MEDIA
Gambling limits for poker machines in Tasmania by 2024, but THA blasts move after Liberal election pledge
Adam Langenberg | ABC Tasmania | 15 September 2022Tasmanian gamblers will be prevented from spending more than $5,000 a year on poker machines unless they apply to increase their limit, after the state government announced a "nation-leading" pre-commitment scheme.The...
Voters Deserve Transparency
Kingborough Chronicle | 13 September 2022Voters deserve to know if Local Government candidates are members of a political party, regardless of whether the candidate has the endorsement or backing of the political party, says State Independent Member for Nelson, Meg...
Government rejects Integrity Commission call on botched police surveillance incident
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 2 September 2022The Integrity Commission will not investigate a bungled police surveillance operation inside Risdon Prison as another independent inquiry has already been announced.Nelson independent MLC Meg Webb on Thursday called for...
Media Release – Risdon Privacy Breach
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Government to refer the Risdon Privacy Breach matter to the Integrity Commissioner.Ms Webb said Tasmania Police’s appointment of former Solicitor General Michael Farrell to investigate the matter was...
Tasmania Talks – Independent Review into Parliamentary practices
Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmania Talks | 31 August 2022 Read Meg’s statement on the release of the Independent Review into Parliamentary practices and procedures to support workplace cultureRead the review’s final report, Motion for Respect – Report into Workplace Culture...
Letter to the Editor – Defending all Tasmanians
Meg Webb | The Advocate | 26 August 2022 In response to The Advocate editorial, it is concerning to have to point out to a member of the fourth estate that just because one party has won government, it doesn't mean they get to bypass Parliament, avoid scrutiny or test...
ABC Drive – Independent Review into Parliamentary practices
Mel Bush | ABC Drive | 29 August 2022 Read Meg’s statement on the release of the Independent Review into Parliamentary practices and procedures to support workplace cultureRead the review's final report, Motion for Respect – Report into Workplace Culture in the...
Media Release – Government Urged to Secure TLRI’s Future
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb will today table a motion to secure the future of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute.“I am calling on the Liberal State Government to commit in full and in good faith to the independent review’s recommendations for which it is...
Tasmania Talks – Defending Tasmanians’ Right to Protest
Mike O’Loughlin | Tasmania Talks | 24 August 2022 Read Meg's media release, or read/watch her second reading speech on this bill.See more of Meg in the media.
Media Release – Police Offences (Workplace Protections) Amendment Bill
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the Police Offences (Workplace Protections) Amendment Bill is both ideologically-driven and deliberately divisive.“The reality is, the proposed Bill impinges on the fundamental, democratic rights of Tasmanians,” Ms Webb...
Media Release – Government Response to the Fin Fish Farming Inquiry Report
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb stated today there is a lot riding on the Government’s 10 Year Salmon Plan, currently under development.“The Government has chosen to release its response to the Fin Fish Farming in Tasmania Inquiry Report today,” Ms Webb, who...
Ensuring our democracy and environment can flourish
Mike O'Loughlin | Tasmania Talks | 10 August 2022
Media Release – Parliament Restoration
Meg Webb MLC has welcomed the Premier’s commitment to restore the House of Assembly back to the five electorates by seven MPs model.“Common-sense and democratic principles have prevailed.“Congratulations to Premier Rockliff for having the fortitude to put the...
TCCI’s parliament reform plan lashed
THE state’s peak business body has been accused by the Greens of being “undemocratic” over its submission on how to restore state parliament to 35 seats.Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Michael Bailey has written to Premier Jeremy Rockliff saying seven...
Media Release – Lower House Restoration
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today warned the Rockliff Liberal Government to keep faith with the Tasmanian community when it restores the State’s House of Assembly to 35 seats.Ms Webb said she was deeply concerned about vested interests pushing for a new...
Media Release – Tasmanian Government Ignored Formal Advice on Missing State of the Environment Report
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today an RTI request reveals the Tasmanian Government ignored formal advice in 2019 to progress the overdue State of the Environment Report.Ms Webb called on the Government to resolve as a matter of urgency which agency has...
Industry comes out swinging against pokies harm measures
Adam Holmes | The Examiner | 26 July 2022Tasmania's poker machine sector has come out swinging against the government's consideration of card-based pre-commitment technology, questioning the scale of problem gambling in the state and describing the measure as "a blunt...
Concerns held for future of the state’s law reform institute
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 23 July 2022The state's legal fraternity says the government needs to step up its funding commitment to the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute to ensure its survival.A review of the institute, which was established in 2001 as the state's...
Law reform funding push
Rob Inglis | The Mercury | 23 July 2022TASMANIA’S premier law reform body has been hamstrung by “grossly inadequate” funding provisions, an independent review has found.Established in 2001, the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) receives proposals for research and...
Media Release – State’s Premier Law Reform Agency Critically Underfunded
Independent Member for Nelson said today the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute is critically underfunded.Ms Webb said an independent review into the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has found that it makes a significant and efficient contribution to the State’s...
Environment report delay
Caitlin Jarvis | The Examiner | 21 July 2022Tasmania has not produced a State of Environment report since 2009, but the state government says the report is under review.A tale of the declining health of Australia's environment was presented in stark detail in the...
Pressure on Tassie’s ecosystems
David Killick | The Mercury | 20 July 2022CONCRETE state government action must be taken to remedy some of the serious degradation highlighted in the federal State of the Environment report, the Greens say.Party spokeswoman Rosalie Woodruff said the report – released...
Media Release – Tasmania’s State of the Environment Report Should Also be Listed as Endangered
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the delayed Federal State of the Environment Report increases pressure upon the State Government to detail when the long overdue Tasmanian State of the Environment Report will be released.“The legislated required...
Our opportunity to strengthen Tasmania’s democratic functions
WIN News | 14 July 2022Read Meg's submission to the Integrity Commission's Lobbyist review as well as her submission to the 2021 Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill 2021 Exposure Draft.
Reform is no fix: MP
TASMANIA is missing an opportunity to strengthen transparency and integrity because important reforms are being done in piecemeal fashion, Legislative Council MP Meg Webb says.Releasing her submission to a lobbying review, the member for Nelson said the chance to...
Talking Point – We Deserve Better Checks and Balances
Talking Point | Mercury Newspaper | 14 July 2022With reviews of political lobbying underway, we now have rare chance to improve transparency, writes Meg Webb.TASMANIA has been dogged for decades by the perception that close relationships and backroom deals give...
Media Release – Tougher Laws Needed to Regulate ‘Hired Guns’
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Integrity Commission review into Tasmania’s lobbying regulation system has exposed it to be one of the weakest and most ineffectual in the nation.“Currently there are 66, third-party ‘hired gun’ lobbyists on the...
Check-In TAS data deleted after phase out; Tasmania Police attempted to access data
Adam Holmes| The Examiner | 2 July 2022Tasmania Police attempted to access Check-in TAS data early on after the app was introduced in December 2020, it has been confirmed.The Health Department refused this request however, as the terms and conditions were tight enough...
Anti-Protest Briefings Inequity Claim
Isabel Bird | The Examiner | 29 June 2022Environmentalists allege witnesses at a Legislative Council briefing of anti-protest laws were not told of mining company MMG representatives listening in to private testimony.The conduct has been publicly labelled as unusual...
Anti-protest laws briefing sessions for miners, forestry ahead of Tasmanian Upper House debate
Emily Baker | ABC News | June 28 2022An independent Tasmanian MP says forest and mining groups were given the "unusual" opportunity to give the state's Legislative Council confidential briefings ahead of debate on controversial anti-protest laws.The Legislative...
