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Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Victims of Crime Assistance Amendment Bill 2023

The Greens support this bill.  It is a small but meaningful change to victims of crime.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 Sep 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill 2023

I acknowledge the suffering of people and their families who have been cruelly affected by failures of justice in our guardianship and administrative system.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Aug 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Archer Must Commit to Raising the Age

It's time for the Attorney-General to commit to raising the age of criminal responsibility

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Jul 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Estimates Reply – Archer

I have a few comments on Ms Archer's portfolios. We had a thorough airing of a lot of issues and that was a useful conversation.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Jun 2023


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Corrections and Rehabilitation – Bail

Can you please tell me where the bail reform process is up to? Is it something that you are considering?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Corrections and Rehabilitation – Urinalysis Supervision

My office was contacted by a woman on parole who talked about her experience of being forced to carry out urinalysis sample in the presence of a male.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Corrections and Rehabilitation – Remand

The operating model will support remandees to adjust to life within the prison environment.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Attorney-General and Justice – TasCAT Appointments

Last year, a TASCAT selection panel recommended 17 candidates for appointment. You rejected four of those candidates and appointed another six.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Attorney-General and Justice – Sex Offenders Register

Can I ask you another question in relation to child sex offences and the discussions that have been in public about the sex offenders register?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Archer's Captain's Call on Justice

Attorney-General Elise Archer has once again failed to explain why she ignored the advice of an independent selection panel for TasCAT appointments

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  5 Jun 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Rockliff Must Step in on Police Minister’s Politicisation of Child Sexual Abuse

The Liberal candidate for Rumney's cynical attempts to politicise what is one of the most significant bodies of reform Tasmania has seen is revolting

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  1 May 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Inquiry into Tasmanian Adult Imprisonment and Youth Detention Matters

Submission to the Legislative Council Inquiry into Tasmanian Adult Imprisonment and Youth Detention Matters.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Submission  |  31 Mar 2023


Drugs

Illicit Drugs in Tasmania

Fundamentally, this is only a motion that calls on the House to agree not to adopt any measures that soften our drug laws.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  29 Mar 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Reply to the Premier's Address (state of the State)

I acknowledge and pay my deepest respects to Tasmania's Aboriginal people, the palawa pakana.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Mar 2023


Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Greens Release Draft Legislation to Decriminalise Personal Drug Use in Tasmania

The Greens are proud to launch our draft Bill to decriminalise personal drug use

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  2 Feb 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

ROGS Sexual Assault Data Demands Action

The rate of sexual assaults being reported in Tasmania is a serious concern and highlights the need for continued investment, support, and reform

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Jan 2023


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Tasmania Less Safe Under the Liberals

The latest Justice Report on Government Services paints a bleak picture of the Liberal Government’s justice failures.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Jan 2023


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Liberals' Aboriginal Incarceration Shame

New data released by the Productivity Commission shows once more just how hollow the words of successive Premiers and Ministers have been for Aboriginal people

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  31 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


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Public Trustee Reforms Must Be More Than Words

The Greens welcome the Attorney General‘s indication today the Government is considering removing the gag on people who are under guardianship orders.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  2 Dec 2022


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Justice Miscellaneous (Royal Commission Amendments) Bill 2022

The bill before us is the result of recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 Nov 2022


Justice, Scales and Gavel

TASCAT - Actions of Minister in Appointing Candidates

Independence of the judiciary from the executive is at the heart of the Westminster canon. I listened closely to your response to the earlier question.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 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


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Justice and Related Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2022

As is pretty standard with a justice miscellaneous bill, this bill deals with a range of matters.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  19 Oct 2022


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Risdon Prison - Police Secret Recordings - Terms of Reference for Review

It was extremely disturbing to hear that Tasmania Police left secret recording devices in a confidential prison meeting room for two months.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Sep 2022


Police Officers in High Visibility Vests

Secret Police Recordings Demand Response from Minister Ellis

These secret open-ended recordings have the potential to erode trust in police and the state’s justice system.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Aug 2022


Medicinal Cannabis

Archer’s Cold War Cannabis Response Outdated

Tasmanians overwhelmingly want to decriminalise the personal use of marihuana, and Minister Archer’s views are way behind the community.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Jul 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

Estimates Reply - Archer

I want to make some comments about the parts of the minister's portfolio responsibilities I asked questions about - Attorney-General and Justice, and Arts.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Jun 2022


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Public Trustee - Recommendations and Outcomes of Review

On 30 November last year, an independent review into the Public Trustee by Damian Bugg QC was published.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Mar 2022


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2022

The Greens strongly support the bill and the establishment of the new standalone criminal offence for strangulation under the code.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Mar 2022


Law Books

Liberals’ Response to Public Trustee Review

We welcome the Attorney’s comments the Bugg review’s recommendations will be either wholly or partially accepted.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Mar 2022


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Archer Silent on Call for Public Trustee Victims’ Compensation

Attorney General Elise Archer has been silent on a meaningful response to the Independent Review of the Public Trustee, released last November.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Mar 2022


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Integrity Body Tamed to be Ineffectual

The Australia Institute report on Tasmania’s Integrity Commission, released today, outlines a culture of secrecy and an addiction to timidity.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Mar 2022


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Jury Trial Suspension is on Peter Gutwein

The Supreme Court’s decision to suspend jury trials, while right for the safety of those called to do jury duty, will mean justice is delayed for many.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  6 Jan 2022


Law Books

Greens Welcome Draft Laws to Protect Women

The Greens welcome the release of draft legislation for the standalone offence of non-fatal strangulation.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Dec 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

On International Day of People with Disability, Tasmania's Attorney General has Abandoned State's Disability Protections

Protections for people living with a disability are under threat from a High Court case with its origins in Tasmania.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Dec 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Criminal Code Amendment (Judge Alone Trials) Bill 2021

The Greens welcome this bill and the Criminal Code amendment to make it possible for Tasmania to join with the other Australian states.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Nov 2021


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


Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Department of Education - Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Legal Advice

What advice did you receive that meant you could not release the same full redacted report that was released to the ABC?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 Nov 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Amendment Bill 2021

I think we all agree that we get better outcomes when people are as involved as possible and able to talk as comfortably as possible.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  14 Oct 2021


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Ashley Youth Detention Centre - Safety of Children

Given the history of the systematic brutalisation of children at Ashley we think more detail is needed.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  14 Sep 2021


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Corrections - Rehabilitation

Education, training, reintegration and rehabilitative services are not being delivered at the levels that are needed.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Sep 2021


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Attorney-General and Justice - Nazi Iconography and Memorabilia

Victoria's Attorney-General, Jaclyn Symes, has recently announced that the Victorian government will be banning the display of Nazi iconography.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Sep 2021


Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Attorney-General and Justice - OPCAT

The Closing the Gap implementation plan notes that the Commonwealth will provide funding over two years to states and territories to implement OPCAT.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Sep 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Attorney-General and Justice - Commission of Inquiry

The Budget provides $1.6 million for the Commission of Inquiry Response Unit, you have just called that CARCRU, is that right?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Sep 2021


Shaking Hands

Archer Must Release TRRPOA Grant Deed

The Consumer Protection Minister must release the deed for the government grant awarded to the Tasmanian Residential Rental Property Owners Association.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Sep 2021


Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Defamation Amendment Bill 2021

It is a very important step and something that has been discussed across the country.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  2 Sep 2021


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Justice Miscellaneous (Increasing Judicial Retirement Age) Bill 2021

There have been many comments made about the values of increasing the retirement age for judges. It is something in which we are in good company.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Jul 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Greens Welcome Standalone Offence for Non-Fatal Strangulation

The Greens welcome today’s announcement that a standalone offence of non-fatal strangulation will be introduced in Tasmania

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Jun 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Greens Welcome Belated Commitment on Non-Fatal Strangulation Laws

The Tasmanian Greens welcome the Liberal and Labor parties committing to make non-fatal strangulation a stand-alone offence. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Apr 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020

I thank the staff who gave me a very good briefing on this bill and outlined the many changes it will bring into law.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Mar 2021


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Justice Miscellaneous (Commissions of Inquiry) Bill 2021

Behind 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


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Liberal Policies Filling Jails, Increasing Aboriginal Incarcerations, Clogging Courts

The latest ROGS data on Justice again confirms the State has gone backwards, socially, under the Liberals.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Jan 2021


Prison, Barbed-Wire Fence

Custodial Inspector Amendment (OPCAT) Bill 2020

On 21 December 2017, Australia ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Submission  |  11 Dec 2020


Magistrates Court

Greens Welcome Family Violence Order Fee Removal

The Greens welcome the Premier’s announcement the application fees for Family Violence Orders will be removed. This move will potentially save lives.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Dec 2020


Magistrates Court

Estimates Reply – Attorney-General Archer

It is a deeply concerning allegation that children are going to night courts and appearing before a justice of the peace or a bench justice and a prosecutor.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  2 Dec 2020


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Corrections – Bail Hostel

Tasmania's housing crisis has impacted on the ability of accused people to successfully get bail, for no other reason than that they lack stable accommodation.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Nov 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Corrections – Rehabilitation Programs

The Custodial Inspector reports that 'very few programs are now delivered in TPS facilities'.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Nov 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Attorney-General and Justice – Victims of Crime Compensation

A person who witnessed a crime is only able to paid a maximum or $20 000. A relative can be paid a maximum of $10 000.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Nov 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Attorney-General and Justice – Commission of Inquiry

The TLRI final report of September 2003 makes five recommendations for legislative amendment of the Commissions of Inquiry Act.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Nov 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Police, Fire and Emergency Management - James Griffin

The ministers through Estimates this week have confirmed that Ms Courtney, the Minister for Health, first became aware on 31 July 2019.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Nov 2020


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

State Budget Confirms ‘Tough on Crime’ Failure

The State Budget has confirmed the Liberals’ ‘tough on crime’ approach has failed, with millions more allocated to fund the overflowing prisons.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Nov 2020


Law Books

Legal Assistance Welcome, Policy Re-think Needed

The announcement that funding will be made available for Legal Aid in tomorrow’s State Budget is welcome.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Nov 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Ashley Youth Detention Centre - Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse Claims

The Government's independent investigation has limited terms of reference and focuses on the systems within the Tasmanian Health Service only.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 Nov 2020


Law Books

Terms of Reference for Review of Phasing Out of Suspended Sentences

We have long stood with the evidence of what works in turning around rates of recidivism.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  10 Nov 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Commission of Inquiry into LGH Abuse Needed

The allegations a child sex offender was working as a nurse on the paediatrics ward at the Launceston General Hospital for nearly 20 years are distressing.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Nov 2020


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Damning Evidence of Corrections Implosion

The Custodial Inspectorate has issued another highly critical assessment of the government’s handling of the Corrections system.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Oct 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States by Bill Clinton, the then president, in 1993 at the age of 60.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 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


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Dangerous Criminals and High-Risk Offenders Bill 2020

Generally, indefinite detention of a person can be the result of two different types of orders, depending on the time at which the order is made.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Bill 2020

The Greens are very pleased to support this bill which will finally bring into being a body that has been, as the minister said, decades in gestation.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  27 Aug 2020


Westbury Informal Reserve, Site of Proposed Northern Prison, Westbury, Tasmania

Liberals’ Westbury Spin Comes Undone

Today in Parliament, the Government confirmed its decision to pursue the second site for the northern prison was made in a rush.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Aug 2020


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Archer Needs to Commit to More Protection for Victims of Family Violence

More than a year has passed since a Coroner’s report detailed the case for enacting a standalone offence of non-fatal strangulation.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Jul 2020


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Liberal Prison Chaos Failing Community

After six years in government, it is clear the Liberals’ approach to crime and justice is failing on every front.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Jul 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Government Must Act Urgently on Youth Strip Searches

Information obtained by the Examiner newspaper shows invasive strip searches of children and young people are continuing at high levels.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Jun 2020


Police Officers in High Visibility Vests

COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No. 2) 2020 - In Committee

We should not be afraid to allow the Subordinate Legislation Committee to look at directions made by the Director of Public Health.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 Apr 2020


Law Books

COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No. 2) 2020

In broad terms we are prepared to support this legislation, as we were prepared to support the first COVID-19 emergency legislation.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 Apr 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Justice Legislation Amendments (Criminal Responsibility) Bill 2020

I want to speak about the sort of tragic circumstances that have led to this bill coming before us today.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  19 Mar 2020


Law Books

Criminal Code Amendment (Sexual Abuse Terminology) Bill 2020

Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise to provide the Greens' support on the changes to the terminology in a number of subsections to section 124 of the Criminal Code.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  19 Mar 2020


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Evidence Amendment Bill 2020

I will commence my second reading comments on behalf of the Greens to say that we will be supporting this Evidence Amendment Bill 2020.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Mar 2020


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Prison Audit Shows System on the Brink

The Auditor-General’s report on the Tasmanian Prison Service shows a system on the brink of financial and functional collapse.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Nov 2019


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2019

The Greens support these amendments to the Sentencing Act, the Criminal Code Act and the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 Oct 2019


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Northern Prison a Regressive Step

The move to build a new prison is foolish, regressive policy and is apparently the Liberals’ idea of vision.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Sep 2019


Drugs

Community Safety

What we are really talking about here is two parties that support the building of a massive investment in prison infrastructure in the north.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 Sep 2019


Green Economics

Greens Release Future-Focussed Alternative Budget

Today we proudly delivered the Tasmanian Greens’ fully costed, long-term vision for Tasmania, our Alternative Budget 2019-20. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 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


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Right to Information Report Confirms Hodgman Government's Culture of Secrecy

The latest Right to Information Annual Report highlights that this system, by the Hodgman Government’s direction, is broken.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  2 May 2019


Police Officers in High Visibility Vests

Sentencing Amendment (Assaults On Off-Duty Police) Bill 2018

We have a long-held position based on the evidence that it is not appropriate to set legislation in parliament about mandatory sentencing levels.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 May 2019


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Sentencing Amendment (Mandatory Sentencing For Serious Sexual Offences Against Children) Bill 2018

What a surprise that we are here today with exactly the same bill that we debated in 2017.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 May 2019


Police Officers in High Visibility Vests

Archer Must Provide Concrete Answer Over Informant Question

The Victorian circumstance of a lawyer turned police informant had been surrounded in court suppression orders and secrecy.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Feb 2019


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Premier Must Release Advice on Weakening Tasmania's Gun Laws

Today’s Supreme Court’s judgement confirms the public have a right to see the advice provided to the Premier from the then-Police Minister.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Feb 2019


Homeless Man

Parliament Set to Debate Greens' Bill to Eliminate Crime of Begging

The Tasmanian Parliament will have the opportunity to eliminate the criminal offence of begging in Greens’ Private Members’ Time next week.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Oct 2018


Homeless Man

Begging for Fairness, Greens Move to End Classist Crime

The Greens tabled a bill today that would end the classist persecution of the poor by removing the crime of begging from the statute books.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Sep 2018


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Corrections Amendment (Prisoner Remission) Bill 2018

This bill that comes back into our place was roundly rejected by the Greens last time. The bill is in exactly the same form as it was.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Sep 2018


Pile of Handguns

Lower House Parliamentary Inquiry into Gun Laws Unnecessary

The Liberals have been quick to move to establish a House of Assembly Parliamentary Committee to inquire into firearms laws and future policy.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Aug 2018


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Greens Move to Reject Major Projects Legislation and Enshrine Public Say on Planning

In Parliament this week we will move to affirm the priority that must be given to public participation and appeal rights in any development.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Aug 2018


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Terrorism (Restrictions on Bail and Parole) Bill 2018

Today we are presented with a bill that seeks to keep people in prisons after their sentences have been served because they might commit a crime.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Aug 2018


Child, Shadow

Liberals Must Listen to Survivors and Church Leaders and Commit to National Redress Scheme

While the Liberals drag their heels, Tasmania church leaders have joined forces to call for the State to join the National Child Abuse Redress Scheme.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Apr 2018


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Prisons at Breaking Point Under Liberals

The Custodial Inspector’s Annual Report reveals a justice system in crisis under the Hodgman Liberals.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Oct 2017


Homeless Man

Fair Approach to Fines Needed

The Tasmanian Greens support calls from Community Legal Centres for Tasmania to change the way fines are structured.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Oct 2017


Child, Shadow

Hodgman Must Commit Tasmania to National Redress Scheme

The Turnbull Government today introduced legislation to establish a Commonwealth civil redress scheme for survivors of past abuse in institutional settings.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Oct 2017


Police Officers in High Visibility Vests

Liberals' 'Tough on Crime' Approach Leading to Increased Serious Crime

This year’s DPFEM Annual Report confirms on almost every crime measure the Liberals have promised to act, the statistics are not good.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Oct 2017


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Contempt of Court Risk Health Minister's Fault

Minister Ferguson has failed to properly resource the State's only secure mental health facility, the Wilfred Lopes Centre.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Oct 2017


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Law and Order Policies

Scrapping suspended sentences is only going to make this worse and increase the pressure on the prison.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  10 Aug 2017


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Risdon Prison - Overcrowding Causing Unrest

The pressure cooker environment in Risdon Prison tells us everything about your Government's failure to manage it safely and in the public interest.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  10 Aug 2017


Drugs

Annual Crime Figures Confirm 'Tough on Crime' is Failing

Annual crime figures released by Tasmania Police yesterday demonstrate the Liberals' lopsided focus on law and order.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  13 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


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Liberals' Justice Incompetence

Two explosive reports released this week expose a justice system that Attorney General, Vanessa Goodwin, has starved of funds, to breaking point.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Mar 2017


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Sentencing Amendment (Fines without Recording Convictions) Bill 2016

Maintaining the distinction between guilt and conviction also has the potential to improve community safety through the rehabilitation of offenders.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  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


Homeless Man

Government Ministers Urged to Support Decriminalisation of Begging in Tasmania

The Greens today tabled a bill to amend the Police Offences Act 1935 to remove a provision that makes criminals of people who are forced to beg for money.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  25 Oct 2016


LGBTI Flags

Time for Liberals to Abandon Anti-Discrimination Changes

Only one of 80 submissions to government supported changes to the State's anti-discrimination law.

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


Air View of Houses

Ex-Prisoners Sent To The Bottom Of The List

The Minister for Human Services, Jacquie Petrusma, told ABC Radio putting ex-prisoners onto a priority housing list is a "job done" by Housing Connect.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Oct 2016


Homeless Man

Liberals Leave Ex-Offenders Out in the Cold

When they axed the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders Program, the Liberals promised they would improve housing and assistance for ex-inmates.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Oct 2016


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Liberals' Drug Treatment Under-Funding Written into Law

The Sentencing Amendment Bill debated in Parliament expands the power to make Drug Treatment Orders to the Supreme Court.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff 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


Drugs

Ice Use Needs Government-Wide Action

The Police Association’s concern about the increase in crimes against people in the last year should be taken seriously by the Government.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Aug 2016


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Save the Tarkine Decision Welcome

The Tasmanian Greens commend the Full Court of the Supreme Court on its unanimous decision to dismiss the Government's appeal.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Aug 2016


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Next Step in Abolishing Suspended Sentences

The Liberals have taken the next step in scrapping suspended sentences, producing legislation for public comment.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 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


Green Economics

State Budget: Address in Reply

The Greens have discussed our energy strategy on numbers of occasions in this House since we tabled it early this year.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Jun 2016


Justice, Scales and Gavel

TPC Should Rethink Planning Scheme Hearings

It was standing room only at the Tasmanian Planning Commission Hearing into the Statewide Planning Provisions in Hobart.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Jun 2016


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Environmental Defenders Office Ignored Again

The EDO was denied funding by the Commonwealth Government and was still overlooked by the State Liberals.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Jun 2016


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Suspended Sentence Budget Black Hole

Last week the Liberals confirmed their intention to phase out suspended sentences and replace them with alternatives.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  5 Apr 2016


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Wrong Way on Suspended Sentences

The Sentencing Advisory Council's report on the phasing out of suspended sentences delivered a list of less proven and far more costly alternatives.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Mar 2016


Protest, Climate Emergency

Greens Will Move to Repeal Draconian Anti-Protest Laws

The Liberals' extreme anti-protest law is threatening the democratic right of every Tasmanian to take part in peaceful protest.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Feb 2016


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Treatment of Sex Offenders Bill

The government today supported the Greens' amendment that improved the laws around the treatment of sex offenders.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Nov 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Liberals Must Stop Playing Politics with Justice

The Liberals' attempt to introduce a user-pays levy on Tasmanian courts was so unjust it has even been rejected by the conservative Legislative Council.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Nov 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Government Should Heed Justice Estcourt's Advice

The government would do well to heed the advice of Justice Stephen Estcourt QC on court 'user-pays' polices that treat justice as a service that can be bought.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  6 Nov 2015


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Supermax a Distraction

Moving selected maximum security prisoners interstate to a “supermax” prison is something the states having been working towards for at least a decade.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Oct 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Government Neuters Public Sector Watchdog

They've cut their funding and failed to act on any of the recommendations from the three year review, and now they're only appointing an Acting CEO.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  4 Oct 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Integrity in Public Office Reforms Defeated

Neither the Liberals nor Labor supported the Greens Criminal Code Amendment (Misconduct in Public Office) Bill 2015.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Sep 2015


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Integrity Commission Right on Gift Policy Problems

It is standard practice in public and private agencies throughout Australia to reject gifts, or gifts over a certain value.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Sep 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Preventative detention orders unnecessary

The Greens today voted against the continuation of preventative detention orders.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Sep 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Sentencing Advice Ignored Again

The Attorney General is ignoring her own Sentencing Advisory Council report on sentencing for sex offenders by pushing ahead with mandatory sentencing.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Sep 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Goodwin Puts Environment at Risk

Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin has endangered Tasmania’s clean, green land, water and air by denying funding to the Environmental Defenders Office.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  25 Aug 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Integrity Commission

The Premier is responsible for the State's public service and therefore its culture and standards.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Aug 2015


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Integrity Commission

Every Australian state, territory and the Commonwealth other than Tasmania has within its criminal law framework an offence of misconduct in public office.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Aug 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Sentencing Report Damning of Liberals Justice Approach

The draft report of the Sentencing Advisory Council makes it clear the Liberals' plan to abolish suspended sentences could triple Tasmania's prison population.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Aug 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Criminal Code Amendment (Misconduct in Public Office) Bill Tabled

Both the old parties will be given the opportunity in Parliament to bring Tasmania into line with the rest of the country.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Aug 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Premier Squibs on Public Misconduct

The Premier today offered no proper justification for Tasmania being the only jurisdiction in the country not to have a crime of public misconduct.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Aug 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Time for Tasmania to Join the Rest of the Nation on Public Trust

When Parliament returns this week, the Greens will table an amendment to the Criminal Code Act 1924 to create a crime of 'misconduct in public office'.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Aug 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Outgoing Integrity Commission Chief Slams Cuts and Complacency

The Honourable Murray Kellam AO, has exposed in raw detail the Hodgman Liberal Government’s attempts to undermine and weaken Tasmania’s Integrity Commission.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Aug 2015


Aboriginal Flag

The Premier Can Save the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service

It is not good enough for the Premier to stand in the Tasmanian Parliament and say he is waiting for further information from Attorney General Brandis' office.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Jun 2015


Corruption, Handing over Envelope

Democracy Still for Sale in Tasmania

The Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin has washed her hands of any significant reform including restoring the House of Assembly to 35.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  10 Jun 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Government Backs Down on Gutting Integrity Commission

The Attorney General temporarily backed down from her policy of removing the investigative functions of the Integrity Commission.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  10 Jun 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Involve Community in Tackling Crime

The Hodgman government needs to urgently convene a Safe Community taskforce to develop a strategy to tackle the apparent increase in crime.

Kim Booth  |  Media Release  |  17 May 2015


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Statement on Execution

The Tasmanian Greens have expressed their sorrow and sympathies to the families and friends of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

Kim Booth  |  Media Release  |  29 Apr 2015


Prison, Man Gripping Bars

Reintegration for Ex-Offenders Program

The Hodgman government has axed the highly successful ‘Reintegration for Ex-Offenders’ program in a short-sighted cost-cutting move.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  24 Apr 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Death Penalty is No Answer

Greens Leader Kim Booth MP today called on leaders in Australia and overseas to remain steadfast in their opposition to the death penalty.

Kim Booth  |  Media Release  |  4 Mar 2015


Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Defamation Laws-Common Sense Prevails

Attorney General Vanessa Goodwin's education is now complete as she has backed down from her draconian attempt to introduce gag laws in Tasmania.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  5 Feb 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

DPP Stood Down

The Greens understand the Attorney General’s decision to recommend to the Governor that the DPP be removed from his position.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  24 Jan 2015


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Judicial Review

The Greens have in-principle support for judicial review in criminal cases where new evidence has arisen or when a conviction may be unsafe.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  9 Sep 2014


Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Libs Move to Amend Defamation Act

The Attorney-General today confirmed moves to amend the Defamation Act 1995 are designed to intimidate Tasmanians out of participating in public debate.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  9 Sep 2014


Justice, Scales and Gavel

Support Community Access to Courts

Community Legal Centres are not only facing horrendous budget cuts, but also attempts by the Liberal party to prevent them advocating for policy and law reform.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  19 May 2014