MEDIA
Media Release: We Stand Together Against Racism Campaign Welcome
We Stand Together Against Racism Campaign Welcome21 March 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today marked International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by calling for leadership across all tiers of government to tackle deliberate and casual...
Media Release: Did Tatarka Inquiry Report Recommend any Repayment of Taxpayer-Funded Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants Before the Commission of Inquiry?
Did Tatarka Inquiry Report Recommend any Repayment of Taxpayer- Funded Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants Before the Commission of Inquiry?18 March 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today confirmation the State Government has received the final report...
Article-Kingston Red Bench Starts the Conversation
Kingborough Chronicle | 18 March 2025: pgs 1 & 6.Kingston Red Bench Starts the ConversationKingston Neighbourhood House (KNH) has launched the Red Bench, the first of its kind in southern Tasmania.The Red Bench is an initiative from Red Rose Foundation, a national...
Article-MLC Wants Legal Payments Report Released
The Mercury | 18 March 2025; pg 4.MLC Wants Legal Payments Report ReleasedDavid KillickAn independent MLC has called on the government to release a report into whether any public officers who received legal help at the Commission of Inquiry should be required to repay...
Article-Harmony Week: A timely reminder for all
Kingborough Chronicle | 18 March 2025: pgs 15.Harmony Week: A timely reminder for allWe can all attest to the importance of belonging.To the feeling that we are seen, heard and are accepted, and also that we have a fundamental right to be seen, heard and...
Media Release: Where is Overdue Tatarka Review of Commission of Inquiry Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants?
Where is Overdue Tatarka Review of Commission of Inquiry Legal Fees Paid for Public Servants?17 March 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today demanded the Rockliff Government provide an immediate status update on the independent Tatarka Review of the legal...
Talking Point-Plenty of gains for women, but global events show us this is no time to take our foot off the progress pedal
Talking Point | The Mercury | 3 March 2025; pg 18-19Plenty of gains for women, but global events show us this is no time to take our foot off the progress pedalPolarising political trends are making life harder not just for women, but for human rights at large, writes...
Media Release: Shutdown of Promised Independent Review of Integrity Commission Raises Further Questions
Shutdown of Promised Independent Review of Integrity Commission Raises Further QuestionsIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the State Government to disclose any advice received identifying the legislative obstacle preventing the independent review...
ABC Digital News-‘Legal issue’ stops independent review into Tasmania’s Integrity Commission
Adam Langenberg | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 28 Februrary 2025 'Legal issue' stops independent review into Tasmania's Integrity CommissionIn short: The Tasmanian government signed a supply and confidence deal with the Jacqui Lambie Network in April last year,...
ABC News – Independent Review into State’s Integrity Commission Abandoned
Watch the ABC News TV report on Friday 28 February 2025, following the Tasmanian Government's announcement that it cannot conduct an independent review into the state's Integrity Commission due to a legal issue. This was a commitment made by the government in a supply...
Article-RESIDENTS VOICE CONCERNS FOR VILLAGE DRIVE: Pinnacle Village Plans Draw Discussion
Kingborough Chronicle | 25 Februrary 2025: pgs 1, 6 & 7.RESIDENTS VOICE CONCERNS FOR VILLAGE DRIVE: Pinnacle Village Plans Draw DiscussionChristian Homes Tasmania (CHT) has submitted plans for Pinnacle Village, a new ‘lifestyle’ village in Kingston offering not...
Article-Women’s Day Dinner to Feature Flakemore
Kingborough Chronicle | 18 Februrary 2025: pg 4.Women's Day Dinner to Feature FlakemoreKingborough and Huon Business Enterprise Centre is preparing to host their eighth consecutive International Women’s Day Gala Dinner, this time on Wednesday, March 5 in the Jacaranda...
Win News Tasmania – Government Apology needed for Coronial Project’s new Family Trauma
Watch the Win News TV report on Thursday 6 February 2025, during which Independent Member for Nelson, Meg Webb MLC calls for a State government apology for the handling of the Coronial Projects process seeking to identify next of kin of deceased family members who...
ABC Drive Radio Interview – State Apology Needed for New Hurt Caused by Coronial Project Identification Procsses
Independent Member for Neslon Meg Webb MLC speaks on ABC Drive Radio with Kylie Baxter on Thursday 6 February 2025, calling for a State Government formal public apology to all those affected by the Coronial Project process currently underway, which are intended to...
Media Release: Government Must Provide Public Apology to Families Impacted by Coronial Project Inquiry Advert List
Government Must Provide Public Apology to Families Impacted by Coronial Project Inquiry Advert ListIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the State Government to issue a formal public apology to those Tasmanians who discovered via a newspaper advert...
Talking Point-Coronial Project: Families hurt and shocked by this lapse
Talking Point | The Mercury | 6 February 2025; pg 21Families hurt and shocked by this lapseImagine finding out in a newspaper ad about a loved one's remains, writes Meg WebbI wish I didn’t need to write this. But in the past week I’ve been contacted by too many...
ABC Mornings Radio Interview – Renewed Calls for Stronger Donation Disclosure laws
Listen to Meg Webb MLC's interview with the ABC Morning Radio's Leon Compton, where she discussed the annual Australian Electoral Commission political donations disclosures which reveal that less than 10% of the income received by the Tasmanian Labor Party for the...
Media Release: Shred the Shroud of Secrecy: Strengthen & Implement State Donation Disclosure Laws Call
Shred the Shroud of Secrecy: Strengthen & Implement State Donation Disclosure Laws CalIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has called on the Tasmanian government to commit to further strengthening and the earlier commencement of the State’s stalled political...
ABC News – AEC Data shows Tasmania’s Need for Political Donations Disclosure
Watch the ABC News TV report on Monday 3 February 2025, after new data from the AEC leaves Tasmanian's in the dark again about the sources of political donations to the state's two major parties.
Win News Tasmania – Renewed Calls for Stronger Donation Disclosure Laws
Watch the Win News TV report on Monday 3 February 2025, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by Win News after AEC figures revealing the amount of money given to Tasmania's major parties have prompted renewed calls for stronger donation disclosure laws in the...
7 Nightly News Report – Tasmanian Political Donations Rules Need Strengthening
Watch the 7 Nightly News TV report on Monday 3 February 2025, during which Meg Webb is interviewed following the new AEC data which shows that less than 10% of Tasmania's two major parties donations were disclosed.
ABC Digital News-Coroner’s Office criticised for ‘blunt’ handling of informing families that specimens may have been collected from loved ones
Adam Holmes | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 31 January 2025 Coroner's Office criticised for 'blunt' handling of informing families that specimens may have been collected from loved onesIn short: Tasmania's Coroner's Office is investigating whether specimens collected...
ABC Radio Drive Interview – Published Coronial Project
Meg Webb MLC on ABC Drive speaking on the published Coronial project which caused distress and triggered trauma for family members, and queries why this happened without appropriate processes to support affected people.
Article-Call for UTAS Law Reform & Core Role Shift
The Mercury | 26 December 2024; pg 4.Call for uni law reform amid 'core role shift'David KillickThe laws governing the University of Tasmania need reviewing to address a drift away from its core role as an educational institution, a parliamentary committee has...
ABC Mornings Radio Interview – Upper House Committee Releases UTAS Inquiry Report
Listen below to Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC's interview with the ABC Morning Radio's David Reilly on 24 December 2024, during which she discusses the just-released Final Report of the Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry into the Provisions of...
Article-UTAS ‘has become too corporatised’
The Examiner | 24 December 2024; pg 3. UTAS 'has become too corporatised' According to the report's findings, there is evidence of a lack of trust in UTAS ... Benjamin Seeder A PARLIAMENTARY review of the University of Tasmania has found that the higher...
7 News Tasmania – UTAS Parliamentary Inquiry Report Released
Watch the 7 TV News report of the 23rd of December 2024, during which Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC, and Chair of the Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry into the University of Tasmania Act (UTAS), discusses the Committee Report released publicly...
Tasmanian Inquirer – No peeking: Rockliff government spurns Legislative Council call to improve ministerial diaries disclosure
Bob Burton | Tasmanian inquirer - Digital Online | 16 December 2024No peeking: Rockliff government spurns Legislative Council call to improve ministerial diaries disclosureGovernment ignored November 28 deadline to provide an update on improved transparencyThe...
Article-Taroona Scouts Turn 70
Kingborough Chronicle | 10 December 2024: pg 1.Taroona Scouts Turn 70The Tasmanian Parliament celebrated the Taroona Scouts' recent 70th anniversary, with a contingent of Scouts and Venturers attending a speech delivered by Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb...
Talking Point-A Human Rights Act Might Have Prevented Atrocities Like the Stolen Generation
Talking Point | The Mercury | 9 December 2024; pg 16-17A Human Rights Act Might Have Prevented Atrocities Like the Stolen GenerationThe world is hanging out for proper action to safeguard human rights, for the generations to come, writes Meg WebbOn December 10, 1948,...
