MEDIA
Media Release – How will May Legislative Council Elections Provide for Voters Isolating due to Covid?
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has called on the Rockliff Liberal Government to ensure voters will not risk disenfranchisement due to Covid-19 in the upcoming Upper House elections.“On May 7, the three Legislative Council seats of Elwick, Huon and McIntyre...
Media Release – New Premier Provides Opportunity for New Culture of Respect
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said Jeremy Rockliff’s appointment as Tasmania’s new Premier, offers an opportunity for a new inclusive and respectful culture to be adopted by government.“I congratulate Jeremy Rockliff on his appointment as Tasmania’s Premier...
Protesting and conflicts of interest
Kingborough Chronicle | 5 April 2022In case anyone missed it, the Tasmanian Government has proposed changes to the State’s protest laws. The Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill 2022 focuses on amending the existing Police Offences Act and is...
Media Release – Legislative Council Votes for Gender Budget Impact Proposal
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Legislative Council today voted for the next State Budget to include a Gender Budget Impact Statement.“What a fabulous way to commemorate International Women’s Day and deliver on its theme of breaking the bias!” Ms...
Media Release – International Women’s Day – Gender Budget Impact Statement Proposal
The Legislative Council will today mark International Women’s Day by debating a call for Tasmania to adopt a Gender Budget Impact Statement as part of the annual State Budget Papers.Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC tabled the motion which will be debated...
Media Release – Missed Cabinet Opportunity
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the latest Liberal Government Cabinet reshuffle was a missed opportunity to demonstrate the State’s commitment to prioritising the flagged Truth-Telling Commission and Treaty process with the Tasmanian Aboriginal...
Early state election throws up raft of big questions to ponder
Under our normal four-year cycle, the Gutwein Government would have faced a State election in a matter of weeks.So it’s interesting to consider how a March, 2022, election may have influenced the political decision-making, communications and priorities of the past six...
Gutwein promised the Tasmanian Liberals would disclose all donations over $5000. They didn’t.
Bob Burton | Tasmanian Inquirer| 8 February 2022 Almost $80,000 in donations above threshold hidden from voters before May 2021 Tasmanian election.The Tasmanian Liberal party did not disclose at least $79,600 in donations received before last year’s state election...
Risks hidden as schools reopen
Kingborough Chronicle | 8 February 2022 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb has called for the release of Public Health Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) advice in relation to the Tasmanian Government’s approach to the reopening of schools before public school students...
Students COVID testing discrepancy still raising concerns
Adam Holmes | Advocate | 8 February 2022 PUBLIC Health has outlined why it chose not to recommend Tasmanian school children undergo mandatory rapid antigen testing, describing their risk as "very low" and that other states had higher rates of transmission.Tasmania...
Tasmania chooses not to test all children before school returns, believing they are at ‘very low risk’
Adam Holmes | Examiner | 7 February 2022 Public Health has outlined why it chose not to recommend Tasmanian school children undergo mandatory rapid antigen testing, describing their risk as "very low" and that other states have higher rates of transmission.Tasmania...
Tasmania goes own way on rapid antigen tests for students as school returns
ABC Tasmania |7 February 2022Tasmania's public health authority has defended its decision not to recommend Tasmanian school students undertake twice weekly rapid COVID tests, in contrast to Australia's most populous states.Key points:- Students in NSW, Victoria and...
Criticism of schools RAT plan; Why wait for symptoms, asks MP
Helen Kempton | Mercury | 7 February 2022 HERE are claims Tasmania's Education Department is out of step with its interstate counterparts which require students and teachers to test negative to Covid-19 b- efore they return to school, after a holiday period dominated...
Calls grow for greater oversight
Adam Holmes | Examiner/Advocate | 7 February 2022 AN INDEPENDENT upper house member will continue a push this year to have Tasmanian public health officials and ministers face parliamentary hearings to answer questions about the COVID response, fearing they face less...
Tasmania out of step with other states on student testing: Meg Webb
Helen Kempton | Mercury | 6 February 2022 A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council says Tassie is out of step with interstate student and teacher testing guidelines and wants a rethink to stop school restart outbreaks.There are claims that Tasmania’s Education...
Media Release – School Reopening and RATs
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for the State Government to release Public Health RAT advice for Tasmania’s State Schools return this week.“There is an apparent disparity between Tasmania’s RAT (Rapid Antigen Test) regime for students and staff...
We’re being duped, but there is hope
Simon Bevilacqua | Mercury | 5 February 2022 TASMANIANS are being played as fools by both major political parties, whose priority is not the wellbeing of the public, but quid pro quo deals with political donors.What's worse is this shameless distortion of democracy...
Doubts over donations reform date
Judy Augustine | Mercury | 3 February 2022PREMIER Peter Gutwein has been unable to confirm whether Tasmania's electoral donation reforms will be in place by the start of the next financial year, promising a Bill will be introduced to parliament in the first half of...
Sights set on weaker limit
Adam Holmes| Examiner| 3 February 2022 PREMIER Peter Gutwein says the government will stick with its proposed $5000 threshold for when political donations are publicly disclosed, despite it only bringing Tasmania to the back of the pack for transparency.The...
Proposed donations reform still the worst in Australia
Mel Bush | ABC Mornings | 2 February 2022 Read Meg’s Submission to the Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill 2021 Exposure Draft See more of Meg's recent media.
Source of income for Tasmanian political parties still largely unknown as 2020-21 disclosures released
Adam Holmes | Examiner | 2 February 2022 Tasmanians have gone another 12 months without knowing how its major political parties receive the vast majority of their income after public disclosures for 2020-21 were released on Tuesday.Tasmania is the only state or...
How much political parties received in the 2020-21 financial year
Judy Augustine | Mercury Newspaper | 2 February 2022 Tasmania’s rules around political donations are once again under scrutiny after the amount received by Tasmania’s major parties was revealed by the Australian Electoral Commission on Tuesday.Currently parties are...
Political donations again kept secret by Tasmania’s Liberal, Labor, Greens parties
Adam Langenberg | ABC Online | 2 February 2022 The latest "disclosure" of Tasmania's political party donations was actually anything but.People looking for clarity about where the island's political parties get their funding from would have been sorely disappointed,...
Media Release – Political Donations
Media Release | 1 February 2022 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for an urgent status update on the promised State-based political donations disclosure regime.“Today the Australian Electoral Commission’s Annual Disclosures Returns for 2020-21...
Brewery boss hopeful for some last minute changes
Chris Michaels | Examiner | 11 January 2022 Boags Brewery manager Nathan Calman has not given up hope of some last-minute amendments to the Container Refund Scheme Bill which is set to be heard in March when Parliament resumes.Mr Calman said the scheme put forward by...
Independent MLCs disappointed at pokies outcome after 44 hours of debate in Legislative Council
Adam Holmes | Examiner | 26 November 2021 After 44 hours of debate that only lead to an inevitable pre-determined outcome from the major parties, independent upper house MLCs have a sense of pride with their work, but were ultimately disappointment at the new 20-year...
MLC ‘ashamed’ of process
Adam Holmes | Examiner | 25 November 2021 Independent upper house members have slammed the Liberal and Labor parties over their refusal to consider $1 maximum bets and slower spin speeds for poker machines, with one member saying she is "ashamed". The government's...
Pokies reforms not in our best interest
Mike O’Loughlin | Tasmanian Talks | 25 November 2021 See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies Reform
Libs hit the jackpot on pokies; Rivals slam new gambling laws
David Killick | Mercury | 25 November 2021 THE state government's controversial gambling reforms have passed the Upper House.After days of debate, the legislation passed by a vote of 8-5 shortly after noon on Wednesday.Independents Meg Webb, Ruth Forrest, Mike...
Media Release – Future Gaming Markets
Media Release | 24 November 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today that while the passage of the industry-written, Future Gaming Markets Bill was disappointing, some amendments had been secured.“I want to pay tribute to the diligent work of some of...
