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House of Assembly, Tasmania

Budget Reply

Every year at Budget time the Greens do the work to lay out a clear, big hearted, evidence based alternative plan for Tasmania.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 May 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Commission of Inquiry Extension

The Greens acknowledge and respect the Commission of Inquiry’s request to extend their reporting deadline.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  4 Apr 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Child and Youth Safe Organisations Bill 2022

We are at this point because the state of Tasmania, governments, community organisations, people from across the community, have failed children over decades.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 Mar 2023


Child, Shadow

Rockliff Must Act on CCYP Report Findings

The 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


Lonely Child

ROGS Confirm Child Safety Record Going Rapidly Backwards

Today’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


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

No child should spend Christmas in prison, Greens call for urgent release of child prisoners from Ashley

The Greens are calling for children imprisoned at Ashley Youth Detention Centre to be allowed wherever possible to spend Christmas at home with their families

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Dec 2022


Coronavirus

Children at Covid Risk, as Liberals Plan to Axe Testing

Unvaccinated Tasmanian children under five years are at higher risk of serious Covid complications, but have been abandoned by the Rockliff Government. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  6 Dec 2022


Lonely Child

UN Committee Recommendations Must Be Urgently Addressed

The UN Committee against Torture’s concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Australia provides substantive recommendations for Tasmania.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Nov 2022


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Draft Youth Justice Blueprint a Good Plan, But no Immediate Solution

While the draft plan represents a major shift for youth justice and lays out the steps forward, it doesn’t solve Tasmania’s current youth justice failings.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Nov 2022


Child, Shadow

Recognising National Survivors' Day

Today 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


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Tasmanian Amnesty Southern Group - Petition

Children in Tasmania can be criminalised in the justice system from the age of 10. From the age of 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  10 Nov 2022


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Apology to Victim and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

Joining us in Parliament, out on the lawns, over at Elizabeth St Pier & on screens across the country, are Tasmanians - victim survivors & people who love them.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Nov 2022


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Ashley Youth Detention Centre - Lockdowns

Children are again being locked up at Ashley for 23 hours in a day because you cannot properly staff the place.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Oct 2022


Lonely Child

AYDC Lockdowns Demand Immediate Action from Premier Rockliff

Revelations that children at Ashley Youth Detention Centre are once again facing rolling lockdowns of 23 hours a day are disturbing and distressing.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  24 Oct 2022


Lonely Child

Child Safety Ignored by Rockliff Government

Across 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


Law Books

Child and Youth Safe Organisations Bill 2022

We note this bill is substantially more detailed than the 13-page threadbare draft Child Safe Organisations Bill 2020.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Submission  |  27 Sep 2022


Child, Shadow

National Child Protection Week

With 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


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Where are Labor as Tasmania is in Crisis?

The role of an opposition is to hold government to account on critical matters of public interest. That is not the case in Tasmania’s Parliament.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Aug 2022


Lonely Child

Liberals Fail to Reassure Tasmanians on Ashley Closure

The Rockliff Government, particularly Minister Roger Jaensch, have been dragging their collective heels on closing the Ashley Youth Detention Centre for a year.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Aug 2022


Law Books

Ministerial Statement – Commission of Inquiry Interim Response

This is a very significant statement from the Premier that wraps up a number of necessary and, in a number of cases, long overdue reforms.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Aug 2022


Empty Classroom

Mask Wearing in Schools Necessary for Winter

The Victorian Education Department is protecting young Victorians during the current Covid wave by requiring all students aged 8 and over to wear masks.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Jul 2022


Happy Children, Playing with Parents

Estimates Reply - Jaensch

We started our questioning of Minister Jaensch around evidence that was given to the commission of inquiry.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Jun 2022


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Prevention of Family Violence – Impacts on Young People

I wonder whether you have had further correspondence with Dr Hobbs?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Jun 2022


Child, Shadow

Jaensch's Shameful Secrecy

MinisterRoger 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


Green Economics

Budget Reply 2022-23

So much has changed since the Tasmanian Greens handed down our last evidence-based and fully costed Alternative Budget late last year.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Jun 2022


Classroom, Students with Raised Hands

Unsafe Rush to Face to Face Learning Has Predictable Outcome

School has been back for less than a week and seven Tasmanian schools have reported Covid outbreaks

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Feb 2022


Doctor with Face Mask

As Covid Surges, Serious Questions Remain Over School Return

Education Minister Courtney needs to explain in detail how children can be kept safe in our schools during this escalating Covid outbreak

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Jan 2022


Child, Shadow

Archer Must Rethink Age of Criminal Responsibility

The Attorney-General’s decision to only raise the age to 12, instead of 14, is indefensible.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Nov 2021


Empty Classroom

Student Safeguards Must be in Place by New School Year

Tasmanian 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


Protest, Climate Emergency

Climate Change - Young People and Mental Health Concerns

Minister, young people across the planet are suffering enormous anxiety and distress over the climate crisis.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Sep 2021


Protest, Climate Emergency

Comments made by Mr Ellis - Children and Climate Change

Mr Ellis, when he stood up before, made the most grotesque assertion and a complete untruth.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2021


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Estimates Reply – Minister Courtney

12 minutes at a minimum of the time devoted to the scrutiny of the Children and Youth portfolio went to Liberal backbencher questions.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2021


Logged Forest, Tarkine

Native Forest Logging

Young Tasmanians overwhelmingly want an end to native forest logging. They want that carbon kept in the ground in order for them to have a safe climate future.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2021


Police Officers in High Visibility Vests

Police, Fire and Emergency Management - Strip Searches

The Examiner reported on information about the numbers of invasive strip searches of children and young people continuing in the youth detention system.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Sep 2021


Protest, Climate Emergency

Education - Students and Climate

Eco anxiety is something that the Premier talked about yesterday in the Climate portfolio and it is a recognised psychological diagnostic area.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Sep 2021


Happy Children, Playing with Parents

Education - Child and Family Learning Centre Specialist Staff

The Budget provides funding to replicate the support and wellbeing team model in the Child and Family Learning Centres.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Sep 2021


Lonely Child

Mental Health and Wellbeing - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

PESRAC recommended that the CAMHS reforms be accelerated and implemented as soon as possible and they set out a number of phases.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Sep 2021


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Greens Celebrate Ashley Youth Detention Centre Closure

On behalf of the Greens and the children of lutruwita/Tasmania, I thank Peter Gutwein for making the long-needed decision to close Ashley Youth Detention Centre

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  9 Sep 2021


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Custodial Inspector’s Report Confirms Ashley Must Close

Another Custodial Inspector report, another swathe of critical failures at Ashley Youth Detention Centre (AYCD) have been exposed. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  4 Mar 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Shelton Must Review Police Procedures on Child Abuse Investigations

Police Minister, Mark Shelton refused to acknowledge police policies or procedures should be reviewed and changed. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Dec 2020


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Mental Health and Wellbeing – Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services

The CAMHS reforms are very welcome and we welcome the fact that they were all accepted. It's very important that they were.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 Nov 2020


Parliament House, Tasmania

Brahminy Review Must Be Independent, Comprehensive

The 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


Child, Shadow

Children’s Commissioner Must Have Oversight Over All Out-of-home Care

The Commissioner for Children and Young People’s oversight of the out-of-home care system is critical in making sure children are cared for properly.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Oct 2020


Lonely Child

Gutwein Government Must Investigate Brahminy Program, Bring Tasmanian Kids Home

The Gutwein Government needs to explain why it’s sending vulnerable young Tasmanians to a controversial and isolated Northern Territory intervention program.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Sep 2020


Lonely Child

Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Bill 2020

While we are enacting a pilot witness intermediary scheme, I have no doubt that the scheme will prove to be of significant benefit to survivors and victims.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2020


Lonely Child

Jaensch Fails to Rule Out Child Safety Cuts

The 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


Lonely Child

Minister Must Explain COVID Child Safety Response

The 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


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Leaders Must Listen to Young People in COVID-19 Rebuild

The Greens welcome the Commissioner for Children and Young People’s 'Listening to Children and Young People in Tasmania Report 2019'.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  14 May 2020


Lonely Child

Plan Needed to Protect Vulnerable Children During COVID-19 Pandemic

Our child protection services were already struggling, but COVID-19 is exacerbating the situation.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Mar 2020


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Wellbeing of Young Tasmanians

The Commissioner for Children and Young People paints a mixed picture of Tasmania’s progress on the wellbeing of young Tasmanians.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Feb 2020


Lonely Child

Jaensch Confirms by Omission His Office Requested Ashley Redactions

The 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


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Liberals' Clumsy Attempts to Cover Up Ashley Scandal

The Liberals have attempted, and failed, to redact some of the shameful results of an independent inspection of Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Oct 2019


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Commissioner Children and Young People Ambassador Program

I will take the opportunity to talk about the Commissioner Children and Young People's outstanding Ambassador Program.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Oct 2019


Mental Health, Man on Couch

Estimates Reply - Minister Ferguson

Chair, I will reflect on some of the enlightening conversations I had with the minister in his capacity as the Minister for Health.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Jun 2019


Mental Health, Man on Couch

Mental Health

We have a situation where young people and children are admitted in mental health distress into wards for adults.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 Jun 2019


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Child and Youth Mental Health

New beds will be progressively rolled out from 2020-21, including 10 new intensive care unit beds and a dedicated 16-bed adolescent unit.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 May 2019


Ambulance, Interior

Child and Youth Mental Health

60,000 Tasmanians live in mental health distress every year. They suffer financial distress and social and financial impacts on their families and communities.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 May 2019


Mental Health, Man on Couch

Budget 2019-20 - Mental Health Facilities

In 2015 Coroner Olivia McTaggart recommended a dedicated inpatient unit be built for young people who suffer mental illness or suicidality.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 May 2019


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Commissioner for Children's Advice on Strip Searches

We welcome the Commissioner for Children and Young People’s advice to government on strip searches of children and young people.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  7 May 2019


Lonely Child

Slow, Systemic Reforms Won't Fix Systemic Under-funding of Child Protection

Tasmanian 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


Homeless Man

Minister Jaensch Clutching at Straws

The waiting list for housing is not falling, fewer people are being housed and less Tasmanians assisted to go in to the private rental market.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Jan 2019


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Appointment of the New Commissioner for Children and Young People

There are few roles within government as important as the independent Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Nov 2018


Lonely Child

At Risk Children and Young People Still Let Down

Tasmania’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


Lonely Child

Child Safety Services - Resourcing

The 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


Lonely Child

Actions of Minister Petrusma

We 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


Lonely Child

Child Protection - Safe Pathways

Leaked 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


Lonely Child

A Critical time for Tasmania's Children

Tasmania'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


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Resignation of the Commissioner for Children

It 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


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Youth At Risk Strategy Undermined by 'Tough on Crime' Liberals

The Tasmanian Greens welcome the belated release of the government's Youth at Risk Strategy.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Jun 2017


Lonely Child

Child Protection - Safe Pathways Still in Operation

An 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


Lonely Child

Child Protection - Right to Information Requests

The 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


Lonely Child

Liberals Treat Public's Right to Know with Contempt

Late 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


Lonely Child

Liberals Break Right to Information Law

The 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


Lonely Child

Premier Hodgman Undercuts Human Services Minister on Child Protection

After 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


Lonely Child

Commissioner for Children's Report Exposes Urgent Need for Funding

The 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


Lonely Child

RoGS Reinforces Government's Failure to Keep Vulnerable Children Safe

The 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


Lonely Child

Still Too Many Unanswered Questions on Safe Pathways

Five 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


Lonely Child

1000 Days in Which Vulnerable Children Have Been Put More At Risk

The 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


Lonely Child

Petrusma's Child Protection Crisis

In 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


Lonely Child

Child Protection - Safe Pathways

This 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


Lonely Child

Child Protection - Safe Pathways

Could 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


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Safe Pathways Funding not Reaching Kids

Yesterday 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


Lonely Child

Child Protection - Safe Pathways

I 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


Lonely Child

No Role for Profit Making in Child Protection

Chronic, 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


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Sentencing Advisory Council Rejects Mandatory Sentences

The Sentencing Advisory Council has stood its ground and hit back at the Liberals’ politically motivated stunt.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Nov 2016


Lonely Child

Minister Evades Question on Number of Children Waiting for Family Violence Counselling

Former Australian of the Year, Rosie Batty, will today launch the Children and Young People's Unique Experience of Family Violence report.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  20 Sep 2016


Lonely Child

Children Exposed to Family Violence Slipping Through Large Service Gaps

Rosie Batty launched the Commissioner for Children’s report, ‘Children and Young People’s Unique Experience of Family Violence' today.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Sep 2016


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Greens Release Costed Plan to Close Ashley

The evidence is clear that Ashley represents a failed model for youth justice.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Sep 2016


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Ashley Review Builds Case for Closure

The Independent Review of Ashley Youth Detention Centre makes it clear the model for dealing with young offenders in Tasmania has failed.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Sep 2016


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Acute Crisis Care in Tasmanian Hospitals

I have noticed a couple of concerning things in the paediatric areas of the North West Regional Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Aug 2016


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

Ashley Youth Detention Centre

The Greens recognise that the Minister and her agency have taken this matter very seriously.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Aug 2016


Happy Children, Playing with Parents

Greens Release Alternative to Lower School Age Policy Initiative

Public concern is growing over the Liberal Government's plan to lower the mandatory school starting age.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Media Release  |  6 Aug 2016


Green Economics

State Budget: Address in Reply

It continues a long-standing tradition of the Tasmanian Greens to present an alternative vision for the future of Tasmania.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 May 2016


Gender Equality

Teen Challenge Won't Welcome Everyone to Meander Rehab Centre

When the state decided to sell the site, Teen Challenge saw an opportunity and orchestrated the outcome which has now been presented.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Jun 2016


Happy Children, Playing with Parents

Rockliff Feels Heat on Education Act Changes

The Minister of Education tried to reassure Tasmanian parents about changes to the Education Act, due to be debated in the next session of Parliament.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Media Release  |  14 Jun 2016


Four Young People Sitting on Ledge

My Education Website Poor Alternative to Pathway Planners

Students, parents and educators were shocked when the Government axed the highly effective pathway planners in 2014.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 May 2016


Super Trawler Geelong Star

National Council of Women of Tasmania

he National Council of Women of Tasmania celebrated its 117th annual report for its 118th year this year.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 May 2016


Bushfire, Burned Forest

State of the State Address in Reply

On behalf of the Tasmanian Greens MPs, I pay respect to the palawa/pakana people of Tasmania, to their treasured elders, past and present.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Mar 2016


Gender Equality

Family Violence and the Link with Animal Cruelty

We have learnt from the survivors of violence about the implicit nature of our society's acceptance of that violence.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Mar 2016


Religion, Book

Children's Commissioner Questions School Discrimination

Tasmania's Commissioner for Children has expressed concern about allowing religious schools to discriminate against students of different backgrounds.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Nov 2015


Happy Children, Playing with Parents

Every Child Succeeds Initiative

Anglicare's Every Child Succeeds initiativ, forms part of the Communities for Children program funded by the federal government.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  13 Oct 2015


Lonely Child

Child Protection Review Exposes Lack of Resources

The 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


Child, Shadow

Child Protection

It 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


Lonely Child

Minister Petrusma Gave Us No Choice

The 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