Mr FERGUSON (Bass) – I am glad to rise in support of the matter of public importance debate that has been raised by my colleague in Denison, Ms Archer. It is a very important and it is interesting to observe the responses from both Greens and Labor members. The minister tried to give a spirited [...]
Minister has no excuse for overdue response
The Police Minister had no excuse today as to why he has failed to deliver a response to my petition on anti-social behaviour in the Brisbane Street Mall tabled more than five months ago – particularly after boasting to the media earlier in the week that the response would be tabled this week. The Government [...]
My motion on Bravehearts I tabled in the Parliament today
Recently, with the Liberal Leader Will Hodgman, I announced that a Liberal Government would give funding security to an essential personal safety program for kids – to protect our precious children from the threat of sexual assault. That announcement is here: http://michaelferguson.com/2011/09/liberals-commit-200000-to-keep-children-safe/ Today, I tabled the following motion to keep the focus on this issue, and hopefully [...]
Teachers assaulted at least once every two days
A teacher or staff member is physically assaulted by a student on average once every two days in Tasmania’s public schools.
Damage to war service memorials in Scottsdale
The mindless vandalism of the wooden carving of Simpson and his donkey is a crime against the community because it offends absolutely everyone. The destruction of the lone pine tree is a selfish and insulting assault on the work of those people who worked to establish a living memorial to the losses at Gallipoli.
