Media Release: Ministerial Diaries Reform Discussion Paper Welcome Step

November 10, 2025

Ministerial Diaries Disclosure Reform Discussion Paper Welcome Step

10 November 2025

Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb, who has had multiple successful motions in the Legislative Council calling for Ministerial Diary disclosure reform, today welcomed the release of the Government’s long-awaited Discussion Paper seeking input on how to best strengthen the State’s disclosure scheme.

“The Government finally acting and releasing this Discussion Paper in compliance with the Upper House vote in September is a welcome move towards genuine strengthening of executive transparency and accountability,” Ms Webb said.

“Following the third formal vote by the Upper House, Tasmanians are finally being provided the opportunity to have their say on what an accessible and transparent ministerial disclosures scheme should look like.

“The current quarterly release system is woefully inadequate and is little more than window-dressing.

“The current inadequate model for diary release is a joke.  It provides a still life study of how to be opaque.

“Tasmanians deserve better than a three-monthly list of columns, half of which are empty, and purpose of the other half described as ‘various matters’.

“The scant details provided are largely meaningless and make a mockery of the intent of this important accountability mechanism.”

Ms Webb urged interested Tasmanians to seize this opportunity, have their say on this important integrity and accountability measure and provide a submission to the Discussion paper.

Ms Webb’s initial successful motion in the Upper House on March 28, 2023, called then for public consultation on a best practice model for genuinely transparent and workable ministerial diary disclosures.

“But instead, the Rockliff Government proceeded with the current inadequate system and has ignored subsequent calls for review.”

Timeline of Ms Webb’s campaign for meaningful Ministerial Diary Disclosures

  • 28 March 2023 – Meg’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 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’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 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 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.
See link below to the government’s Ministerial Diaries Disclosure Reform Discussion Paper released in accordance with Meg Webb MLC’s motion of 23rd September 2025, or download it here

Have Your Say – Discussion Paper

How to make a submission

All written submissions on the routine disclosure of Ministerial diaries must be received by 10pm on Monday, 8 December 2025.

Submissions can be made in writing to: