amount of money that it may carry interest in relation to that amount. -
Dr WOODRUFF - Ms Butler went out. Well done, that is really good to hear.
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Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, the long-
awaited Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament is a written expression
of our best selves. It outlines how we must conduct ourselves if we are
to maintain public faith in the institution of parliament. Not everyone
of us in here are parliamentary, and I am the first to confess to that. -
That this House -
(1) Has no confidence in the Premier, Will Hodgman, for the following
reasons -(a) The Premier has failed to demand the highest
standards of conduct from his members.(b) The Premier has refused to ask the honourable
member for Braddon, Adam Brooks, to resign, despite a damming Integrity
Commission report, which found he repeatedly lied about his involvement in
his private company while Mining minister and attempted to delete crucial
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Ms O'CONNOR question to PREMER, Mr HODGMAN
I will give you one more opportunity to make sure the public and Hansard
records are correct. Did Mr Brooks offer his resignation to you following
his performance at the Estimates table and subsequent public shaming? Did
he offer it you but you rejected it because, despite his appalling conduct,
you calculated that you needed him in here and in Braddon?ANSWER
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Ms O'CONNOR question to PREMIER, Mr HODGMAN
In the evidence presented by Mr Brooks to the Integrity Commission, are
there any statements that you recognise as further false statements from a
member who has a very loose commitment to the truth? Mr Brooks told
investigators following his spectacular fall that he did not offer his
resignation to you. Is this true, or did Mr Brooks offer his resignation
and you refused to accept it?ANSWER
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Ms O'CONNOR question to PREMIER, Mr HODGMAN
Can you explain who made the decision to pay the legal costs of a member
who is a serial liar and who has brought disrepute on the institution of
parliament? Who made the decision and on what basis was it decided that
one of this place's wealthiest members, one of who's eight properties is
currently on the market for $2.7 million, should have his legal fees for
being a serial liar covered by the taxpayer? -
Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, I have the
great pleasure tonight to table the largest environmental petition in
Australia's history. It is not in the correct form of the House -Madam SPEAKER - You need to seek leave to present that.
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Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Mr Deputy Speaker, I was cut short because of a
reduction in our time but I want to make some general comments about the
need for policy in this place that is based on evidence. I am not
reflecting on the bill that was just voted on. I would not do that but I
want to make some general comments about the purpose of introducing
legislation into this place. -
Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, I will be
brief because there are only 10 minutes left of this debate. I want to
provide Dr Woodruff with an opportunity to briefly wind up, if possible. -
Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin - 2R) - Madam Speaker, I move -
That the bill be now read the second time.
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That the House -
(1) Supports nurses, teachers, park rangers, allied health workers and
other public sector workers in their right to take industrial action.(2) Agrees that the actions of these workers have been responsible,
measured and designed to demonstrate the value they provide to the
community.(3) Recognises that the 2 per cent state wages policy was introduced in
2011 following the global financial crisis and in response to contracting
revenues. -
Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Madam Speaker, I support this motion and will add
a few comments. We have heard chapter and verse all the pieces of the
Integrity Commission's report that the Premier failed to read into the
House. I will run through a few more because it really calls into account
not just the behaviour of Adam Brooks when he was a minister and following
that time when he was being investigated, but this points to the integrity
of the Premier. -
Ms O'CONNOR (Clark - Leader of the Greens) - Premier, you have had a very
bad week-and-a-half, a very bad year, in fact.Mr Hodgman - The election result was a shocker.
Ms O'CONNOR - It was for you, Premier. Despite soliciting and obtaining
millions of dollars from the predatory gambling industry to secure your re-
election, you scraped in with a one-seat majority, which is entirely
precarious.Mr Hodgman - Scraped in? You lost two seats. Don't talk to us.