ROSEMARY ARMITAGE MLC

Thursday 29 May 2025 [11.22 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the Acting Leader for bringing the bill forward. I will just make a few brief remarks.   Defamation law is an area of law that, like many others, struggles to keep pace with rapidly evolving technology and the ability for people to make a publication that could be defamatory in nature. At the same time, the evolution of law is slow as it needs to be considered very carefully before it is deve

Thursday 29 May 2025 [11.56 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - Mr President, I rise only to make a few brief remarks in support of this bill. I do not believe there is any need to re-prosecute the content and context of the commission of inquiry, but one thing that we do know is that fully implementing it is an ongoing process, as well as protection of children and young people from harm. There will never be a time when we can no longer be vigilant, and our laws will need to r