Supply Bill (No. 4) 2021
The decrease in Parliamentary Library Service reflects the transfer of funding provided for legislative drafting under the 2019-20 Budget.
The decrease in Parliamentary Library Service reflects the transfer of funding provided for legislative drafting under the 2019-20 Budget.
The chances are there will be a case of Delta in Tasmania. It is a question of how we respond and how quickly we act.
The bill is based on actual expenditures of agencies and it is there as an insurance policy effectively in the event that we cannot take the Budget through.
Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs) are by far the preferred means of gambling by problem or at-risk gamblers.
There have been many comments made about the values of increasing the retirement age for judges. It is something in which we are in good company.
The reason that this is so timely now is because of an awful story that was in the Mercury last week about the death of a dog in Sandy Bay.
Just in case anyone is in any doubt, every member of parliament in this place is a public officer for the purposes of the Integrity Commission Act 2009.
I also want to talk about feral cats and stray cats, and the public conversation that has developed over the last week since we tabled a bill in this place.
Planning evokes very strong emotions in a number of people in the community and a complete absence of interest in many others.
There are actually some excellent initiatives here, particularly around encouraging the uptake of electric vehicles through registration offsets.