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Rockliff Must Act on CCYP Report FindingsThe Commissioner for Children and Young People report into Tasmania’s out-of-home care system is troubling, and its findings demand urgent action Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Mar 2023 |
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ROGS Confirm Child Safety Record Going Rapidly BackwardsToday’s Productivity Commission Report on Government Services (RoGS) again highlights the Rockliff Government’s appalling child safety record. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 24 Jan 2023 |
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Recognising National Survivors' DayToday we recognise the pain and honour the courage of all survivors of sexual assault and institutional abuse. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Nov 2022 |
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Senator Alex Antic - CommentsThe odious Senator Alex Antic, accused the ABC of 'grooming' over the reading of a book that tells young women it is okay to wear pants. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 9 Nov 2022 |
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Child Safety Ignored by Rockliff GovernmentAcross Tasmania, child safety workers have walked off the job today due to the Liberals’ failure to resource this critical service. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 5 Oct 2022 |
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National Child Protection WeekWith the backdrop of the Commission of Inquiry, this National Child Protection Week is a particularly sombre one in Tasmania Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 5 Sep 2022 |
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Children, Education and Youth – ED5 InvestigationsHow many staff at Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been stood down or had their position terminated? Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Jun 2022 |
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Children, Education and Youth – Advice and Referral LineWe have gone from a system where when someone has a concern for a child and rang child safety that was when the clock started ticking on the referral. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Jun 2022 |
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Attorney-General and Justice – Commission of InquiryMs Webster's evidence your department would not be embedding child safety principles at the leadership level. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Jun 2022 |
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Premier – Commission of InquiryThe Secretary of Communities Tasmania, Ms Webster, responded to a question and said that the 'Child Safe Standards Framework would take three years to deliver.' Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Jun 2022 |
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Jaensch's Shameful SecrecyMinisterRoger Jaensch has refused to answer critical questions in Budget Estimates about staff who are stood down for child sexual abuse matters Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 8 Jun 2022 |
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Ministerial Statement – Response to Commission of InquiryThe statement made by Premier Rockliff is exactly what victims/survivors of child sexual abuse in Tasmania needed to hear. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 May 2022 |
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Child SafetyThis report, which has only been released through right to information, is deeply confronting reading. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 10 Nov 2021 |
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Student Safeguards Must be in Place by New School YearTasmanian parents need greater reassurance that their children are safe in the state’s public school system. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 10 Nov 2021 |
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Department of Education - Responses to Child Sexual AbuseThe report of the inquiry reveals a culture of cover-up within the Department of Education that persists to this day. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 10 Nov 2021 |
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Department of Education - Responses to Child Sexual AbuseThe full report for the inquiry into sexual abuse in the State public public school system was received by the department nearly five months ago. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 10 Nov 2021 |
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Tasmanian Commission of Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - Implementation of Key RecommendationsLimited progress has been made on the introduction of a reportable conduct scheme. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Oct 2021 |
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Child SafetyThere is something deeply wrong with the child safety system here and the way it is being administered. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 26 Oct 2021 |
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Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Bill 2021There is logic behind this amendment bill, and I note it is part of the national reform process. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 Aug 2021 |
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Survey Shows Child Safety Staff Under Enormous StrainRecently released results of a CPSU survey of child safety staff are disturbing, and must be addressed by the Human Services Minister Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Mar 2021 |
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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. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Mar 2021 |
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Expert Panel Welcomed, TOR Need ImprovementThe Tasmanian Greens welcome the appointment of the Expert Panel to investigate alternatives to the Many Colours One Direction program. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 4 Feb 2021 |
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Opacity Over Stood Down State Servants InexcusableYet another State Service employee has been stood down in the lead up to the Commission of Inquiry into child sexual abuse. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 27 Jan 2021 |
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Damning ROGS Data in Housing, Homelessness, Child Safety and Youth JusticeVulnerable Tasmanians are being left behind by the Gutwein Government. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Jan 2021 |
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TT-Line – Child SafetyFormer Launceston nurse and alleged paedophile James Griffin worked on the Spirit of Tasmania between October 2003 and January 2009. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Dec 2020 |
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Sport and Recreation - Child SafetyThe manager at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, who has had serious allegations raised against them has been transferred to manage the Launceston Silverdome. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 26 Nov 2020 |
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Shelton Silent on Child Abuse AllegationsThe Police Minister's refusal to answer questions about his inaction in the James Geoffrey Griffin matter is a shameful abrogation of ministerial responsibility Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 26 Nov 2020 |
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Safety of ChildrenThere is something both rotten and wrong with the way at-risk children and young people are dealt with in Tasmania. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 19 Nov 2020 |
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Commission of Inquiry Must Investigate LGH and Ashley Youth Detention CentreThe Liberals must do right by the children who are, and have been, in government care. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 11 Nov 2020 |
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Brahminy Foundation ProgramMotion calling on the Government to bring children home from the Brahminy Program. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 14 Oct 2020 |
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Child Safety at Brahminy FoundationWe can do this in Tasmania. It is a question of political will. We have to do better by these kids. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 14 Oct 2020 |
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Many Colours 1 Direction ProgramWe have now seen video evidence of at least one young Tasmanian doing more than 100 kilometres an hour on a remote back road. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 14 Oct 2020 |
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Brahminy Foundation ProgramThere are six young Aboriginal Tasmanians banished to a remote facility in the Northern Territory. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 13 Oct 2020 |
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Brahminy Review Must Be Independent, ComprehensiveThe internal review into the Brahminy program is inadequate, and the Minister should announce an independent, comprehensive review. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 6 Oct 2020 |
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Teachers Registration Amendment Bill 2019The bill deals with some current constraints on the Teachers Registration Board in dealing with a teacher without a Working with Vulnerable People registration. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Sep 2020 |
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Job Cuts - Public SectorLast week in here, we confirmed the cuts to the Child Safety Service via a message from senior managers to case workers to trim expenditure. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 26 Aug 2020 |
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Child Safety Services - Notifications ProcedureOn Monday a coronial investigation will begin into the deaths of seven babies and young children who were known to Child Safety Services. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 20 Aug 2020 |
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Child Safety System - Funding of ServicesMarch this year the Greens raised the serious concerns of child safety staff a lack of planning and resourcing in the child safety system. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 20 Aug 2020 |
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Jaensch Fails to Rule Out Child Safety CutsThe Minister for Human Services failed to answer important questions about cuts to Child Safety Services in State Parliament today. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Aug 2020 |
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Minister Must Explain COVID Child Safety ResponseThe Minister for Human Services must explain why vulnerable children were unable to access safe accommodation or key support services during COVID restrictions. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 6 Aug 2020 |
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Plan Needed to Protect Vulnerable Children During COVID-19 PandemicOur child protection services were already struggling, but COVID-19 is exacerbating the situation. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 20 Mar 2020 |
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TCCI Report Reveals Widening Wealth Gap Under Hodgman LiberalsThe TCCI’s ‘Tasmania Report’ confirms what many Tasmanians are feeling. The wealth gap is widening under Will Hodgman’s leadership. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 2 Dec 2019 |
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Out-of-Home Care Monitoring and OversightOut-of-home care in Tasmania remains recklessly unregulated five-and-a-half years after the Liberal Party took government. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 29 Oct 2019 |
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Jaensch Confirms by Omission His Office Requested Ashley RedactionsThe Minister responsible for the Ashley Youth Detention Centre refused to honestly answer a simple, direct question from the Greens. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 29 Oct 2019 |
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Hodgman's Child Safety Leadership FailureThe Premier and his Treasurer have conceded defeat on public sector wage negotiations and referred the matter to the Tasmanian Industrial Commission. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 27 Jun 2019 |
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Estimates Reply - Minister JaenschThere is a surge in the budget allocation that runs out next year for child safety services. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 11 Jun 2019 |
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Child Protection Not Safe From Gutwein's CutsThe Treasurer has refused to commit the government to quarantining the child protection system from the so-called ‘efficiency dividend’. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 4 Jun 2019 |
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Budget 2019-20 - Essential Services FundingThe elective surgery waiting list has soared, along with time spent in the emergency department, yet there is no new money for health in this year's budget. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 May 2019 |
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Slow, Systemic Reforms Won't Fix Systemic Under-funding of Child ProtectionTasmanian children and young people are being let down day after day as a result of persistent under-resourcing by the Hodgman Liberal Government. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 13 Mar 2019 |
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Child Safe StandardsIt is quite breathtaking that we, in 2018, we still do not have a set of nationally consistent standards for child safety. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 26 Sep 2018 |
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At Risk Children and Young People Still Let DownTasmania’s under-resourced child protection system continues to let down at risk children and young people. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 31 Aug 2018 |
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Child Protection - Total Support Services Notificationcan you confirm that when the ABC alerted your office to these allegations that they were taken very seriously? Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 May 2018 |
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Total Support Services briefingTotal Support Services have been described as totally unprofessional, with unqualified management, a poor workplace culture, and no training of new staff. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 May 2018 |
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Child Protection - Total Support ServicesThe allegation is that Total Support Services is exposing children with disabilities to inappropriate discipline. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 May 2018 |
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Child Safety Services - ResourcingThe evidence strongly suggests an under-resourced agency was unable to respond in time possibly to save the child's life. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 17 Oct 2017 |
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Actions of Minister PetrusmaWe have just heard the Minister for Human Services try to justify not telling parliament the truth over the wellbeing of 11 at-risk children. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Aug 2017 |
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Child Protection - Safe PathwaysLeaked departmental documents show the Minister misled parliament over the wellbeing of 11 children who had been placed with Safe Pathways last year. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Aug 2017 |
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A Critical time for Tasmania's ChildrenTasmania's child safety workers are at the absolute front line of protecting children from abuse and neglect. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 6 Sep 2017 |
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Resignation of the Commissioner for ChildrenIt is a sad day for Tasmania's children and young people with the sudden resignation of Commissioner, Mark Morrissey. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 3 Aug 2017 |
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Child Protection - Safe Pathways Still in OperationAn email sent to staff on 13 March makes clear that Safe Pathways is still doing business here. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Mar 2017 |
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Child Protection - Right to Information RequestsThe Greens' Safe Pathways right to information request was lodged on 22 November last year. It is now two and a half months overdue. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Mar 2017 |
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Liberals Treat Public's Right to Know with ContemptLate yesterday, the Tasmanian Greens finally received the response to a Right to Information request we lodged on the 22nd of November last year. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 10 Mar 2017 |
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Liberals Break Right to Information LawThe Liberals have instituted a culture of secrecy and contempt for Right to Information which is infecting the entire government. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 8 Mar 2017 |
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Premier Hodgman Undercuts Human Services Minister on Child ProtectionAfter the Safe Pathways scandal and evidence the State neglected children in its care, this is a completely unacceptable response from the Premier. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 1 Feb 2017 |
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Commissioner for Children's Report Exposes Urgent Need for FundingThe report into Tasmania’s child protection and out of home care system by the Commissioner for Children and Young People demands urgent attention. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 31 Jan 2017 |
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RoGS Reinforces Government's Failure to Keep Vulnerable Children SafeThe RoGS chapter on child protection services released today illustrates enduring and serious issues that need to be sensitively examined and addressed. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 24 Jan 2017 |
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Still Too Many Unanswered Questions on Safe PathwaysFive months after concerns were first raised with the government about the treatment of vulnerable children in the care of Safe Pathways, many questions remain. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Jan 2017 |
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1000 Days in Which Vulnerable Children Have Been Put More At RiskThe Liberals sure do have a hide, crowing about their response to vulnerable people over their 1000 days in office. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 8 Dec 2016 |
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Petrusma's Child Protection CrisisIn the past year, the average number of children waiting each day for a response from Child Protection has increased from 15.5 to 65.5. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 7 Dec 2016 |
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Petrusma Must Cancel Safe Pathways' ContractThe Minister for Human Services must accept responsibility for the Safe Pathways scandal and cancel the government contract with the for-profit provider. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 1 Dec 2016 |
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Child Protection - Safe PathwaysThis week, the manifest failings of Tasmania's child protection and out-of-home-care system were revealed to a national audience and to Tasmanians. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 17 Nov 2016 |
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Child Protection - Safe PathwaysCould you please detail to the House when the funding agreement with Safe Pathways commenced and the total value of this agreement? Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Nov 2016 |
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Safe Pathways Funding not Reaching KidsYesterday the Minister told the House all 11 children currently in the care of Safe Pathways would be visited by a Child Protection officer. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Nov 2016 |
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Child Protection - Safe PathwaysI listened very carefully to your response to the Opposition Leader's questions on Safe Pathways and the allegations raised in Four Corners last night. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 15 Nov 2016 |
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No Role for Profit Making in Child ProtectionChronic, systemic underfunding of child protection in Tasmania has laid the ground for businesses to profit from the abuse and neglect of children. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 16 Nov 2016 |
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Greens Are Focussed on the Key IssuesThe Hodgman Liberals are desperately trying to deflect from Matthew Groom's woeful performance as Minister for Energy. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 11 Mar 2016 |
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Child Protection Review Exposes Lack of ResourcesThe report in to the failure to investigate 151 child protection notifications in the North West has exposed that resourcing is a serious issue. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 27 Aug 2015 |
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Child ProtectionYesterday the Minister could not provide any answers as to why the child protection system failed 151 children on the north-west coast. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 19 Aug 2015 |
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Child ProtectionIt is almost three weeks since the department first became aware of the child protection system's failure to follow up on at least 151 child protection alerts. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 19 Aug 2015 |
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Minister Petrusma Gave Us No ChoiceThe three Greens MPs met this morning and agreed that we would keep an open mind on the likely no confidence Motion to be brought on by Labor. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Aug 2015 |
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Prioritise Child ProtectionThe latest RoGS reveals damage to vulnerable children caused by the Hodgman Government’s underfunding of child protection in Tasmania. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 30 Jan 2015 |