MEDIA
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,...
Article-Parliament Celebrates Saltbush
Kingborough Chronicle | 3 December 2024: pg 12.Parliament Celebrates SaltbushIndependent member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC took the opportunity to commend Kingston’s Saltbush Child and Family Learning Centre (CFLC) in Legislative Council recently.The contribution made to...
Media Release: Upper House Independents Listen and Act for Communities on DAPs
Upper House Independents Listen and Act for Communities on DAPs Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Rockliff Government must now work cooperatively and respectfully with both the State local government sector and the community should they wish to...
Media Release: Will Deloitte Report Be Vetoed by Pokies Industry?
Will Deloitte Report Be Vetoed by Pokies Industry?Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Rockliff Government must clarify immediately whether the pokies industry has sought changes to the draft Deloitte Access Economics Report on the pokies mandatory...
ABC Digital News-Donation sparks questions about legislation to allow proposed Stony Rise shopping centre in Devonport
Adam Langenberg | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 28 November2024 Donation sparks questions about legislation to allow proposed Stony Rise shopping centre in DevonportIn short: Legislation paving the way for the $40 million Stony Rise shopping centre to go ahead has...
Media Release: Upper House Votes to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights Act
Upper House Votes to Progress Tasmanian Human Rights ActThe Legislative Council today voted to support the immediate development of Tasmanian Human Rights legislation to be tabled during the life of the current Parliament.“I welcome the majority support of Upper House...
Article-Kingston favoured for AFL facility
Kingborough Chronicle | 26 November 2024; pg 1,2.Kingston favoured for AFL facilityKingston's Twin Ovals has officially been chosen as the site for the AFL High Performance Centre (HPC) and Training Facility.Rosny Parklands was nominated the preferred site for the HPC...
Media Release: Government Must Stop Ghosting the Independent TNPM
Government Must Stop Ghosting the Independent TNPMIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the State Government must heed the urgent calls by the independent Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism (TNPM), Mr Richard Connock, and immediately fund the Office...
Article-Pokies raking in the money
The Mercury | 23 November 2024; pg 13.Pokies raking in the money'Obscene' profit boost after reformsDavid Killick The state's poker machine operators are enjoying bumper profits under changes made to the licensing model introduced by the government two years ago.Data...
Online Article – Massive profits for venues of new poker machines licencing model revealed
Matt Maloney | Examiner - Digital Online | 22 November 2024Massive profits for venues of new poker machines licencing model revealedThe state government this week shelved plans to introduce a gaming card which would have set default limits for poker machine...
Online Article – Pokies venues enjoy bumper profits after government reforms
David Killick | Mercury - Digital Online | 22 November 2024Pokies venues enjoy bumper profits after government reformsChanges were made to the gambling licensing model for pokie machines at Tasmanian venues. Now, the ‘obscene’ profits operators are enjoying have been...
Media Release: Confirmed: Pokies Operators Reap in the Profits
Confirmed: Pokies Operators Reap in the ProfitsA parliamentary response to questions asked by Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC has confirmed that on a statewide average venues operating poker machines under the new Future Gaming Machine licensing model since...
ABC Radio National Interview – Tasmanian government walks away from pokie card reform
Meg Webb MLC speaks on ABC Radio National Breakfast with Steve Cannane on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, in light of the shock backflip by the Tasmanian State Liberal Government on its promised mandatory pokies pre-commitment card.
Article-‘Shameful’ pokie about face lashed
The Mercury | 20 November 2024; pg 5.'Shameful' pokie about face lashedRob Inglis A nation-leading plan to introduce a mandatory precommitment card for poker machines has been shelved, sparking outrage from anti-pokies MPs who say the Tasmanian government has buckled...
Media Release: Premier Betrays Tasmanians over Promised Pokies Card
Premier Betrays Tasmanians over Promised Pokies CardThe Premier, Jeremy Rockliff today stands condemned for betraying the Tasmanian community and breaking an election promise by abandoning the nation-leading evidence-based mandatory poker machine pre-commitment card,...
7 Nightly News Report – Tasmanian Government Abandons Plans to introduce Mandatory Pokies Card
Watch the 7 Nightly News TV report on Tuesday 19 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by 7 Nightly News following the the announcement that the government is deferring progress of a pre-commitment gaming card for poker machines.
Article-Voluntary gaming card ‘is … useless’
The Mercury | 14 November 2024; pg 6-7.Voluntary gaming card 'is ... useless'David Killick A coalition of civil society groups has appealed to the government to stick to its plan for poker machine reforms.The Alliance for Gambling Reform and others, including the...
Media Release: Pokies Reform Advocates Call Out Industry Pressure Behind Deloitte Report
Pokies Reform Advocates Call Out Industry Pressure Behind Deloitte Report Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Tasmanian Labor and Liberal parties have received a timely challenge from national and local poker machine reform advocates to hold firm and...
Win News Tasmania – Advocates support Open Letter in support of mandatory Poker Machine Card
Watch the Win News TV report on Wednesday 13 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by Win News following an open letter from national and local poker machine reform advocates to hold firm and deliver the promised poker machine pre-commitment card.
7 Nightly News Report – Open Letter to Premier on Poker Machine Reform
Watch the 7 Nightly News TV report on Wednesday 13 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by 7 Nightly News regarding the Open Letter co-signed by a coalition of local and national stakeholders with pokies reform expertise and lived experience advocates...
Article-Another four public servants suspended
The Sunday Examiner | 10 November 2024; pg 4.Another four public servants suspended Sean FordAT LEAST four more Tasmanian public servants have been suspended over child sexual abuse allegations since mid-August.They were suspended between August 17 and October 30. It...
Article-Outgoing Liberal Party director defends pork-barrelling
The Examiner | 7 November 2024; pg 12.Outgoing Liberal Party director defends pork-barrellingMatt Maloney LIBERAL Party state director Peter Coulson has spoken strongly in favour of the practice of pork-barrelling during election campaigns, despite long-held...
Article-Draft laws’ consultation time slammed
The Examiner | 5 November 2024; pg 3.Draft laws' consultation time slammedMatt Maloney THE state government has relented to a call from a key disability lobby group for extended consultation of new laws which will make voting in elections more accessible for...
Media Release: Call for Public Consultation Extension for Disability Voting Access Reforms
Call for Public Consultation Extension for Disability Voting Access ReformsThe government is under pressure to extend the public consultation on draft legislation, the Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (No. 3) 2024, which seeks to provide...
ABC Digital News-Tasmanian MPs under pressure from gambling lobby over harm minimisation plan, Michael Ferguson claims
Adam Langenberg | ABC NEWS - Digital Online | 1 November 2024 Tasmanian MPs under pressure from gambling lobby over harm minimisation plan, Michael Ferguson claimsIn short:As the state's former finance minister, Michael Ferguson proposed nation-leading reforms that...
ABC News – Tasmania’s former treasurer vows to protect nation leading pokies reforms
Watch the ABC News TV report on Friday 1 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by the ABC News following Tasmania's former treasurer, Michael Ferguson, warning the government is under serious pressure from the gaming lobby to ditch the card as...
7 Nightly News Report – Former treasurer takes aim at THA over poker machine reforms
Watch the 7 Nightly News TV report on Friday 1 November 2024, during which Meg Webb is interviewed by 7 Nightly News following Tasmania's former treasurer, Michael Ferguson's op ed in The Mercury accusing the Tasmanian Hospitality Association (THA) of trying to...
Media Release: Pokies Barons’ Bullying and Profits Exposed by ex-Treasurer
Pokies Barons’ Bullying and Profits Exposed by ex-TreasurerThe former Tasmanian Treasurer has confirmed the years long bullying tactics employed by the pokies industry on government in order to protect their shockingly increased profits, said Independent Member for...
