SENTENCING AMENDMENT (ASSAULTS ON POLICE OFFICERS) BILL 2014 (No. 17): Second Reading
(Mrs Armitage) - Mr Deputy President, we all accept police officers have a very difficult job to do. They put themselves on the front...
Motion: Introduction of Time Limits On Some Chamber Processes
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I move - (1) That the Legislative Council give in-principle support to the introduction of...
LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS AMENDMENT (STREAMLINING OF PROCESS) BILL 2014 (No. 36): Second Readi
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the Leader for the briefings, particularly the ones we had yesterday. Going through...
Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Bill 2014 (No.15)
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I too want to see industry and business protected, not just forestry. It is important that it...
Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Bill 2014 (No.15)
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr Chairman, I want to put on the record that I support industry and business, as we all do. Because I do...
Motion: Guaranteeing Futures Program
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I can say ditto to everything that has been said by the member for Apsley. Guaranteeing...
Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Bill 2014 (No.15)
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I also acknowledge the briefings we had earlier. They have been excellent and cleared my mind...
Review of the Solar Energy Program and Feed-in Tariff
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I agree that the member for Windermere's motion has some merit. With Tasmania's reliance on...
Crown Employees (Salaries) Bill 2014 (No.22)
Second Reading Speech resumed from September 24 (page 24) Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr Deputy President, first, I do not have a...
Crown Employees (Salaries) Bill 2014 (No. 22)
Second Reading Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I, like others, do not feel that this bill should be before us. I certainly do...
Police Offences Amendment Bill 2014 (No. 16)
Second Reading Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, in a broader sense I too will support this bill. I accept that officers must be...
Budget Reply
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I rise to speak on the Budget, a budget of some restraint, but in essence quite a soft budget. ...
Genetically Modified Organisms Amendment Bill 2014 (No. 18)
Second Reading Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, my contribution will be short because I believe the topic has been well covered....
Errol Stewart
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I rise to speak about and recognise a man from my electorate who is also a Tasmanian high...
Annual Report of the Department of Police and Emergency Services
Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Madam Acting President, I stand to note and consider the Annual Report of the Department of Police and...
SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS: World Youth Latin DanceSport Championships
Mrs ARMITAGE (Launceston ) - Mr President, often we are subjected to negative comments and reports regarding our youth. Today it is my...
MOTION: Referral to Government Administration Committee B - Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry
Mrs ARMITAGE (Launceston ) - Mr President, I could echo the words of the member for Elwick. I do not support the amendment because I do...
FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT AMENDMENT BILL 2014
Mrs ARMITAGE (Launceston ) - Mr President, I also share the concerns of many who have spoken. I recall receiving a First Home Owner Grant...
TABLED PAPER: Report on The Commission on Delivery of Health Services in Tasmania
Mrs ARMITAGE (Launceston ) - Mr President, I thank the honourable member for Murchison for listing The Commission on Delivery of Health...
PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS BAN BILL 2013
Mrs ARMITAGE ( Launceston ) - Mr Deputy President, this is a first step. I will not repeat everything that has already been said by other...
ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
Mrs ARMITAGE (Launceston ) - Mr President, in response to the Governor's speech at the opening of the Forty-Eighth Parliament, I...
MOTION: Consideration Forthwith - Attendance of Legislative Council Members who are Ministers of the
Mrs ARMITAGE (Launceston ) - Mr President, I have not had the chance to look at the motion. Having heard it, it would have been nice to...
PULP MILL ASSESSMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2014
Mrs ARMITAGE (Launceston ) - Mr President, I preface my speech by stating, as I have on many occasions, that I am not anti-forestry, nor...