ROSEMARY ARMITAGE MLC

[6.20 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE - I think we have done this before. I remember we did this back in May. Mr Willie - Kerry planned that. Ms ARMITAGE - He did. Two bites at the cherry. It is lovely to see your family and your grandchildren here today. I am quite sure, Kerry, you will have some wonderful times with your grandchildren now that you have more time. Ivan, Kerry and I share an office in Launceston and we are almost like a little bit of a family there. Sometimes we argue

[Text of original motion at the bottom of this page] [5.06 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the member for Murchison for moving this motion. The coronavirus pandemic has left in its wake a trail of economic destruction and, tied in with that, emotional, mental and social destruction and the lives lost that no amount of money can ever bring back. In the stage we have reached here and now in Tasmania we begin to ask ourselves why. It is a natural human

[Text of original motion at bottom of this page] [3.29 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, my view is probably along the lines of the member for Windermere. I am little betwixt and between. I understand the 'take noting of' because I assume it is accurate. I really appreciate the member for Nelson and her genuine concern, having worked for Anglicare. I am thinking: Do I support it? Don’t I support it? I am not fond of (2) because we calling on an action, bu

[11.46 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the member for Windermere for again raising the police annual report. It is always worthwhile - Mr Dean - But not Launceston? Ms ARMITAGE - I appreciate when you say 'Launceston' continually, you do not only mean the electorate of Launceston, that crimes happens in many areas of the greater Launceston area. It clearly has been a busy year for the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management with a number of

Ms ARMITAGE question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT [2.39 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE: Regarding the scourge of wombat mange, will the Leader advise - (1) In response to a question asked by the member for Rosevears on this subject in November 2019, the Leader advised that improved options for treating wombat mange in partnership with the University of Tasmania were to begin field trials this year. Can the Leader indicate what progress has been

[12.07 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the honourable Leader's office for the detailed briefings yesterday. They clarified many parts of the bill for me. I also appreciated the detailed correspondence from Local Government Association of Tasmania on behalf of its member councils. I sought confirmation with regard to LGATs correspondence from two of my local councils and was advised by the general manager from Launceston that, while they were not over

[11.23 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE (Launceston) - Mr President, Today I speak about the Launceston Basketball Association - one of northern Tasmania's premier sporting organisations, and a key driver in the northern sporting calendar. The Launceston Basketball Association was founded in November 2016, the product of a merger between the Launceston Junior Basketball League, the Launceston Senior Basketball League, the Northern Baptist Basketball Association and the Northern Tasmania Bas

Until March of this year, when you visited Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, it was impossible to miss the heritage aircraft “Miss Flinders”, prominently hanging from the ceiling. This aircraft has become an icon of QVMAG since its installation about 10 years ago. [if !supportLineBreakNewLine] [endif] Miss Flinders is a Desoutter MK II Monoplane, with the Australian Registration Victor, Hotel, Uniform, Echo, Echo, or, VH-UEE. The aircraft was constructed at