MEDIA
Cashing in: the gambling industry writes the rules and sways Tasmania’s elections
Stephanie Convery | The Guardian | 9 November 2021Bill before state’s upper house has ‘been literally written by industry’, an independent MP says.Tasmania became the first state in Australia to open a casino in 1973, and since then, it has become a place in which the...
Once in a generation chance
Kingborough Chronicle | 9 November 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC aims to send the Tasmanian Government’s contentious Future Gaming Markets legislation to a parliamentary inquiry this week.In a media release on Monday, November 8, Ms Webb questioned...
Election inquiry rejected
Kingborough Chronicle | 9 November 2021 An Upper House proposal for a joint committee inquiry into the conduct of Tasmania’s 2021 State and Legislative Council elections was rejected by a vote in Tasmania’s House of Assembly on October 27.The outcome has been...
Gaming bill will define the gambling landscape for decades
7 News Tasmania | 8 November 2021 There is a proposal to send the Gutwein Liberal Government’s contentious Future Gaming Markets legislation to a parliamentary inquiry this week. Meg Webb speaks about a on 7 News. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies...
Problematic Future Gaming Markets Bill deserves close scrutiny
WIN News | 8 November 2021 The proposed Future Gaming markets model is as problematic as the current model. Meg Webb on WIN News. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies Reform
Pre-selection threat for Tasmanian Labor MLCs over pokies stance in upcoming debate
Matt Maloney | The Advocate | 8 November 2021 The Legislative Council will debate the government's pokies reforms this week, with Labor votes crucial to it passing.Labor MLCs who do not stand by their previously held views on the damage caused by poker machines this...
Future Gaming Bill hits the Upper House
Leon Compton | ABC Mornings | 8 November 2021 Meg Webb speaks with Leon Compton on ABC Mornings about the Gutwein Government's Future Gaming Markets legislation scheduled for debate in the upper house this week. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies...
Pokies reform facing a fight
Sue Bailey | Mercury | 8 November 2021 Community groups and independent MLCs are pushing for tougher scrutiny of proposed poker machine reforms, but the government insists the legislation must be approved “in a timely fashion”.THE Legislative Council is facing...
Media Release – Once in a Generation
ONCE IN A GENERATION 8 November 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC aims to send the Gutwein Liberal Government’s contentious Future Gaming Markets legislation to a parliamentary inquiry this week.“This bill needs further scrutiny on the grounds critical...
Tasmania in a unique position to save lives through youth justice reform
Emily Baker | ABC News | 31 October 2021 Read or watch Meg’s Raising the Age Motion speech here See more of Meg’s recent media.
Integrity Commission workload mounts
Adam Holmes | Examiner | 29 October 2021 THE number of complaints received by Tasmania's Integrity Commission increased again in the past 12 months, but the amount of investigations it launched and assessments it concluded decreased.The Integrity Commission -...
Future Gaming Bill scheduled for upper house debate
Kylie Baxter | ABC Drive | 28 October 2021 Meg Webb speaks with Kylie Baxter on ABC Drive about the Gaming Control Amendment (Future Gaming Market) Bill 2021. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies Reform
Media Release – Liberals put self interest first
Media Release | 27 October 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Gutwein Liberal Government has again put self-interest before Tasmania’s best interests.“The Gutwein Liberal Government’s vote to reject an Upper House proposal for a joint...
EDITORIAL – Right now, this independent could claim to be our real opposition
Editorial | Advocate | 27 October 2021 An upper house independent could make a reasonable claim to acting as the real opposition in Tasmania at present.Meg Webb came to prominence as an anti-pokies campaigner, and has continued that fight as the Member for Nelson.Of...
Tasmania’s Legislative Council agrees kids are not criminally responsible until age 14
Isabel Bird | Examiner | 28 October 2021 Kids as young as 10 can be sent to Ashley Youth Detention Centre. A motion calling for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised from 10 to 14 has passed in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.The minimum age of...
Media Release – Parliamentary debate on gaming bill shows disdain for community wishes
Media Release | 26 October 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called out both major parties for their contempt of the Tasmanian community on the issue of gaming reform.“The Parliamentary debate on the Gutwein Liberal Government’s industry-written...
Prominent Tasmanians support push to raise the age of criminal responsibility
WIN News | 25 October 2021 A Motion brought forward by Meg Webb MLC and supported by 50 prominent Tasmanians is calling on the Tasmanian Govt to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Tasmania to be debated on 26 Oct 2021. Read Meg’s Raising the Age of Criminal...
State Govt under pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility
7 News Tasmania | 25 October 2021 The Tasmanian Legislative Council will debate a motion calling on the Tasmanian Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility and deliver better outcomes for Tasmanian children. Read Meg’s Raising the Age of Criminal...
Government urged to raise the age of criminal responsibility
Mike O’Loughlin | Tasmanian Talks | 25 October 2021 Motion urges the Tasmanian Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Read Meg’s Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility Motion See more of Meg’s recent media.
Media Release – Age of Criminal Responsibility
Media Release | 25 October 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called on the Tasmanian Government and Tasmanian Parliament to take urgent action to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14.“When we criminalise a child, we fail as a...
Former Labor candidate Fabiano Cangelosi slams party for backing government’s pokies stance
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 19 October 2021 A former Labor candidate has accused the party of “spitting in the face of its members” by backing the government's gambling industry reforms.Labor members voted with the government in a series of divisions on the...
Labor’s pokies card, facial recognition suggestion to be considered by government as debate nears
Adam Holmes | Examiner and Advocate | 13 October 2021 The government will investigate Labor's suggestion of a card-based system for poker machines and facial recognition to identify those on the voluntary exclusion list in a bid to secure the party's vote for its...
Rare opportunity to tackle the pain and addiction of the pokies
Talking Point | Mercury | 13 October 2021 Meg Webb says the day has arrived for all Tasmanian MPs to show they truly care about the grief and misery being unleashed in our poorest communities.POKIES legislation debated in state parliament this week may become a...
Pokies to lead agenda
David Killick | Mercury | 12 October 2021 GAMBLING reforms and antiprotest legislation will headline debate as parliament resumes on Tuesday after a two-week break.The Liberal government is attempting to pass the major reforms, plus changes to the TAFE system and...
Future Gaming bill set for debate
Imogen Elliot | WIN News Tasmania | 11 Oct 2021 Gaming legislation has been written by an industry that will benefit massively from it financially. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies Reform
Harm minimisation doesn’t go far enough
7 News Tasmania | 11 October 2021 See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies Reform
Major parties under the whip
Media Release | 11 October 2021 Independent Member for Nelson today accused Tasmania’s major parties of being under the whip in the pokies and political donation debate.“It’s clear both Liberal and Labor have got their riding orders and are now being whipped to the...
Gaming bill will define the gambling landscape for decades
7 News Tasmania | 8 November 2021 There is a proposal to send the Gutwein Liberal Government’s contentious Future Gaming Markets legislation to a parliamentary inquiry this week. Meg Webb speaks about a on 7 News. See more of Meg's recent media.See more on Pokies...
Call to ban entities from making political donations
Adam Holmes | Examiner and Advocate newspapers | 5 October 2021 Nelson independent MLC Meg Webb wants property developers and gaming, liquor, tobacco and firearms entities banned from donating to political parties.An independent upper house MP wants Tasmania to have...
Appeal for donation bans
Kenji Sato| Mercury Newspaper | 5 October 2021 THE government’s crackdown on dodgy donations to political parties doesn’t go anywhere near far enough, according to independent MP Meg Webb.Ms Webb’s comments come in response to the draft Electoral Disclosure and...
