ROSEMARY ARMITAGE MLC

[3.02 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, I am pleased to see this bill amending the Criminal Code Act to make serious cyberbullying a criminal offence. As we all know, bullying is never okay. Bullying can affect anyone, from any age or any walk of life. Cyberbullying is especially overwhelming and embarrassing for people because bullying by electronic means has the propensity to spread far more, with the ability to quickly reach a very large audience. Obviousl

[3.27 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the member for Nelson for bringing this matter forward. I too have received many emails. I counted mine, and they came to just under 100 emails, including a couple of emails from the mayor of Kingborough, and with around four emails in favour of the development and the rest requesting disallowance of this order. I note this land has been government-owned for 45 years. I question using emergency powers to now rezon

Ms ARMITAGE question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT Will the honourable Leader please advise - With regard to department-employed sitters currently working in the public hospital system - (1) How many sitters are employed full-time equivalent at the Launceston General Hospital, Royal Hobart Hospital and North West Regional Hospital? (2) What is the minimum and/or preferred level of skill or training that an employed sitter is requ

Ms ARMITAGE question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT [2.40 p.m.] Will the honourable Leader please advise - With regard to waiting times for colonoscopies and endoscopies categories 1, 2 and 3 at both the Royal Hobart Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital, what is the 75th percentile wait for these categories at each hospital? ANSWER Mr President, I thank the member for Launceston for her question. I will read the figures

[12.50 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the Leader for all the briefings, particularly today; they were really informative and cleared up a few further issues we have. It is clear from those briefings and also debate in the House this morning that there is disagreement on what reason is used to justify the removal and refining of the scope of remission. In her second reading speech, the Attorney-General clearly argued that the bill is largely to addres

Ms ARMITAGE question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT [2.38 p.m.] I too welcome our guests from Samoa. Will the Leader please advise - (1) The total expenditure of the Tasmanian Health Service in the 2018-19 financial year? (2) The total budget for the Tasmanian Health Service in the 2019-20 financial year? (3) If further bed closures are proposed to limit expenditure, could the Leader please explain how this will address the ex

[11.33 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the Leader for the briefings. As always, they were informative and cleared up many of my questions. This bill tidies up the act - which is around 25 years old - by amending eight principal sections, including consequential amendments to address drafting errors, legal doubts and administration efficiencies, and bringing the legislation in line with current practice by correcting issues relating to administering th

[11.36 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, today I speak about The Headstone Project, the mission of which is to ensure that all our World War I veterans have their last resting places suitably marked in such a way that recognises their service. This goal may sound simple enough. Starting in Tasmania in 2011, the founding members of the Tasmanian Headstone Project discovered that there were World War I veterans buried at Cornelian Bay cemetery in Hobart without