The Greens are moving to address an apparent loophole in the Right to Information Act 2009 which allows a Minister to delegate decision making powers to staff.
The new Minister for Mining, Adam Brooks is already in an awkward position in relation to his current business interests.
The government needs to be completely open about the appointment of the new Secretary of the Department of Education.
The Tasmanian Greens MPs enthusiastically congratulate Quentin Beresford on winning the Tasmania Book Prize with his book, The Rise and Fall of Gunns Limited.
The Liberals pontificated all through question time about their open-for-business motto but still failed to answer questions about deals with Chinese entities.
The government needs to release the Memorandum of Understanding detailing the relationship between HydroChina, owned by the Chinese government, and Entura.
Minister Groom is the latest offender in the Liberal's contempt for transparent governance and ministerial accountability.
They've cut their funding and failed to act on any of the recommendations from the three year review, and now they're only appointing an Acting CEO.
It is standard practice in public and private agencies throughout Australia to reject gifts, or gifts over a certain value.
There are currently 29 appeals against Right to Information decisions awaiting decisions from the Ombudsman.