It is a very great honour and solemn responsibility to be standing here as the first Tasmanian Green in this place.
Fairlie Ferguson is, as one person described her, a legend. She turns 90 on Saturday after many years fighting hard to protect the wild places of our beautiful state.
This week, 20 to 26 May 2024, is National Volunteer Week. The theme this year is 'Something for Everyone'.
Madam Speaker, in three weeks' time, on 5 June, it will be International HIV Long-Term Survivors Day.
Clearly, there is going to be a strong role - not only for the Labor opposition and the Greens opposition, but the crossbench - to scrutinise the agenda going forward.
Tasmania is facing a myriad of crises. Our health system is failing, housing is increasingly unattainable, the cost of living is pushing people to breaking point and our environment is precariously close to ecological collapse.
It is thanks to the courage of victims/survivors and advocates that the gendered and family violence epidemic has been put squarely in the spotlight.
Jeremy Rockliff's announcement he will try to stop MPs who quit their party from sitting as an independent is nothing more than a ridiculous and desperate election ploy. It's an admission from the Premier that, if re-elected, he has no confidence in his own ability to control his party room, and no confidence in the candidates he has preselected.
The Noetic report was very clear that the safest option for children was to close it and move towards a therapeutic response.
Both the Liberals and Labor have a role to play in ensuring the COI Budget Bill passes as quickly as possible.
