Address-in-Reply: Premier’s State of the State Speech 2025

March 13, 2025

Meg delivered her formal Address-in-Reply to the annual Premier’s State of the State Speech, on Thursday, 13  March 2025.

In her speech, Meg called for:

  • stronger political leadership which demonstrates integrity and vision
  • further political donations disclosure reforms, including the introduction of Truth-in-Advertising laws
  • Strengthened whistleblower protection laws
  • the Premier to resume the Aboriginal Affairs ministerial portfolio and recommit to Truth-telling and Treaty with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community;
  • the re-establishment of a dedicated Climate Change Minister;
  • the introduction of a Tasmanian Human Rights Act
  • the establishment of an external and Independent Police Oversight Authority;
  • meaningful action to address homelessness and the housing crisis;

amongst other important reforms.

Meg also highlighted the government’s betrayal of the community over:

  • the UTAS Sandy Bay campus
  • the ongoing attack on our planning system with the push for Development Assessment Panel changes (DAPs)
  • Abandoning the promised pokies mandatory commitment reforms which were considered nation-leading

You can view Meg delivering her Address-in-Reply speech in Parliament below, as well as access a downloadable print copy of her speech.

Read Meg’s Address in Reply to the Premiers State of the State Speech as a downloadable pdf here, or view it as a pdf below: