PARLIAMENT
Ombudsman and Other Legislation
Ms Cate Faehrmann: The Greens will support the Ombudsman and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 subject to what happens to the amendments foreshadowed by the Opposition. The bill amends the Ombudsman Act to make a number of reforms aimed at efficiency. It also makes minor amendments to the Community Services (Complaints,...
Funding for Mental Health Services
Ms Cate Faerhmann: I support the motion of the Hon. Jeremy Buckingham and thank him for bringing it to this place. When I was 10 years old growing up in country Queensland, my brother, who was 15 at the time, pulled a knife on a kid at his local school....
Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence
Ms Cate Faehrmann: I speak in support of this motion. However, from the outset I say that it is not really good enough that members are not in the Chamber this week voting in support of ambitious reform of the type that domestic and family violence stakeholders have been calling for from...
Walgett Water Supply
Ms Cate Faehrmann: My question is directed to the Minister for Water. In May last year the Minister described the Walgett water supply as unpalatable and undrinkable, and she gave the community a commitment that she would switch it over to treated river water as soon as she could.
Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024
Ms Cate Faehrmann: I support the Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024. I acknowledge the contribution of my Greens colleagues in this and the other place, including Dr Amanda Cohn, who led for The Greens in this debate.
Regulatory Framework for Cannabis in NSW
Ms Cate Faehrmann: The Greens support the motion. We support the recommendation for an inquiry by Portfolio Committee No. 1 - Premier and Finance. Let that committee inquire into all things related to cannabis in terms of the regulatory framework for cannabis. If the motion passes, I note that the inquiry...
Together Home Program
Ms Cate Faehrmann: The Greens support the motion and support the amendment moved by the Government, noting that it certainly could be more ambitious than to simply call on the Government to commit funding to its new homelessness strategy. It is pretty extraordinary that members have to amend a motion to...
Native Forest Logging
Ms Cate Faehrmann: Tasmania's forests are incredible. Many of us have visited Tassie, often with the sole purpose of experiencing those forests.
Shark Nets
Ms Cate Faehrmann: My question is directed to the Minister for Agriculture. On Tuesday last week an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin became entangled in a shark net off Thirroul Beach and drowned. Over the weekend a giant leatherback turtle—a threatened species—was rescued in shark nets off Manly, while another turtle was reportedly...
Gaza Conflict - International Women's Day
"I've forgotten what it means to be a woman. I've forgotten what it means to be a woman." These are the words of Nada Abdelsalam, a woman who was forced to flee from the Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza City to Deir el-Balah in central Gaza due to evacuation orders....