Media Release: Where are Ministerial Diaries Disclosure Review Outcomes?

May 14, 2026

Where are Ministerial Diaries Disclosure Review Outcomes?

14 May 2026

Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for a public update on the review of Ministerial Diary Disclosures, announced by Premier Jeremy Rockliff in November last year.

“Following my successful motion in the Upper House in September last year, the Premier released a public consultation discussion paper saying it demonstrated the Government’s commitment to strengthening transparency, accountability and public trust,” Ms Webb said.

“But since then it’s been radio silence from Premier Rockliff on these reforms.

“Instead, we’ve had business as usual releases of two quarterly rounds of limited diary disclosures, with the most recent for January to March released during the first week of May.”

Ms Webb said Tasmanians deserve to know whether we are still waiting until early August before the Ministerial Diaries for April through to June this year will be released.

“This is a crucial period in the lead up to the delivery of the State Budget and Tasmanians deserve to know in a timely manner who had access to Ministers’ ears, when and why.

“It does not build public trust to withhold that information until three months after the State Budget.

“People also deserve better than to have so-called disclosures consisting only of three-monthly list of columns, half of which are empty, and the purpose of the other half described vaguely as ‘various matters’.”

Ms Webb said all published submissions received by the Government consistently called for more timely and detailed release of ministerial diaries.

“We know best transparency practice involves timely disclosure of no longer than a month, with meaningful details consistently provided, and for the disclosures to be provided in a searchable format.

“What we don’t know is whether and when the Rockliff Government is prepared to catch-up with best practice and implement real timely and meaningful ministerial diary disclosure reform.”

Link: to DPAC Ministerial Diaries Disclosure Public Consultation webpage here.

Timeline of Ministerial Diaries Disclosure Reforms campaign:

  • 28 March 2023– Meg Webb MLC’s  motion calling for public consultation on developing a best practice ministerial diary disclosure scheme passed by the Legislative Council.

Instead of undertaking the requested public consultation, the Rockliff government announced it would commence quarterly ministerial diary releases.

  • 15 August 2024– Meg Webb MLC tables a subsequent motion calling for an overhaul of the inadequate quarterly ministerial diary release system.
  • 10 September 2024– The Legislative Council votes in support of Meg Webb MLC’s  call for the current ministerial diaries disclosure system to be put out for public consultation regarding its adequacy, and to report back on progress by 28 November 2024.

The government failed to undertake the required action, and failed to report back to the Parliament.

  • 19 August 2025– Meg Webb MLC tables third motion calling for reform and public consultation on current inadequate ministerial diary disclosures reform, and criticising the government for ignoring previous passed motions on this matter.
  • 23 September 2025– The Legislative Council votes for the third time in support of Meg’s efforts to secure meaningful ministerial diary reform, by passing her motion calling for public consultation on a best practice ministerial diaries disclosure model, and required the government to provide a progress report by 5 December 2025.
  • 10 November 2025 – Premier Jeremy Rockliff announces the release of a public consultation discussion paper on reforming the current Ministerial Diaries Disclosure practices.