Parliament is back in session this week. Today the Liberals will use our efforts and time to raise the seriousness of frontline health cuts and the effect this is having in our hospitals. We will also move a motion to say that now is not the time to expand the House of Assembly (our lower [...]
McKim move to change Education Act to enshrine forced school closures
Nick McKim must immediately explain exactly what changes he wants to make to the Education Act to enshrine the Green-Labor plan to forcibly close schools. It is arrogant in the extreme for the Minister to try and lock in forced closures of schools that don’t meet his new test by changing legislation, yet cowardly avoid [...]
Death of Mr Thomas Albin Gray (Pastor Tom)
Mr Speaker, I am particularly sad tonight to bring to the attention of the House the passing of the late Mr Thomas Albin Gray, known as Tom to his family and friends. My thoughts tonight are particularly with his wife, June, and their family. Tom Gray was a wonderful pastor of a local Christian church [...]
Death of Mr Frederick Royce Edwards AM
Mr Speaker, I was very sad, along with many people from Northern Tasmania and, indeed, around our State and the country to learn recently of the sudden passing of the late Mr Frederick Royce Edwards AM, known as Fred to his friends, who lived an active and vibrant life and in his senior years was [...]
Government signs blank cheque on Skills reform
Nick McKim today demonstrated he was clueless on what the cost would be to Tasmania of a skills reform package agreed to last week at COAG. It is no wonder that the Green-Labor government has so badly mismanaged the state budget when it is clear the Premier has blindly signed up to a reform package [...]
