LEGISLATION
Speech – Political Donation Reforms-Response to Labor’s position on amendments
As debate recommenced in the Legislative Council on the government's long-awaited Electoral Disclosures and Funding Bill 2022, Leader of Labor Opposition Business in the House informed the Council that Labor had decided to not move the suite of amendments they had...
Speech: Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill 2022 – and final Vote Reasoning
Meg delivered her main speech (second reading) to the Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill 2022, on Thursday, 14 September 2023.The Legislative Council's final vote (third reading) was held on Thursday the 16th of November 2023. Both Meg's contributions on the second...
Speech: Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill 2023
Meg delivered her main speech (second reading) to the Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill 2023, on Wednesday, 6 September 2023. Later during the debate, Meg succeeded in securing two amendments to strengthen the requirements for assessing people's...
Speech: State Policies and Projects Amendment Bill 2023
Meg delivered her main speech (second reading) to the State Policies and Projects Amendment Bill 2023, on Wednesday, 16 August 2023. Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, we have before us such a slight bill - barely four pages - consisting of five clauses, two of which...
Speech: Police Powers (Surveillance Devices) Amendment Bill 2022
Meg delivered her main speech (second reading) to the Police Powers (Surveillance Devices) Bill 2022, on Thursday, 1 June 2023. Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to speak on this with quite a degree of concern. The bill seeks to amend the Police Powers...
Reply Speech: State Budget 2023-2024
Meg delivered her formal Reply Speech to the State Budget 2023-24, on Wednesday, 31 May 2023. Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to make my response to the state Budget and I have been very pleased to be listening to the contributions of other members and thank...
Carer Recognition Bill 2022
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - It is such a pleasure and a privilege to stand and speak today in support of the Carer Recognition Bill. It has been incredibly valuable to hear contributions from other members on the bill, all being heartfelt and genuine. They have included some...
Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment Bill
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to place my comments on the public record regarding the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment Bill 2022. I must say, I find myself thinking that this is something of an odd bill. On one hand, at a macro...
Expansion of House of Assembly Bill
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, the Expansion of House of Assembly Bill 2022 is one of the most significant pieces of legislation that have come before us in this place. It is also legislation nearly 25 years in the making. Although there are no current members of...
Climate Change (State Action) Amendment Bill 2021
**Check against delivery** Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I also thank the Leader for organising the briefings for us, and particularly, for the minister's time today to come to speak with us about the bill in some more detail. It was much appreciated and I look...
Homes Tasmania Bill 2022
Ms WEBB - Mr President, I rise to speak on the Homes Tasmania bill, and there are certainly many things to be said. A great deal of work has already been spoken about regarding this bill by the Government in the media, in correspondence to us, in ministerial...
Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to speak on the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill. This bill, as we have all noted, is the next iteration of the Government's attempts - as I would characterise them - to quash certain kinds of environmental...
Local Government Amendment (Elections) Bill 2022
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, in the debate on the move to suspend Standing Orders to debate this bill, we covered some matters relating to process. I will read a couple of those at the beginning of this contribution to make sure it is part of the record of the...
Youth Justice Amendment (Searches in Custody) Bill 2022
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Thank you, Mr President. I am very pleased to rise to speak on this bill and thank you to the Government for bringing it forward and for the briefings provided.We are looking at this bill in the context of a youth justice system which has utterly...
Land Tax Rating Amendment Bill 2022
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I will find my way back to where I needed to start here. Thank you, member for Murchison for that contribution which was quite comprehensive around the issue, unlike the second reading speech, unlike the absence of any evidence base...
Treasury Miscellaneous (Affordable Housing and Youth Employment Support) Bill 2022
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - To follow up on some matters I raised in our earlier briefings on the bill, it would be good to get on the record here as we discuss it. Before doing that, I would reinforce what the member for Elwick said, that I do not see this so much as a...
Stadiums Tasmania Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I appreciate very much the contributions of other members on the bill. I found it really interesting to be listening to those and to have that added on to the consideration we gave yesterday to the proposal for an inquiry on this bill....
Living Marine Resources Management Amendment
Call for Adjournment Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I rise to speak on this bill with some awkwardness. As the chair of the finfish inquiry, which is yet to report to this place, I and other members of that committee are placed in a difficult situation in engaging...
Container Refund Scheme Bill 2021
Ms WEBB - Mr President, I reassure everyone that I rise to make a short contribution on the bill.Mr PRESIDENT - There are no time limits here, honourable member.Ms WEBB - Are there not? I was not aware. I am very pleased to speak on the bill. It certainly, as many...
TasTAFE (Skills and Training Business) Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - At the outset I place on the record my thanks to the Leader for organising the series of briefings that were made available to the Council on this matter before us.I also acknowledge and thank the leader of Opposition business who also circulated...
Traffic Amendment (Personal Mobility Devices) Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I also support this bill. It is pleasing to see us actively looking to encourage and accommodate new technology in this space. In the Greater Hobart Traffic Congestion inquiry, we had a lot of discussion around how to better encourage and...
OPCAT Implementation Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Who knew she had more words in her? I start by thanking the Leader and the department for the briefings that we have had on this bill and for organising for some other stakeholders to provide briefings for us on it also. It is a very interesting...
Gaming Control Amendment (Future Gaming Market) Bill 2021
Third Reading Speech 24 November 2021 Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I am mindful of the strictures of speeches. I appreciate...
Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I also was pleased to see this bill come forward to repeal the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act. I particularly welcome the lens of human rights through which that decision was taken. I am pleased that we would apply a human rights lens to all the...
Food Amendment Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I too support this bill. The amendment in 2015 greatly benefited many mobile food businesses in Tasmania with a single statewide registration system that was introduced at that time. It significantly reduced the registration costs...
Increasing Judicial Retirement Age Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - I have some brief comments on this bill. I also believe it is appropriate to extend the retirement age for our judges. As has been pointed out in the second reading speech and by others here, we are all living longer and are able to contribute in...
Supply Bills 3 & 4 2021
Ms WEBB - Thank you, Mr President, I have a few remarks to make although I agreed with much of what the member for Murchison has just said. For the record, we had similar thoughts on a number of those things so let me pick up on a few of them.At the outset it is...
Treasury Misc (Cost of Living and Affordable Housing Support) Bill 2021
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Madam Deputy President, this will not be a long contribution. I wanted to bring up some things that were covered in the briefing that you were interested to hear about. I will just put them on the record here and see if we can have them addressed...
Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Tasmanian Planning Scheme Modification) Bill 2021
Speech in support of Motion - That the Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment Tasmanian Planning Scheme Modification Bill 2021 (No. 13) be referred to Government Administration Committee A for further consideration and report (speech text below). Speech in...
Workplace (Protection from Protestors) Amendment Bill 2019
Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Mr President, I am quite thankful to other members who have spoken. It has been really interesting to listen to contributions; I have noted that so far, no non-Government members of any stripe have been able to stand up and give unqualified support...
