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Trust in GovernmentWe all collectively wait for the decision on Wednesday from the federal Minister for the Environment, Tanya Plibersek. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 15 Aug 2023 |
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Cassy O'Connor - TributeCassy was first elected as the Tasmanian Greens member for Denison, as it was then, on a countback on 21 July 2008. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Aug 2023 |
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Government PrioritiesApart from moving around a few ministerial positions and bringing in a highly paid spin doctor from a lobbying firm, it is clear nothing has changed. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Aug 2023 |
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New Greens Team ConfirmedThe Tasmanian Greens are proud to have the wonderful Vica Bayley elected to the House of Assembly as the new Member for Clark. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 1 Aug 2023 |
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Statement from Rosalie Woodruff MPThe Leader of the Tasmanian Greens, Cassy O’Connor MP, will be resigning as the Member for Clark effective today. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 13 Jul 2023 |
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Statement from Cassy O'ConnorToday I have written to Her Excellency, the Governor, to tender my resignation as the Greens’ Member for Clark. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 13 Jul 2023 |
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Estimates Reply – RockliffAs the day wore on, he was tilting across the table at a 45-degree angle into his Health secretary and looked like a person who did not want to be there. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 20 Jun 2023 |
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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 |
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New Low for Liberal Weasel WordsThe Liberals in government are well known for weasel words, but their performance in Parliament today was one for the ages. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 23 Nov 2022 |
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Ministerial StandardsThe same minister who is in charge of children and youth and he has been obviously found out, on multiple occasions, to have fabricated the truth. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Aug 2022 |
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Ministerial StandardsWe thought it was important that the House have a debate and discussion about ministerial standards, particularly this week. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Aug 2022 |
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National Cabinet Needs Low-Covid StrategyThe ripple effect of a single person’s infection on their absence in the workplace or the loss of a hospital bed is having damaging effects in Tasmania. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 16 Jul 2022 |
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Budget Reply 2022-23So 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 |
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Restoration of House of Assembly to 35 MembersMr Speaker, today we are asking for the House to provide in-principle support for restoring the seats in the House of Assembly from 25 to 35. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 May 2022 |
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Federal Election Results - Reaction of PremierAustralians have elected a new federal parliament with a strong mandate to deliver a safer climate, a national integrity commission and a fairer society. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 May 2022 |
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LGBTIQ+ People - Providing a Safe TasmaniaYesterday the results of the Government-commissioned UTAS LGBTIQ survey were released. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 5 May 2022 |
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Government IntegrityI want to talk about a really glaring example of this Government's lack of integrity, its willingness to gaslight Tasmanians during a public health crisis. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 Mar 2022 |
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Reply to Premier's AddressThe Greens are a party committed to truth telling, to treaty, to the return of stolen lands and to changing the date of our nation's day. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Mar 2022 |
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Reply to Premier's AddressFirst, I acknowledge the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, I acknowledge 219 years of dispossession from landscape and violence towards First Nations people. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Mar 2022 |
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Failure to DeliverThis is a Government that sent unvaccinated, unmasked, under-12s back into face-to-face learning, when it would not even acknowledge COVID-19 is airborne. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Mar 2022 |
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Peter Gutwein Needs to Stand Up to Morrison at National CabinetThe Premier who has effectively abandoned Tasmanians to Covid needs to show some backbone at National Cabinet today. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 5 Jan 2022 |
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Gutwein Signs on to Morrison’s Dangerous Covid PathThe Prime Minister’s reset of close contacts, and anti-testing rhetoric is dangerous and will put lives at risk – but it was accepted by Premier Gutwein. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 31 Dec 2021 |
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Gutwein Abandons Tasmanians to OmicronWith his let-it-rip strategy, Peter Gutwein has gone from hero to public health enemy number one within a fortnight. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 30 Dec 2021 |
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2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference - GlasgowThat conference has been determining the fate of the human species and all other species on earth. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 10 Nov 2021 |
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Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China - Support for Uyghur PopulationIt is estimated up to two million ethnic Uyghur Muslims from the Xinjiang region of China have been subject to an attempted genocide. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 1 Sep 2021 |
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Gutwein’s Band-Aid BudgetAfter eight years of underfunding health, housing, education, skills, and corrections, the Liberals have delivered a Band-Aid Budget Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 26 Aug 2021 |
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Governor's Address ReplyBuilding back from COVID, we should be turning a social and economic crisis into a reset that creates the future so many Tasmanians are yearning for. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 23 Jun 2021 |
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Adam Brooks - Premier's Response to Issues RaisedThe Premier failed at the first hurdle during the election campaign when two women came forward. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 Jun 2021 |
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Leaders’ Debate Confirms Need for Greens in ParliamentToday’s forum between the leaders of the Liberal and Labor parties was the best demonstration possible of why it’s essential to have the Greens in Parliament. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Apr 2021 |
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Leaders' DebatePeter Gutwein and Rebecca White having a Leaders debate, organised by the Property Council at Wrest Point casino, says everything about their priorities. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Apr 2021 |
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Women's RightsWomen in Australia are angry. We have had a gutful. We are sick of the false promises, we are sick of the crocodile tears, we are sick of the confected empathy. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 Mar 2021 |
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Rosalie Woodruff Reply to Premier's AddressThe events of 2020 will not be forgotten in the minds of anybody who lived through them. A highly infectious killer virus romped across the globe. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Mar 2021 |
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Cassy O'Connor Reply to Premier's AddressThe world is in the grip of a pandemic and here in Tasmania, of course, there has been suffering. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Mar 2021 |
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Estimates Reply - Premier GutweinIt is a gutsy move to establish a commission of inquiry, particularly for a Government that has a streak of control-freakery about it. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 1 Dec 2020 |
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Joint Select Committee on Tasmania's COVID-19 Response and RecoveryA joint select inquiry with a specific reference is supported not only by a majority of members in the other place. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 4 Jun 2020 |
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Labor Party Election CommitmentsLabor have announced in principle support for Major Projects which does everything that the Labor Party committed to not doing in their 2018 policy. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 3 Jun 2020 |
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COVID-19 UpdateThat piece of legislation handed government enormous powers. It had to be scrutinised. It should have been amended. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 1 May 2020 |
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Rosalie Woodruff Premiers Address ReplyTaking stock of the start of 2020 must start with us recognising that we have so much more to do to provide justice to Aboriginal Tasmanians. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 5 Mar 2020 |
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Cassy O'Connor Premiers Address ReplyMadam Deputy Speaker, I rise on behalf of the Tasmanian Greens to deliver my response to the Premier's Address on the state of the state. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 4 Mar 2020 |
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Election of Premier GutweinThe change of Liberal leadership is an opportunity for the party to walk away from divisive policy to genuinely be a government for all Tasmanians. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Jan 2020 |
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Will Hodgman's ResignationOn behalf of the Tasmanian Greens, I acknowledge Will Hodgman’s many years of service to the people of Franklin, and to Tasmania as Premier. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 14 Jan 2020 |
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Comments made Alleging Greens Inciting ViolenceCassy O'Connor speaks on the adjournment to refute comments suggesting the Greens are culpable for threats of violence against Daniel Hackett. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 14 Nov 2019 |
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Labor and Liberal Leadership StagnantAs it draws to a close, 2019 has been an uninspiring Parliamentary year from the old parties, defined by a vacuum in policy and leadership. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 14 Nov 2019 |
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Federal Election 2019 ResultsWe cannot congratulate the Prime Minister for the result at the federal election because it was a result that reflects deep divisions in the community. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 May 2019 |
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Liberals' Continued Climate Change InactionThe Liberals have an atrocious track record on climate action. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 5 Oct 2018 |
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Tasmanian Senators - Support for Change of Prime MinisterSenators Abetz, Duniam and Bushby were central to the chaos that unfolded in Canberra last week. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 Aug 2018 |
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Prime Ministerial Support - Position of PremierThree of the four federal Liberals, senators Abetz, Bushby and the Premier's former staffer Jonathon Duniam, cast a vote for Peter Dutton. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 Aug 2018 |
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Premier Busted by Photo Finish on ABC Sale PushIt was a photo finish that confirmed the Premier had actually been in the room when the Liberal Party Council voted to sell the ABC last weekend. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 19 Jun 2018 |
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Premier Afraid to Debate Greens on His Government's RecordPremier Will Hodgman has again displayed his fear of being taken on by the Greens in a public forum. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 14 Jan 2018 |
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Premier Can't Keep Pointing the Finger at McQuestinThe Premier simply refuses to take responsibility for the conduct and decisions of the political party he leads. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 1 Nov 2017 |
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Marriage Equality - National SurveyThe ABS is sending out postal votes for the survey on marriage equality because Prime Minister Turnbull did not have the courage to allow for a free vote. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 13 Sep 2017 |
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Health Budget Crisis Looming, Where's Will?The Tasmanian Budget is heading for crisis with an estimated $1.8 billion in Federal cuts to health beginning from 1 July next year. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 26 Jul 2016 |
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Brooks' Resignation Keeps Spotlight on PremierFour days after Mr Brooks deliberately sought to mislead the Estimates Committee, the Premier has yet to acknowledge the facts. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 13 Jun 2016 |
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Rosalie Woodruff MP Inaugural SpeechI am proud to be the first woman to represent the Greens in the seat of Franklin. I note with pride that the proportion of women in this house is now 44%. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 20 Aug 2015 |
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Senator Lambie Needs to ApologiseOnce Senator Jacquie Lambie removes her foot from her mouth, she should apologise for comparing conservationist to terrorists. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 3 Jul 2015 |
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Liberals' 365 Day Plan Update is Pure SpinNot surprisingly, the Hodgman Government has delivered itself an A+ report card that seriously overstates its achievements. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 1 Jul 2015 |
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New Greens Leader, Cassy O'ConnorIt is a great honour and an enormous responsibility to take on the Leadership of the Tasmanian Greens. I very much look forward to the challenge. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 13 Jun 2015 |
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Kim Booth's ResignationNick McKim and Cassy O’Connor today paid tribute to Kim Booth’s long public career. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 May 2015 |
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Statement by Greens Leader Kim Booth MPGreens Leader Kim Booth MP has today announced he is resigning from the State Parliament. Kim Booth | Media Release | 20 May 2015 |
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Premier in KnotsThe fact that the former head of the Attorney-General’s Office has not been seconded raises the question of whether the government has acted lawfully. Nick Mckim | Media Release | 24 Mar 2015 |
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Federal Funding Fiasco Hurts VolunteersAbbott Government’s new community sector tendering process on Volunteering Tasmania requires a meaningful response from the Hodgman Government. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Mar 2015 |
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Challenge for Premier as Parliament ResumesThe Premier’s State of the State Address will need to be more than platitudes if the Liberal government is to earn back the community’s trust. Kim Booth | Media Release | 2 Mar 2015 |
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End Donations SecrecyPremier Will Hodgman must act on political donations disclosure as the Local Government Association of Tasmania adds to pressure for reform. Nick Mckim | Media Release | 21 Jan 2015 |
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GBE Committee Hearings Must Look ForwardThe Liberal government’s attempt to restrict Government Business Enterprise Committee hearings is a ludicrous and unprecedented attempt to hide from scrutiny. Kim Booth | Media Release | 4 Dec 2014 |
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Tribute to WhitlamThe passing of Gough Whitlam marks the end of a momentous era which left a deep mark on the nation’s political, cultural and social justice psyche. Kim Booth | Media Release | 21 Oct 2014 |
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Bovver Boys Behaving BadlyThe first 200 days of the Hodgman regime has been marked by ideology, revenge and zero statesmanship Greens Leader Kim Booth MP said today. Kim Booth | Media Release | 1 Oct 2014 |
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Leader's State Conference SpeechIn a rallying cry to the Party faithful today, the Greens declared they are determined to stand up for the community, the environment and democracy. Kim Booth | Media Release | 21 Sep 2014 |
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Liberal Record Nothing to Crow AboutThe first 100 days of the Hodgman government has confirmed fears that the worst characteristics of majority government will predominate. Kim Booth | Media Release | 19 Jun 2014 |
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Respect Voters' DecisionThe Tasmanian Greens Party is clearly the only State political party prepared to respect the democratic will of the voters. Kim Booth | Media Release | 27 May 2014 |
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Parliamentary ResourcingGreens Leader Nick McKim has challenged Will Hodgman to identify which law he is referring to that prescribes resourcing and parliamentary rights. Nick Mckim | Media Release | 28 Mar 2014 |
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Broken Promises Begin in EarnestThe new Liberal government is paving the way for its first broken election promises, exactly as incoming Liberal governments around the country have done. Nick Mckim | Media Release | 17 Mar 2014 |