Madam Speaker, the Greens understand that assaults on frontline workers are serious crimes in the community.
This legislation is part of model national lawt hat reflects that Australia has signed up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Madam Speaker, the right to information is a core principle of an open and democratic society.
This Bill is tinkering around the edges of the real problem, which is a lack of vision for transport in and around Greater Hobart.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse shocked the nation.
We will be supporting the legislation, but it is grindingly frustrating to know that we have been here before.
It is apt that we are debating a housing affordability bill in a week that has been dominated by questions on the response to housing and homelessness.
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to speak on the Disability Services Amendment Bill 2019. This was my first legislation as a minister, the Disability Services Bill.
For an island with a clean, green brand and reputation we have a lot to protect and we have a lot to lose if our biosecurity framework is not strong.
We know that Tasmania has, according to the ABS census data, the highest level of disability in the country.