The Government's independent investigation has limited terms of reference and focuses on the systems within the Tasmanian Health Service only.
The announcement that funding will be made available for Legal Aid in tomorrow’s State Budget is welcome.
We have long stood with the evidence of what works in turning around rates of recidivism.
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.
The Custodial Inspectorate has issued another highly critical assessment of the government’s handling of the Corrections system.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Today in Parliament, the Government confirmed its decision to pursue the second site for the northern prison was made in a rush.
