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

Wednesday 9 April 2025 [4.53 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - Mr President, I have a little paperwork here. There were many notes to take today with regard to the briefing.   I am pleased to speak about this bill and I thank the Leader for the comprehensive briefings that were arranged for us to better understand it. I would like to thank Reid's mother, Laraine, and hopefully this does not bring back too many memories through our comments.   I thank you sincerely for coming

Tuesday 8 April 2025 [11.28 p.m.] Ms THOMAS  (Elwick) - Mr President, I move -   That the Legislative Council: (1)     Considers and notes the Basketball Tasmania State Facilities Strategy 2025-2035, highlighting the urgent need for substantial investment in community basketball infrastructure across the state; (2)     Notes that, in Tasmania, basketball is the number one team sport for adults and number three team sport for children (source: 2024 Ausplay data); (3)     Notes

Thursday 3 April 2025 [11.41 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - I believe it is an important step forward to ensure that people are able...

Thursday 3 April 2025 [3.46 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - Mr President, as we have probably noted, it is quite a substantial bill. I...

Thursday 13 March 2025 [5.08 p.m.]   Ms O'CONNOR  (Hobart) - Mr President, I move - That the Council: (1)   Notes the stated intention of...

Tuesday 1 April 2025 [11.31 a.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - Before starting, I would like to point out to TasPorts it would be really...

Thursday 13 March 2025 [12.09 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - Mr President, I thank the member for McIntyre because it is a concern....

Tuesday 11 March 2025 [12.59 p.m.] Ms ARMITAGE  (Launceston) - Madam Acting President, I have a very short response. I am not sure it is...